Sherlock: The Abominable Bride vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.8/10 for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride). Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride posterSherlock: The Abominable Bride2016 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Sherlock: The Abominable BrideThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 8.3/10
Year20161991
Length1h 30m1h 59m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorDouglas MackinnonJonathan Demme
Main castMark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Andrew Scott, Jonathan ArisAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

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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