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The best Patricia Highsmith adaptations

The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: Strangers on a Train (1951) · The American Friend (1977) · Purple Noon (1960). (Updated Feb 12, 2021.)

From Hitchcock to Wim Wenders, from Alain Delon to Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, all the way to Carol: the films based on Patricia Highsmith's novels according to Movieplayer and FilmTV.

napolicurioso · · 11 items · 34 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original

Top 11

  1. 1

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    Alfred Hitchcock. The pact between two strangers who meet on a train.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    The American Friend (1977)

    Wim Wenders. Dennis Hopper as Ripley in Hamburg.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Purple Noon (1960)

    René Clément. Alain Delon as Tom Ripley.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    The Cry of the Owl (1987)

    Claude Chabrol. A man who watches a woman through her window.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Deep Water (1981)

    Michel Deville. Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  6. 6

    Edith's Diary (1983)

    Hans W. Geißendörfer. A wife who rewrites her own life in her diary.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Ripley's Game (2002)

    Liliana Cavani. John Malkovich as an older Ripley in the Veneto.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    The Two Faces of January (2014)

    Hossein Amini. Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst on the run in Greece.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

    Anthony Minghella. Matt Damon, Jude Law and 1950s Italy.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  10. 10

    L'alibi di cristallo (1977)

    Claude Miller. Gérard Depardieu and an obsessive love.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  11. 11

    Carol (2015)

    Todd Haynes. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, from the novel published as Claire Morgan.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0

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