1920s/30s
Alfred Hitchcock started to make thriller moves such as “The Lodger” in 1926, which was a silent film. And later on his first sound film, “Blackmail”, in 1929. In 1929 the first “Spy” movie was released by Fritz Lang called “Spies”. Many other thrillers were then released of the genre and it started to become popular.
1940s
There were a wide range of Hitchcock thrillers released such as “Suspicion” in 1941, and “Shadow of a Doubt” in 1943. George Cukor did a psychological thriller in 1944 called “Gaslight” and many others which also bought about the popularity of the genre. There were many other thrillers made by other directors, they genre was getting more popular as time went on
1950s
Hitchcock is still making thrillers and starting to use Technicolor too, producing films such as “Dial M for Murder” in 1954. Other directors were also producing films such like Charles Laughton who directed “The Night of the Hunter” in 1955. Another example would be Orson Welles’ thriller “Touch of Evil” in 1958.There were many films produced which all had a range of sub-genres e.g. Crime
1960s
There were many directors in this time period who produced thriller films, Hitchcock only being one of many. There was the likes of Terrence Young, Michael Powell and Stanley Donens. There also was a large number of spy thrillers which came out, such as the Harry Palmer movies which later inspired the James Bond movies.
2000s and Present day
There have been a range of thrillers which have been released in the 2000s such as “Hostage” in 2005, “P2” in 2007 and “Funny Games” in 2008. In the last few years the films, “Inception”, “Shutter Island” and “Black Swan” in 2010, “Limitless” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” in 2011, “The Cabin in the Woods”, “Sinister” and “The Impossible” in 2012, “The Purge”, “Gravity” and “The Call” in 2013.
