Red Corner vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for Red Corner). The Silence of the Lambs is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 2m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 1997). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Red Corner posterRed Corner1997 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Red CornerThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.3/10
Year19971991
Length2h 2m1h 59m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJon AvnetJonathan Demme
Main castRichard Gere, Byron Mann, Henry O, Tsai Chin, James HongAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Red Corner

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.

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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