Movies based on Highsmith Novels
Almost all are movies (three TV movies), and two entries are TV series.
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- DirectorJamie ThravesStarsPaddy ConsidineJulia StilesKarl PrunerA troubled young man retreats from the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He is drawn into a relationship with a young woman whose boyfriend goes missing, leaving the new arrival as a suspect.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsChristophe MalavoyMathilda MayJacques PenotAfter separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsAlain DelonMaurice RonetMarie LaforêtTom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsMatt DamonGwyneth PaltrowJude LawIn late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsDennis HopperBruno GanzLisa KreuzerTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsBarry PepperJacinda BarrettIan HartProfessional swindler hides the death of a famous artist in order to earn money by selling pictures on his own behalf.
- StarsAndrew ScottDakota FanningJohnny FlynnA grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son home from Italy.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsJohn MalkovichDougray ScottLena HeadeyA dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsCate BlanchettRooney MaraSarah PaulsonAn aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth RomanA psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
- DirectorHossein AminiStarsViggo MortensenKirsten DunstOscar IsaacA thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsBen AffleckAna de ArmasTracy LettsA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
- DirectorAndy GoddardStarsPatrick WilsonJessica BielHaley BennettIn 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.
- DirectorPere SagristàStarsMamen DuchMíriam IsclaCarme Pla
- DirectorPeter GoedelStarsDavid HuntKaren SillasJohn Seitz
- DirectorRainer BoldtStarsUdo SchenkAnke SevenichChristine KaufmannThe marriage of young, ambitious writer Nico Thomkins with Helen, coming from a rich family, is nothing more than a hardly concealed love-hate relationship. Because of Nico's aggressiveness Helen flees to the island Sylt and gets into a liaison with a lawyer, boyfriend of her new neighbor Clara. Left alone Nico starts to write again but then fantasy and reality get mixed continuously. Suddenly Nico realizes that since Helen's flight he and the house are watched by Clara. The papers start speculating about Helen's disappearance, finally about her supposed death. Meanwhile Nico, because of his aimless, hostile attitude, gets more and more under suspicion of having murdered his wife, but when he tries to discover Helen's hideaway on his own something horrible happens.
- DirectorTom ToelleStarsMatthias HabichBirgit DollJacques BreuerRobert is magically attracted to Johanna. He observes and stalks her. Finally, the two get to know each other. But Johanna's relationship with Karl is not quite over.
- DirectorHans W. GeissendörferStarsAngela WinklerVadim GlownaLeopold von VerschuerWhen Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful life where she has friends and grandchildren. However, this diversion soon grows unhealthy when she becomes slowly convinced that the fantasies are real.
- DirectorHans W. GeissendörferStarsBrigitte FosseyHelmut GriemDieter LaserA man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsGérard DepardieuMiou-MiouClaude PiépluA man is desperately attaining beloved woman, despite her husband and child.
- DirectorRobert SparrStarsPaul BurkeCarol LynleyMartha HyerA woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsGert FröbeMarina VladyRobert HosseinBased on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Blunderer. In this drama, two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.
- StarsAnthony PerkinsDoug RollinsAssumpta Serna"Chillers" was a 1990 series based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories: displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving in to the darkest depths of human nature.