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The Silence of the Lambs
1991
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #41
- IMDb #21
- Google retired #607
- Rotten Tomatoes #77
- Metacritic #125
- Letterboxd #88
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #396
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #69
- Metacritic Critics #343
- Metacritic Audience #39
- Criticker #83
- Douban #79
- Kinopoisk #61
- AlloCiné #39
- Trakt #32
Every rating
74–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
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Details
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer
- Ted Tally
- Based on
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- Studio
- Orion Pictures, Strong Heart, A Luta Continua
- Released
- 14 February 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $19.0M
- Box office
- $272.7M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 42 →9 major awards won · 22 wins from 42 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Tally | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Picture | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ron Bozman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1991 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Jonathan Deeme | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 1991 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ronald M. Bozman | Winner |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Tally | Winner |
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Winner |
| Best Picture | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ron Bozman | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Craig McKay | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Kenneth Utt | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Ted Tally | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Jonathan Deeme | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ronald M. Bozman | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Ted Tally | Winner |
Saturn Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Make-up | Carl Fullerton and Neal Martz | Winner |
| Best Writing | Ted Tally | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Best Costumes | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Nominee |
| Best Music | Howard Shore | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
National Board of Review
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Tally | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Jonathan Demme | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Craig McKay | Nominee |
| Best Film | Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt | Nominee |
| Best Film Music | Howard Shore | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Skip Lievsay, Christopher Newman, Tom Fleischman | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jonathan Demme | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Craig McKay | Nominee |