The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · TMDB 8.3
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Why it matters
Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning thriller, released by Orion Pictures just before the studio's bankruptcy, a film that defined a genre in its final days.
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Released
- 1991-02-14
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 8.3
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Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning thriller, released by Orion Pictures just before the studio's bankruptcy, a film that defined a genre in its final days.
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Anthony Hopkins's Oscar-winning Hannibal Lecter is a masterclass in controlled menace, a performance that elevated horror to the level of high art.
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Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning thriller, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who seeks the help of imprisoned cannibal Hannibal Lecter to catch another serial killer.
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