Swimming Pool vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for Swimming Pool). Swimming Pool is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2003). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Swimming Pool
The Silence of the Lambs| Swimming Pool | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | François Ozon | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Charlotte Rampling, Michel Fau, Marc Fayolle | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
Synopsis
Swimming Pool
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
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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