The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.

The American Friend

1977

German

7.4

♡ 26

88%

80%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Wim Wenders Director

Samuel Fuller as Der Amerikaner

Wim Wenders as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance

Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann

Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

Ripley's Game

2002

English

6.6

♡ 39

92%

67%

Action

based on novel or book

berlin, germany

bratva (russian mafia)

Liliana Cavani Director

Dougray Scott as Jonathan Trevanny

Ray Winstone as Reeves

Lena Headey as Sarah Trevanny

John Malkovich as Tom Ripley

Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?

Purple Noon

1960

French

7.7

♡ 40

92%

Action

based on novel or book

René Clément Director

René Clément as Le serveur maladroit

Frank Latimore as O'Brien

Maurice Ronet as Philippe Greenleaf

Alain Delon as Tom Ripley

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

English

7.4

♡ 105

85%

Anthony Minghella Director

Celia Weston as Aunt Joan

Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf

Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue

Matt Damon as Tom Ripley

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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The American Friend

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