Henry's Top 100: #05 - The Silence of the Lambs

"Was she a great big fat person?"


Of all the films in my Top 10 I have the least love for this one. I don't have a personal connection with Silence of the Lambs...I just happen to think it's a phenomenal movie.

Along with two of the better character's ever portrayed in film (Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lector) Silence is filled with classic moments. Bill's dance to Goodbye Horses, Catherine Martin singing along with American Girl, Lector's escape, and of course, Miggs ("I can smell your _ _ _ _").

This is one of three movies to win the Big Five at the Academy Awards (Actress, Actor, Screenplay, Director, Film) along with It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and it certainly deserved all of these.

It's the best serial killer movie ever, the best police movie ever, and one of the most enjoyable films of all time.

Best Scene: Starling and Lector's first meeting