Arbitrage vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for Arbitrage). Arbitrage is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2012). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Arbitrage posterArbitrage2012 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
ArbitrageThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.3/10
Year20121991
Length1h 40m1h 59m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorNicholas JareckiJonathan Demme
Main castRichard Gere, Felix Solis, Reg E. Cathey, Susan Sarandon, Tim RothAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Arbitrage

A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

The Silence of the Lambs

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.

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