The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · 139 min
Directed by Anthony Minghella. Written by Anthony Minghella, Patricia Highsmith. Starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett.
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.
Critics 85% · audiences 80% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, Starz · 5 Oscar nominations