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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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Hannibal (2001)
It has a 52% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
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Fallen (1998)
It has a 51% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
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Primal Fear (1996)
It has a 50% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.
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Kiss the Girls (1997)
It has a 49% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
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Sleepers (1996)
It has a 47% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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The Iceman (2012)
It has a 44% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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GoodFellas (1990)
It has a 44% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Misery (1990)
It has a 44% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
It has a 42% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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The Informer (2019)
It has a 42% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
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The Number 23 (2007)
It has a 41% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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The Experiment (2010)
It has a 40% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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The Green Mile (1999)
It has a 38% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
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Copycat (1995)
It has a 38% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
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The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
It has a 37% affinity with The Silence of the Lambs, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to escape her past, Helena is forced to face her demons when her father unexpectedly escapes from prison.
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