The Killers is a 1946 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak.
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler.
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
But how do we know if both these hit films conform to the original structure of Todorov? well looking at the plots i can find out if they follow the specific sequence of equilibrium, a disruption, recognition of the disruption, trying to fix the disruption and then a new equilibrium.
Double indemnity doesn't start off by conforming to the theory as it starts at the end but the rest of the points throughout the story tend to follow Todorov's theory.
The killers on the other hand does follow Todorov's theory even though throughout there are tiny parts which break the theory's structure they are counted out by the fact that they are too small for recognition.
When talking about Todorov's theory The Killers would be a good example to use.
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