Ripley (2024) is an American psychological thriller based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, The Talented Mr Ripley (1955).

Available on Netflix, Ripley begins in 1950s New York. Tom Ripley, an aging conman, is hired by wealth Herbert Greenleaf to persuade his son, Dickie Greenleaf, to return home from Italy.

Soon, Tom lies his way into Dickie’s life, gaining his trust and moulding himself around Dickie’s personality.

We learn early in the series that Tom Ripley was orphaned as a small boy and raised by an aunt.