Silk Road vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for Silk Road). Silk Road is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2021). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Silk Road posterSilk Road2021 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
Silk RoadThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.3/10
Year20211991
Length1h 56m1h 59m
GenresCrime, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTiller RussellJonathan Demme
Main castJimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, David DeLao, Alexandra ShippAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Silk Road

Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.

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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