Crime Thief vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.3/10 for Crime Thief). Crime Thief is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 59m. Crime Thief is the older of the two (1969 against 1991). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Crime Thief posterCrime Thief1969 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Crime ThiefThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 5.3/10★ 8.3/10
Year19691991
Length1h 26m1h 59m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryFrance–
DirectorNadine TrintignantJonathan Demme
Main castBernadette Lafont, Tanya Lopert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Florinda Bolkan, Serge MarquandAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Crime Thief

A man witnesses a suicide and starts imagining that it was a murder committed by himself.

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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