Context of the genre

A film involving an aspect of crime and the criminal justice system falls under the genre of a crime film. Crime films can be done in the style of a drama, a thriller, a mystery piece or an action piece (or two or more of those put together).

Ours would be under the style of a crime drama, as a crime action requires action-packed scenes and a thriller/mystery requires suspense and intrigue and our opening doesn't include those. Films of the drama genre are about emotional themes, some of which put characters in conflict with themselves or others and that is what our story involves.


Notable crime drama films include:

● American Gangster
● City of God
● The Godfather trilogy