Rendition vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.4/10 for Rendition). The Silence of the Lambs is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h . The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2007). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rendition posterRendition2007 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
RenditionThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 8.3/10
Year20071991
Length2h 1h 59m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorGavin HoodJonathan Demme
Main castJake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, J.K. SimmonsAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Rendition

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

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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