Rounders vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7/10 for Rounders). The Silence of the Lambs is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 1m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 1998). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rounders posterRounders1998 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
RoundersThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.3/10
Year19981991
Length2h 1m1h 59m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJohn DahlJonathan Demme
Main castGretchen Mol, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Matt Damon, John MalkovichAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Rounders

A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

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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