Just Play Dead vs Ripley's Game
Just Play Dead has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Ripley's Game). Just Play Dead is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 50m. Ripley's Game is the older of the two (2002 against 2026). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Just Play Dead
Ripley's Game| Just Play Dead | Ripley's Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Martin Campbell | Liliana Cavani |
| Main cast | Eoin Macken, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, María Pedraza, Jason Fernández | Lena Headey, Dougray Scott, John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Chiara Caselli |
Synopsis
Just Play Dead
A criminal mastermind plans to fake his death for insurance money while framing his wife's lover. His wife plots to kill him for real and take it all. Both race to outmanoeuvre each other in a deadly battle of wits.
Ripley's Game
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and…
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