Do you want to know why this movie is in the Top 250 on IMDb? All you have to do is watch it and you will get the picture. Before that, you can learn more about it on our site.
It was released in 1991 and it immediately became one of the most popular classics of all time. Back then, it was not a classic of course but it was more than obvious that it is going to have many fans all over the world.
Jonathan Demme is the director of this movie and the writers are Thomas Harris and Ted Tally. No one will ever forget magnificent Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs. These two are the best FBI-villain couple of all time, that is what many people think. The fact that Clarice Starling (Foster) has just started working for the FBI is making this movie even more fun to watch since she is dealing with a monter who is not only older than her, but also capable of doing the unthinkable.
She has been sent to the Baltimore state hospital in order to interview so called Dr. Hannibal, the cannibal Lecter. He used to be a psychiatrist and now he is a serial killer. The way she is dealing with him and the dialogues – it is all simply fantastic, and if you are a true movie lover, you will find this movie one of the best ones of all time for sure.
It is not easy to communicate with such a clever man, and the fact that he is a killer doesn't make it easier at all. She is searching for Buffalo Bill, which is a nickname for a serial killer...