The Informers vs The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 4.8/10 for The Informers). The Informers is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2008). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Informers
The Silence of the Lambs| The Informers | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.8/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gregor Jordan | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Theo Rossi, Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Rhys Ifans, Mickey Rourke | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald |
Synopsis
The Informers
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
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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