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The Silence of the Lambs

Movie1991118 minthriller filmhorror filmpsychological horror film

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Thriller and psychological-horror categories are more useful than a general crime-night label for this Jonathan Demme feature. Use them to make a deliberate content choice. Provider age ratings and access conditions remain separate from the catalogue’s sourced genre facts. The structured source identifies this as a film with a release year of 1991 and a listed runtime of 118 minutes. Credited creators in the imported record: Jonathan Demme.

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Release date
30 January 1991
Format
Movie
Runtime
118 minutes
Genres
thriller filmhorror filmpsychological horror filmpsychological thriller filmcrime filmdrama filmpolice procedural filmcrime thriller filmcrime drama filmpsychological drama filmLGBTQ-related film
Credited creators
Jonathan Demme
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Format
Movie
Release year
1991
Source release (day)
1991-01-30
Also listed as
양들의 침묵 (ko) · Le Silence des agneaux (fr) · 羊たちの沈黙 (ja) · 沉默的羔羊 (zh) · Silence of the Lambs (en) · Silence des agneaux (fr)
Runtime
118 minutes
Credited creators
Jonathan Demme
Country labels
United States
Genres
thriller film, horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, crime film, drama film, police procedural film, crime thriller film, crime drama film, psychological drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Source language labels
English. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

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Poster source: TMDb · 274; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q133654 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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