Film
The
Bourne
Identity
was
adapted
to a
movie
starring
Matt
Damon
which
used
many
of
the
thriller
conventions
of
the
plot.
Though
its
sequels,
The
Bourne
Supremacy
and
the
planned
Bourne
Ultimatum,
depart
significantly
from
Ludlum's
storyline,
the
conspiracy-thriller
genre
is
still
well-preserved.
The
Manchurian
Candidate
is a
classic
of
Cold
War
paranoia.
A
squad
of
American
soldiers
are
kidnapped
and
brainwashed
by
Communists.
False
memories
are
implanted,
along
with
a
subconscious
trigger
that
turns
them
into
assassins
at a
moment's
notice.
They
are
soon
reintegrated
into
American
society
as
sleeper
agents.
One
of
them,
Major
Bennett
Marco,
senses
that
not
all
is
right,
setting
him
on a
collision
course
with
his
former
comrade,
Sergeant
Raymond
Shaw,
who
is
close
to
being
activated
as
an
assassin.
Phone
Booth
is a
thriller
about
a
selfish
man
trapped
in a
phone
booth
by a
deranged
sniper.
Framed
for
the
murder
of a
pimp,
he
finds
himself
surrounded
by
police
who
have
no
idea
of
the
sniper's
presence.
Ronin
is a
suspenseful
tale
of
conflicting
loyalties.
A
team
of
post-Cold
War
mercenaries
gather
in
France
to
carry
out
an
ambush
and
steal
a
mysterious
suitcase.
The
mission
goes
awry
when
the
group
turn
on
each
other.
The
contents
of
the
suitcase
are
never
revealed
but
it
is
something
worth
killing
for.
Other
examples
of
the
thriller
in
movies
include:
Red
Eye,
Psycho,
North
by
Northwest,
In
the
Line
of
Fire,
The
Fugitive,
The
4th
floor
and
Marathon
Man.
Notable
thrillers
that
have
made
an
impact
both
as
novels
and
as
films
include
Frederick
Forsyth's
The
Day
of
the
Jackal,
Tom
Clancy's
The
Hunt
for
Red
October
and
successive
Jack
Ryan
stories,
Thomas
Harris'
The
Silence
of
the
Lambs
and
related
novels,
Michael
Crichton's
Jurassic
Park
and
Congo,
and
Dan
Brown's
The
Da
Vinci
Code.
