1991 Best Picture

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The Silence of the Lambs

“To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.”

1991

119 min

Rated R

8.6IMDB

86Metacritic

Overview

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.

Genres

CrimeThrillerDrama

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Jodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennTed LevineAnthony HealdBrooke SmithDiane BakerKasi Lemmons

Community Stats

Total Ratings1

Average Rating8.0

Seen It1

On Watchlist0

On Lists0

Rating Distribution

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(10)

Keywords

based on novel or bookkidnappingpsychopathfbiscientific studymurderserial killerpsychological thrillerbrutalitycannibalpsychiatristmothvirginianeo-noirtwisted+3 more