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The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
8.1
/10
25,820 Ratings

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Directed by Jonathan Demme
United States, 1991
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror

Synopsis

In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Her usually skillful and shrewd analyses of serial killers is challenged by her next subject, brilliant psychiatrist and violent psychopath cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Synopsis

In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Her usually skillful and shrewd analyses of serial killers is challenged by her next subject, brilliant psychiatrist and violent psychopath cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Our take

Disturbing and captivating in equal measures, The Silence of the Lambs ranks as one of the best psychological thriller-horrors of all times. Winning 5 Oscars® (including Best Film, Director, Actor and Actress), this now cult film stars Jodie Foster, as well as Anthony Hopkins at his most terrifying.