* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Rather than a crime thriller, the film of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' is a character-focused drama that is all about humanizing Ripley.
* ItWasHisSled: Ripley kills Dickie and assumes his identity.
* NightmareFuel: The whole second half of the film version of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley''. Ripley's predicament just keeps getting tenser and more grimly farcical until he literally has to keep six different parties from running into each other for risk of exposure.
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