Most Rewatchable Scene
The four final preferences split among Lecter killing the guards, Clarice recounting the lambs, and the first Clarice–Lecter meeting; the guards escape receives two choices.
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- Clarice’s first descent to Lecter, his instant psychological reading, the fava-beans line, and Miggs’s assault are nominated; one participant selects it.
- Catherine Martin singing “American Girl,” helping Gumb with the sofa, and being abducted are nominated.
- Gumb ordering Catherine to use the lotion, combined with the revelation of the bloody fingernail, is nominated for its simultaneous terror and dark comedy.
- Lecter meeting Senator Martin while restrained and masked is nominated.
- Clarice’s final quid-pro-quo meeting with Lecter, including her lamb story and his lesson about coveting, is nominated; one participant selects the lamb confession.
- Lecter’s attack on the guards, staging of the bodies, face disguise, and ambulance escape are nominated; two participants select the sequence.
- Gumb’s dance intercut with Catherine capturing Precious is nominated.
- The cross-cut raid and Clarice’s realization that she is inside Gumb’s actual house are nominated.
- Clarice’s night-vision basement pursuit and killing of Gumb are nominated for suspense, foreshadowing, and payoff.