Sliver vs The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.6/10 for Sliver). Sliver is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 1993). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sliver posterSliver1993 VS The Silence of the Lambs posterThe Silence of the Lambs1991
SliverThe Silence of the Lambs
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 8.3/10
Year19931991
Length1h 47m1h 59m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorPhillip NoyceJonathan Demme
Main castPolly Walker, CCH Pounder, Sharon Stone, Martin Landau, Colleen CampAnthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald

Synopsis

Sliver

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

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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