Ripley Films

Ripley Films

6 Episodes

Wicked charmer, sociopath, con artist, and killer, Tom Ripley is one of literature and cinema’s most enduring and enigmatic antiheroes. The slippery and seductive schemer at the center of Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated series of crime novels, Ripley has captivated filmmakers across generations, continents, and genres in a number of acclaimed film adaptations, proving an irresistible cipher for directors, actors, and viewers alike. As played by Alain Delon (PURPLE NOON), Dennis Hopper (THE AMERICAN FRIEND), Matt Damon (THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY), and John Malkovich (RIPLEY’S GAME), he continuously shape-shifts—by turns charismatic, chilling, queer, cultured, calculating, monstrous, and strangely sympathetic—becoming a dark-sided mirror of the anxieties and desires of his surroundings.

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Ripley Films

6 Episodes

  • Ripley Films Teaser
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    Ripley Films Teaser
    Episode 1

    Ripley Films Teaser

    Episode 1

  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
    2:19:10
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Episode 2

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Episode 2

    Directed by Anthony Minghella • 1999 • United States
    Starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow

    Gorgeous Italian coastal scenery and equally gorgeous stars are the beautiful facade belying an undercurrent of creeping menace in Anthony Minghella’s sumptuous adaptation of the first book in Pat...

  • Ripley’s Game
    1:50:30
    Ripley’s Game
    Episode 3

    Ripley’s Game

    Episode 3

    Directed by Liliana Cavani • 2002 • United Kingdom
    Starring John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Lena Headey

    From the third entry in Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated series of novels centered on the charming sociopath Tom Ripley—previously adapted by Wim Wenders as THE AMERICAN FRIEND—comes this thrill...

  • Purple Noon
    1:57:36
    Purple Noon
    Episode 4

    Purple Noon

    Episode 4

    Directed by René Clément • 1960 • France, Italy
    Starring Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt

    Alain Delon was at his most impossibly beautiful when PURPLE NOON was released and made him an instant star. This ripe, colorful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s vicious novel “The Talented Mr. R...

  • The American Friend
    2:07:38
    The American Friend
    Episode 5

    The American Friend

    Episode 5

    Directed by Wim Wenders • 1977 • Germany
    Starring Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz

    Wim Wenders pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with THE AMERICAN FRIEND, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “Ripley’s Game.” Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American a...

  • Loving Highsmith
    1:27:51
    Loving Highsmith
    Episode 6

    Loving Highsmith

    Episode 6

    Directed by Eva Vitija • 2022 • Germany, Switzerland
    Starring Gwendoline Christie, Annina Butterworth, Marijane Meaker

    The life and work of celebrated American writer Patricia Highsmith are revealed through her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends, and family...

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