Characteristics of a Thriller

Characteristics of a Thriller

The thriller genre is a category of fiction concerned with tales of excitement, suspense, and high melodrama. It often overlaps with other genres of literature and film, such as crime and adventure. Characteristics of the thriller genre often include a lone protagonist or small group of people opposed by a vastly superior enemy while pursuing an overriding quest or objective.

Crime Thriller

Crime thrillers a probably the most Common ones and in my opinion the best ones too. The characteristics of crime thrillers are:
In the most cases we have something like kidnapping, murder, heists, revenge and ransoms 

The trailer below of the movie Savages is a very good example for that  

Trailer 

Characters

We are expecting interesting persons with an unusual Character.
Often there are complicated twists between the different characters.
Some of the characters often have something misterious on them.
In the most Crime thrillers we have a "Bad Ass" Person 
(like Liam Nesson in Taken )