awards for The Silence of the Lambs on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Won	Best Actor Anthony Hopkins	1991
Won	Best Actress Jodie Foster	1991
Won	Best Adapted Screenplay Ted Tally	1991
Won	Best Director Jonathan Demme	1991
Nominated	Best Editing Craig McKay	1991
Won	Best Picture Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt	1991
Nominated	Best Sound Tom Fleischman, Christopher Newman	1991

American Film Institute

Won

100 Greatest American Movies

1998

Berlin International Film Festival

Won

Silver Bear for Best Director Jonathan Demme

1991

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Won	Best Actor Anthony Hopkins	1991
Won	Best Actress Jodie Foster	1991
Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay Ted Tally	1991
Nominated	Best Picture	1991
Nominated	David Lean Award Jonathan Demme	1991

Directors Guild of America

Won

Best Director Jonathan Demme

1991

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Director Jonathan Demme	1991
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Anthony Hopkins	1991
Won	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Jodie Foster	1991
Nominated	Best Picture - Drama	1991

National Board of Review

Won	Best Director Jonathan Demme	1991
Won	Best Picture	1991
Won	Best Supporting Actor Anthony Hopkins	1991

New York Film Critics Circle

Won	Best Actor Anthony Hopkins	1991
Won	Best Actress Jodie Foster	1991
Won	Best Director Jonathan Demme	1991
Won	Best Picture	1991

People's Choice Awards

Won

Best Picture - Drama

1991