The Silence of the Lambs
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
A trainee agent bargains with an imprisoned cannibal to catch a serial killer still at work.
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Signature
- Mystery · Darkness · Suspense
- Worldwide
- $273M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Silence of the Lambs actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A trainee agent bargains with an imprisoned cannibal to catch a serial killer still at work.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Silence of the Lambs appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #1
Ranked #1 because two performances that turned an interview into the tensest scene structure in the genre.
A bargain struck across prison glass.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because horror that works entirely through conversation.
The monster is behind glass and still in charge.
- Horror Movies Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because rated 9.2 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest horror titles in the catalogue.
A trainee agent bargains with an imprisoned cannibal to catch a serial killer still at work.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #3
Ranked #3 because rated 9.2 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest thriller titles in the catalogue.
A trainee agent bargains with an imprisoned cannibal to catch a serial killer still at work.
- Crime Movies Ranked #7
Ranked #7 because rated 9.2 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest crime titles in the catalogue.
A trainee agent bargains with an imprisoned cannibal to catch a serial killer still at work.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Silence of the Lambs returned 14.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $19M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $273M
- Release date
- Feb 14, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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