The Silence of the Lambs vs Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Silence of the Lambs has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 8.1/10 for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 1h 59m. The Silence of the Lambs is the older of the two (1991 against 2017). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Silence of the Lambs
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri| The Silence of the Lambs | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Jonathan Demme | Martin McDonagh |
| Main cast | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Brooke Smith, Tracey Walter, Anthony Heald | Kerry Condon, John Hawkes, Amanda Warren, Željko Ivanek, Peter Dinklage |
Synopsis
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.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
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