Return to Sender vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.1/10 for Return to Sender). Return to Sender is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2015). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Return to Sender
The Silence of the Lambs| Return to Sender | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fouad Mikati | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Ryan Phillippe, Camryn Manheim, Rosamund Pike, Illeana Douglas, Nick Nolte | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
Synopsis
Return to Sender
A nurse mistakes a stranger who pays her a visit for her blind date and soon, the man rapes her and turns her life upside down. The woman works to reclaim her life and exact revenge on her assailant after he's paroled from prison.
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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