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#1 of 1991

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1991 · 118 minutes · Directed by Jonathan Demme
IMDb rating8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Box office gross$272.7M

Synopsis

Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at Quantico, is recruited by Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant and cannibalistic psychiatrist imprisoned at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

Starring

Jodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennTed Levine
Box office
$272.7 million
Budget
$19 million
IMDb votes
1,764,004

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