These were:
- A Crime at the core of the narrative(often murder, but not necessarily)
- A Complex narrative structure, with false paths,clues and resolutions.
- A narrative pattern of establishing enigma's which the viewer expects to be resolved.
- A Protagonist who is systematically dis-empowered and drawn into a complex web of intrigue by the Antagonist.
- Extraordinary events happening in ordinary situations.
- Themes of identity
- Themes of mirroring
- Themes of Voyeurism
- Protagonist with a "Flaw" which is exploited by the Antagonist.
- Titles often reflect an aspect of the Protagonist's/Antagonist's Psychological state.
- There is often a scene near the end of the film in which the Protagonist is in peril.
- Mise-en-scene which echoes/mirrors the Protagonist's plight.
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