---
title: 'The Silence of the Lambs (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jonathan Demme'
released: '1991-01-30'
runtime_minutes: 118
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silence-of-the-lambs-1991'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '8.00/10'
fandom_stars: '4.00/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1991 · R · 118 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial murderer. The film also features performances by Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme)
- **Screenplay:** [Ted Tally](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tally)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Producer:** [Edward Saxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-saxon), [Kenneth Utt](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-utt), [Ron Bozman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-bozman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto)
- **Editor:** [Craig McKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-mckay)

## Cast

- [Daniel von Bargen](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-von-bargen)
- [Chuck Aber](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-aber)
- [Frankie Faison](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-faison)
- [Anthony Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hopkins) as Hannibal Lecter
- [George A. Romero](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-a-romero)
- [Brooke Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brooke-smith)
- [Ella Scott Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-scott-lynch)
- [Paul Lazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-lazar)
- [Anthony Heald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-heald) as Frederick Chilton
- [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- [Stuart Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-rudin)
- [Scott Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-glenn) as Jack Crawford
- [Tracey Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-walter)
- [Dan Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-butler)
- [Harry Northup](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-northup)

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **8.00/10** (4.00 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **8.0/10** — [The Camera Stands Where She Stands](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/the-camera-stands-where-she-stands) by Vera Lindqvist, 2026-08-04
  > Demme's film is an argument for frontality — faces held straight on at her eye level, so that the horror is the experience of being looked at — and it breaks its own rule exactly once.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silence-of-the-lambs-1991
Film facts: Wikidata (Q133654); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.