Cold Comes the Night vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.4/10 for Cold Comes the Night). Cold Comes the Night is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cold Comes the Night posterCold Comes the Night2013 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Cold Comes the NightThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 8.3/10
Year20131991
Length1h 30m1h 59m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorTze ChunJonathan Demme
Main castBryan Cranston, Robin Lord Taylor, Logan Marshall-Green, Alice Eve, Ursula ParkerAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Cold Comes the Night

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

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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