The Silence of the Lambs

Movie • 1991

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A pulse-pounding psychological game between FBI trainee Clarice Starling and the chillingly brilliant Hannibal Lecter. An essential for crime and forensic aficionados.

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Sharp-witted agents versus deranged killers. Hannibal Lecter’s mind games never get old for lovers of obsession and intellect.

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Adapted from the Thomas Harris novel, this iconic film blends psychological gamesmanship with forensic detail you’ll want to parse again and again.

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An iconic thriller that introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling.

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With its chilling performances and engrossing storyline, this psychological thriller follows an FBI trainee who seeks the help of a cannibalistic serial killer to catch another murderer.

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Its are very scary movie. But I like horrormovie

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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.

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Roger Ebert

It has been a good long while since I have felt the presence of Evil so manifestly demonstrated as in the first appearance of Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs."

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The Hollywood Reporter

Silence is dead-out spellbinding during the cat-and-mouse exchanges between the wily serial killer and the gutty law enforcement trainee.

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BBC

Very few movies have ever won the five top Oscars: Best Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Director, and Picture. "The Silence of the Lambs" is one.

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IMDb

Rare to experience a dark n twisted thriller aided by top notch performances, tight script n direction.

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Plot and Theme

Working from the novel by Thomas Harris of the same name, Ted Tally adapted the screenplay for The Silence of the Lambs, and he does a fantastic job of structuring the narrative.

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Rotten Tomatoes

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.

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Rotten Tomatoes

The crux of this excellent thriller is the battle of intellect and wills between them [Clarice Starling and Dr Hannibal Lecter].

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IMDb

Taut direction and a superb screenplay might be the best arguments for the film's power...

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