Respectfully, didn't Vertigo change direction? And Ripley?

And, and, and:
Life is Beautiful [romantic comedy to Holocaust tragedy]
Mulholland Drive [tender coming-of-age mystery to lesbo mystery]
Memento [180 degrees every ten minutes]
The Third Man [Harry Lime stops being so dead]
Vertigo [That chick looks like that dead chick!]
The Talented Mr. Ripley [I'm not just gay, I'm…