Lambs named best thriller

Anthony Hopkins movie The Silence Of The Lambs has been named Britain's favourite thriller in a new poll.

The 1991 film, which won five Academy Awards, topped a shortlist of ten pictures with more than a quarter of the total votes.

Brad Pitt's 1995 crime/horror Seven came in second place with 20 per cent, and Steven King's The Shining was ranked third with 11 per cent, in the survey carried out by Yahoo Movies.

The top five was rounded out by L.A. Confidential and Basic Instinct.

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