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Poster for the movie A Talent for Murder

A Talent for Murder

A suspenseful thriller in which Oscar winner Helen Mirren plays cult author Patricia Highsmith, engaging in a sophisticated duel with a literary agent.

by Anton Corbijn

Australia/IE 2026, 106 min, Ages 12+
with Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke

A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.

More than a dozen of her novels have been adapted for film, some multiple times, captivating millions of moviegoers worldwide. In this psychological thriller full of surprising twists, we meet the cult author herself for the first time – brilliantly portrayed by Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren.