The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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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#012426
Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
"they made everybody at one point, even if you didn't do like project management where you had to go to the farms, they made us all go to the farms and tech support at one point. And I know I've told this story before, but it was a pretty awful experience. And it smells really, really bad. It smells so bad that me and my one friend that I worked with Barry wore like it did sort of the silence of the lambs trick with dabbing some like a menthol on our upper lip under our nostrils"
— Josh
Josh referenced the famous scene from the film where characters use menthol under their noses to cope with bad smells.
Jan 24, 2026
#102825
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Masterpiece
"Buffalo Bill and Silence of the Lambs. And he inspired the movie Psycho."
— Josh
Josh mentions how Ed Gein inspired the Buffalo Bill character in Silence of the Lambs.
Oct 28, 2025
#122624
Forensic Dentistry
"I saw it in Silence of the Lambs. Bite photography is very specific and precise"
— Chuck
Chuck mentions seeing bite mark photography techniques documented in the film.
Dec 26, 2024
#120724
Selects: How The Pill Changed the World
"we did the Silence of the Lambs"
— Chuck
Chuck mentioned selecting this film for a Movie Crush episode with the hosts of Murder podcast.
Dec 7, 2024
#092124
Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work
"Buffalo Bill's basement, made of skin."
— Chuck
Chuck references Buffalo Bill from the movie while discussing how concert t-shirts smell like chemicals.
Sep 21, 2024
#082024
True Mysteries of the Internet
"It's been compared very much to like the moth on the Silence of the Lambs poster."
— Chuck
The cicada image from the Cicada 3301 puzzle was compared to the iconic moth imagery from this thriller film.
Aug 20, 2024
#101822
The History of Fake Towns.
"If you've ever seen like Jodie Foster walking through the CIA or was it FBI? She was FBI."
— Josh
Josh references Jodie Foster's character in FBI training, mentioning Hogan's Alley at Quantico where she encounters a threat behind a door.
Oct 18, 2022
#032522
The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
"me and my one friend that I worked with Barry wore like it did sort of the silence of the lambs trick"
— Josh
Josh compares dabbing menthol on their upper lip to a technique from The Silence of the Lambs to deal with bad smells.
Mar 25, 2022
#112321
The Apache Wars
"It's like when Clary Starling offered Hannibal Lecter a stay on Anthrax Island. Plum Island."
— Josh
Josh used the movie as an analogy for how better reservation conditions might have prevented Apache wars, similar to offering Hannibal Lecter a nicer prison.
Nov 23, 2021
#021821
How Blue Holes Work
"And it's like silence of the lambs ask. There's even like scratch marks where you can tell they've tried to get out."
— Josh
Josh compares the conch graveyard at the bottom of the blue hole to Silence of the Lambs, suggesting it has similar creepy atmosphere.
Feb 18, 2021
#012321
Selects: How Blimps Work
"It was written by the guy who wrote Silence of the Lambs. Oh, yeah, he's a good writer."
— Josh
The screenwriter of Black Sunday also wrote The Silence of the Lambs, mentioned as evidence of the writer's quality.
Jan 23, 2021
#050720
Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good
"I think you had Seinfeld confused with Silence of the Lambs."
— Chuck
Chuck jokingly corrects Josh by comparing a famous scene to Silence of the Lambs instead of Seinfeld.
May 7, 2020
#091019
How Government Shutdowns Work
"Buffalo Bill's been on my mind a lot because of the eggplant episode."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions Buffalo Bill from the movie while discussing how the character has been on his mind recently.
Sep 10, 2019
#090319
Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer
"And of course, Silence of the Lambs with Hannibal Lecter."
— Chuck
Referencing another famous Ed Gein-inspired film character and killer.
Sep 3, 2019
#012619
SYSK Selects: Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish
"It's like James Gumm at the end of Silence of the Lambs and like the fish are like Jodie Foster."
— Josh
Josh compares the cookie cutter shark's hunting method to a scene in Silence of the Lambs where a predator approaches unseen.
Jan 26, 2019
#061918
How The Pill Changed the World
"we did the Silence of the Lambs. Oh man, that's a great movie."
— Chuck
Chuck mentioned discussing this movie on his Movie Crush podcast with Karen and Georgia from Murder Reno.
Jun 19, 2018
#032218
How the Framingham Heart Study Works
"But Jodie Foster better than all of them. Oh, yes. Yeah, all of them put together."
— Chuck
Discussion of Jodie Foster's performance as superior to male actors in Hannibal Lecter film adaptations.
Mar 22, 2018
#091217
How Psychopaths Work
"Hannibal Lecter, great example, right? He knew everything about starling, everything."
— Josh
Josh uses Hannibal Lecter as an example of a psychopath who researches his interviewer to manipulate them, referencing the dynamic between Lecter and FBI trainee Clarice Starling.
Sep 12, 2017
#032317
How the Hyperloop Will Work
"Right, with one of those Hannibal Lecter masks, though. She looks so cute."
— Josh
Josh makes a humorous reference to Hannibal Lecter masks when joking about dog seat restraint systems.
Mar 23, 2017
#082814
How Blimps Work
"But it was written by the guy who wrote Silence of the Lambs."
— Josh
Josh explains that Black Sunday was written by the same author who wrote Silence of the Lambs, praising the writer's research skills.
Aug 28, 2014
#071613
How Building Implosions Work
"Anybody who's seen Silence of the Lambs at the end when Jody Foster is being approached by Buffalo Bill"
— Josh
Josh references the film to explain the high-pitched sound of a camera flash charging, comparing it to electrical detonator charging.
Jul 16, 2013
#090612
Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish
"It's like James Gumm at the end of Silence of the Lambs"
— Josh
Josh compared the loose jawfish's hunting strategy to the villain in Silence of the Lambs who could see in the dark while his victims couldn't.
Sep 6, 2012
#052510
What makes a serial killer?
"free screening of silence of the lambs with Jody Foster and Anthony Hopkins"
— Chuck
Chuck told a story about accidentally seeing Silence of the Lambs in college thinking it would be a different type of film.
May 25, 2010
#071609
What is a body farm?
"And now they do the buffalo bill thing and it's all good. Yeah. Goodbye horses. It puts a lotion in the basket."
— Josh
Josh references the Buffalo Bill character when discussing putting skin back on like a glove for fingerprinting.
Jul 16, 2009
Cast
Jodie Foster
Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn
Jack Crawford
Ted Levine
Jame Gumb
Anthony Heald
Dr. Frederick Chilton
Brooke Smith
Catherine Martin
Diane Baker
Senator Ruth Martin
Kasi Lemmons
Ardelia Mapp
Frankie Faison
Barney
Tracey Walter
Lamar
Charles Napier
Lt. Boyle
Danny Darst
Sgt. Tate
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