Ripley's Game (2002)

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?

Genres: Crime, Thriller

What to watch after Ripley's Game

• Little Odessa (1994) — Same subject: bratva (russian mafia)
• Hitman (2007) — Same subject: hitman
• Deadly Code (2013) — John Malkovich appears in both
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) — Same feel: manipulative, cynical
• The Dancer Upstairs (2002) — John Malkovich worked on both
• Hannibal (2001) — Same feel: manipulative, complex