The key features of films that were released in 2010's and comparing this decade with 1950's

1. 2010’s Thrillers
Films

2. The Cancellation of Hays Code
• In 1967 the ethical code whose observance was compulsory since
1934 was canceled. So for films it became allowed to discuss the
topics which were taboo then. That’s why the thrillers became
more serious, violent and had characters who talked about such
things as drug use, sexual topics, use of profanity words etc.

3. 21st Century
• But now I’m going to write not about thrillers since 1967 but about
21st century movies, especially 2010’s thrillers.

4. Narrative Theories
• For Levi Strauss theory, there are confrontations between
characters both physically and mentally (Black Swan), reality and
illusion (Shutter Island), reality and dream (Inception) etc.
• For Barthes theory there may be a lot of symbolism code so there
can be objects that may refer to something but the viewer has to
think by himself.

5. Representation
• Since limitation in filming was canceled, both genders are
represented differently in modern thrillers. Unlike 1950’s, in
modern thrillers women can sometimes play a more important role
than men (Gone Girl, Gravity). Also the main heroes are portrayed
as antiheroes so they are not fully positive which can be a
reference to noir but now antiheroes can be in any forms of
thriller.

6. What Is Thriller?
• Thriller is a genre which keeps the viewer in suspense so the war
films, political films etc. can also be called thrillers
Gravity (Alfonso
Cuaron, 2013)
Dunkirk (Christopher
Nolan, 2017)
Vice (Adam McKay, 2018)

7. Best Examples
Black Swan (Darren
Aronofsky, 2010) Inception (Christopher
Nolan, 2010)
The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011)
Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2013)
Room (Lenny Abrahamson, 2015