Just wondering what everyone on the board thinks is the best performance of my favorite actress. My vote is split between Contact and Silence of the Lambs.

this thread is dying for a poll!
(oh and favorites include silence of the lambs and taxi driver.

was still building the poll when you posted.....thanks for being so prompt!!!!!

She's had some good roles but this one is a no-brainer.



"Tell me, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?"

I think she did a better job in The Accused than she did in SOTL.

while The Accused might come close.....it still doesn't quite beat SotL for me.

The Accused

Silence would be a close second though.

Agreed. Love both performances though, but I give the edge to The Accused.

Silence of the Lambs

Silence of the Lambs.

My favorite is Maverick. I don't really care too much for the other movies. Never was too big on the Hannibal Lector movies.

I don't know.....the ending of Contact was so freakin' sweet!!!

Silence of The Lambs

Yup, same here.

It's a tossup between SOTL and The Accused.

Nell is by far her worst performance on that list. Good God I hated that movie.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

always freaked me out...

weird, I thought this poll would be a "gimme" for Contact... guess I was wrong. I thought she played GREAT off of Tom Skerritt and John Hurt. In fact, how about a SE of this movie, anyone?

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Of what I've seen, Silence of the Lambs.

What, no Foxes?!

Seriously, it was nearly a toss-up betwen Lambs and The Accused, with Contact also in the running. I finally went with Lambs, probably because I haven't seen The Accused in quite awhile so my memory of it is not very fresh.

You stole my post!

I vote for Silence of the Lambs. I think she's great in The Accused. But the movie is just not as good as Silence of the Lambs.

The Bad News Bears


Wait... that was Tatum O'Neal...

Agent Starling all the way.


It just doesn't get any better than that.

Another vote for the Accused (with Silence a close second)

Putting aside my bias for favorite movies she was in and just judging her on acting merit alone:

Nell
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane.