Thriller

"North by Northwest"

"Devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff hangers are used extensively"
In the film, there is actually a cliff hanger where Roger Thornhill and Eve Kendall are literally hanging onto Mt Rushmore. There is also a red herring where we a thought to believe that Eve Kendall was helping Roger Thornhill but was actually on the villains side and we then found out that she was actually an agent who was investigating the Phillip Vandamm situation.


"A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles the hero must overcome"
The villains kill the real Mt Townsend when Roger Thornhill is with him so it looks like he killed him and he must overcome being chased by the police; so this is the villain creating obstacles for the hero to overcome.