Movies like The Silence of the Lambs
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape, and now two deranged killers are on the loose.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller, tense, dark, intense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal, bad guy wins, brutality, psycho killer, eating human flesh, twists and turns, psychiatrist, female protagonist, profiler, female agent, strong female lead, disturbed individual, sadistic killer, violent ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis, north america, chicago ...
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Most similar movies to The Silence of the Lambs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller and suspense films with plots about murder, serial killer, psychopath, violence, police investigation, murderer and killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Silence of the Lambs: Red Dragon (2002), Seven (1995), Hannibal (2001), Hannibal (2013), Zodiac (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
310K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller, scary, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, investigation, fbi agent, murder, psycho killer, profiler, split personality, killer, cruelty ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, birmingham alabama, florida, washington d.c., chicago ...
Similarity:
91%
2.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
Similarity:
91%
312K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, clever, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, fbi, mind game, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac, torment, torture ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, italy, europe, washington d.c., venice ...
Similarity:
90%
305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Movie in collections
665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, revenge, murder, violence, psycho killer, masked killer, childhood, gory, vengeance, dehumanization ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1941 ...
Place:
china, lithuania, paris france, europe, russia ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist 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 ...
Style:
suspense, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, kidnapping, woman in danger, police investigation, violence against women, forensics, murder mystery, plot twist, investigation, profiler ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
84K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological thriller, sexy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, agoraphobia, psychopath, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, maniac, paranoia, police detective, mind game, profiler ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
san francisco, persia, usa, california, boston
Similarity:
76%
90K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Style:
neo noir, creepy, psychological thriller, tense, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, killer, psycho killer, violence, cannibalism, profiler, eye, fbi agent, obsession, mind game, macabre ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
florida, southern california, alabama, maryland, miami ...
Similarity:
75%
240K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, creepy ...
Plot:
rape, fear, family in danger, revenge, violence, lawyer, serial killer, sexualized violence, dangerous attraction, psychology, justice, prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
north carolina, georgia, florida, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
89%
163K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, imaginary friend, macabre, murder mystery, psycho killer, maniac, schizophrenia, twists and turns, secret ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, palo alto california, portland oregon
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, dark past, church, serial murder, small town, teenager, murder, double life, fear, mysterious villain, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, midwest
Similarity:
89%
920K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, serial killer, torture, twists and turns, vigilantism, police investigation, plot twist, brutality, vigilante, cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, rape, serial killer, hacker, sexual abuse, missing person, twists and turns, murder mystery, vengeance, murder investigation, journalist, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2011, 60s, 2010s, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, london, eastern europe
Similarity:
79%
279K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, murder, courtroom drama, plot twist, trial, psychology, courtroom, court case, corruption, lawyer, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bloody, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, revenge, race against time, police detective, investigation, pursuit, violent, murder, missing person, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, korea, asia
Similarity:
83%
73K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, mysterious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, investigation, psychology, police investigation, twists and turns, premonition, murder investigation, swat team, supernatural, whodunit, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2015
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, psychopath, profiler, twists and turns, secret service, telephone call, u.s. senator, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, detective, dark, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, haunted by the past, whodunit, maniac, strong female character, murder, serial murder, police officer, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
62%
242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Style:
suspense, slasher, bleak, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nightmare, high school, friendship, murder, insomnia, marijuana, bicycle, sword, violence, panic, cycling, party ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1996, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
new york, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, frightening, grindhouse, cult horror, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, gory, violent, extreme violence, murder, exploitation, schizophrenic, schizophrenia, disturbed individual, male victim, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
Similarity:
63%
101K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, psychopath, murder investigation, murder mystery, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, police investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, fbi, mind game, serial murder, murderer, victim, criminal, murder, investigation, killing, religions or cults ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
882K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, character study, dancing, insanity, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, ballerina, surrealism, schizophrenia ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Style:
clever, suspense, dark, independent film, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, plot twist, police, mind game, police investigation, psychology, nypd, politics, police station, supernatural horror, life changing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
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