Dheepan vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.9/10 for Dheepan). Dheepan is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2015). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dheepan
The Silence of the Lambs| Dheepan | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Jacques Audiard | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Joséphine de Meaux, Vincent Rottiers, Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
Synopsis
Dheepan
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
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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