The American Friend

1977 · Directed by Wim Wenders · 121 min · drama film, crime film, neo-noir

★ 7.1/10 · 461 ratings on TMDB

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.