Breaking Point vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.8/10 for Breaking Point). Breaking Point is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2024). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breaking Point posterBreaking Point2024 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Breaking PointThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 8.3/10
Year20241991
Length1h 24m1h 59m
GenresCrime, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryFrance–
DirectorYvan AttalJonathan Demme
Main castGuillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze, Yvan Attal, Michaël Erpelding, Stéphane PezeratAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Breaking Point

Mathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quartet, and live the easy life on the French Riviera. But Mathieu discovers Vincent is cheating on his wife.

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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