26 of Our Favorite Thriller Books That Were Turned Into Movies

The 1999 movie starring Matt Damon is beloved, but Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley deserves major props for being such an incredible novel, too. Tom Ripley is the ultimate con man, and as he becomes more and more obsessed with the life of the young playboy he's meant to be fetching from Italy, his twisted plan begins to take shape for the reader.