Hot Summer Nights vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.6/10 for Hot Summer Nights). Hot Summer Nights is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2018). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hot Summer Nights
The Silence of the Lambs| Hot Summer Nights | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Elijah Bynum | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Alex Roe, Thomas Jane, William Fichtner, Jack Kesy, Timothée Chalamet | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
Synopsis
Hot Summer Nights
In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his head.
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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