Crime film

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The crime film is a genre where the element of crime is key to the film's plot. Researchers of the genre, such as Nicole Hahn Rafter and Thomas Leitch noted the difficulty in defining the genre, saying it would be impractical to call every film in which a crime produces the central dramatic situation. Various interpretations of the crime film include Carlos Clarens described the crime film as a symbolic representation of crime, law and society while Leitch said they present defining subjects as part of a culture which normalizes a place where crime is both shockingly disruptive and also completely normal, while Rafter said the films in the genre are ones that are defined by plots that focus on crime and their consequences. Crime film had been popular since the dawn of the sound era of film. While crime films featuring criminal gangs existed since the silent film period generally involved American productions that contained criminals who were described by Alain Silver and James Ursini as...

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