Clarice Starling, an FBI agent, seeks help from Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer and former psychiatrist, in order to apprehend another serial killer who has been claiming female victims.
 
	
Release date: 9 May 1991 (Australia)
	
Director: Jonathan Demme
	
Film series: Hannibal Lecter
	
Story by: Thomas Harris
	
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture