The Silence of the Lambs

Released

Feb 14, 1991

IMDb rating

8.6 / 10 1,755,718 votes

Recall rating

8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

FBI trainee Clarice Starling is pulled from training at Quantico by her mentor Jack Crawford of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit. He assigns her to interview Hannibal Lecter, a former psychiatrist and incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer, whose insight might prove useful in the pursuit of a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who is murdering and skinning his female victims.

Budget

$19,000,000

Box office

$272,700,000