History of crime genre.

History of crime genre:



In film theory, genre refers to the method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Crime fiction is a 19th and 20th century genre, dominated by British and American writers. Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred. It has several sub-genres, including detective fiction, legal thriller, courtroom drama and hard-boiled fiction.


Famous crime "classics" consist of:

• Agatha Christie, whose texts were origionally published in the 1920s and her death in 1976.
• English crime writer Edgar Wallace, he was immensely popular with the english readership during the early 20th century.
• Equally succesful merican author Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970), creator of the lawyer Perry Mason, which have frequently been adapted for film, radio, and TV, were only recently republished in the United Kingdom.
• Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time is listed as the 1st top crime classic ever.

The Top 10 all-time crime films consist of:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
3. The Godfather: Part II
4. Pulp Fiction
5. 12 Angry men
6. The Dark Knight
7. Goodfellas
8. Rear Window
9. Cidade De Deus
10. Fight Club