While working at a fancy party as a pianist, Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) is approached by shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf, who believes that Ripley attended Princeton with his son, Dickie (Jude Law), because Ripley is wearing a borrowed Princeton jacket. Greenleaf gives him a tour of his shipyard and recruits Ripley to travel to Italy, where Dickie has settled, to persuade Dickie to return to the United States. Greenleaf offers Ripley a $1000 bonus and all expenses paid. After a first-class ocean liner voyage, Ripley pretends to be Dickie in the Italian ship terminal and strikes up a friendship with an American socialite, Meredith Logue (Cate Blanchett).The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Full Movie
In the fictional seaside village of Mongibello, Ripley befriends Dickie and his girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), claiming to be his former Princeton classmate. Ripley enjoys Dickie’s extravagant lifestyle, and becomes obsessed with Dickie himself. Eventually, Dickie tires of him and starts spending time with his patrician, socialite friend Freddie Miles (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who treats Ripley with contempt. The night they return from Rome, Dickie catches Ripley dressed in his clothes and dancing in front of a mirror, which disturbs him.
When Dickie impregnates a local woman, he rejects her and she drowns herself. Ripley, aware of what has happened, promises to keep it a secret. After Dickie’s father cuts off Ripley’s travel funds, Dickie cancels a trip to Venice and tells Ripley they should part ways, but offers to take him on a final trip to San Remo.They argue on a small boat, and Dickie says he has had enough of Ripley and is going to marry Marge. Ripley insinuates that Dickie is rejecting him because he is afraid of the feelings they have developed for each other. They struggle, and Ripley kills Dickie with an oar. He takes Dickie’s belongings and scuttles the boat.