The Silence of the Lambs(1991)

movie - first aired/released 1991-02-14 - 119 min - audience 8.3

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Directed by Jonathan Demme

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.