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Ripley

★ 8.1 71K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Netflix
Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 10/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 10/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 10/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 9/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Andrew ScottDakota FanningJohnny FlynnMargherita BuyVittorio VivianiFrancesca Romana Bergamo
Starring
Andrew ScottDakota FanningJohnny FlynnMargherita BuyVittorio VivianiFrancesca Romana Bergamo
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About

"A murder story told through pure visual patience"

A small-time grifter is sent to Italy to lure a wealthy young man home, and instead sinks into his lifestyle, his identity, and eventually his skin. Adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel, this version is shot in stark black and white and moves at a deliberate, patient pace, favoring texture and dread over momentum. It feels less like a thriller and more like a slow, immaculate descent, carried by meticulous visual composition and a lead performance built on stillness and calculation rather than showmanship. It rewards close attention and patience far more than conventional crime-drama pacing.

Watch it for

the black-and-white cinematography, which turns Italian light and architecture into a character itself.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing or a conventionally warm, sympathetic protagonist.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Limited Series2024
8.017K87h 24m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1I A Hard Man to Find7.5
3K49 min
▶2II Seven Mercies7.5
2K49 min
▶3III Sommerso8.4
2K49 min
▶4IV La Dolce Vita7.8
2K44 min
▶5V Lucio8.2
2K60 min
▶6VI Some Heavy Instrument8.1
2K59 min
▶7VII Macabre Entertainment7.9
2K58 min
▶8VIII Narcissus8.5
2K76 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Andrew Scott Tom Ripley
Dakota Fanning Marge Sherwood
Johnny Flynn Dickie Greenleaf
Margherita Buy Signora Buffi
Vittorio Viviani Matteo
Francesca Romana Bergamo Ermelinda
Eliot Sumner Frederick 'Freddie' Miles
Maurizio Lombardi Inspector Pietro Ravini
Kenneth Lonergan Herbert Greenleaf
Gennaro Arena Naples Kid

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