The Silence of the Lambs Wins Best Picture: 1992 Oscars

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor presenting producers Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman with the Oscar® for Best Picture for "The Silence of the Lambs" at the 64th Academy Awards® in 1992.

[@MPTghtyuiop]

One of the best thrillers ever made,Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver outstanding performances.

[@BrendanSlob]

Not a thriller. It's a horror movie straight up..all the uptight members of the Oscars just called it a thriller to save face from giving a horror movie the best picture. A cannibal who eats people and chasing down a man who skins women in order to make a suit and become a woman...You know who else did both those things? Leatherface

[@lazywings4335]

@@BrendanSlob the hottest take, this one is scorching 🔥

[@bretth4988]

Ted Levine just as epic as Jodie and Anthony.

[@amparonarbona5142]

RIP Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor

[@puremadness]

Amparo Narbona RIP Jonathan Demme

[@victoriajohnson5461]

Amazing human beings and talents.

[@wongsifu460]

2 Hollywood legends

[@lotharwaltner4058]

👏📽👏👏

[@jwelch5742]

The Silence of the Lambs has great producing. It was the first and only horror film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.

[@gonzesse1437]

jwelch5742 A horror film involves supernatural elements

[@Dzmo15]

+Ab Sir no it does not

[@crankadub4033]

+Gonzesse not necessarily. As long as it's scary and has the appropriate atmosphere

[@rafaelrios7060]

it is not an horror movie...from where the hell people are getting that SIlence of the lambs was a horror movie.

[@jwelch5742]

It say at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film).

[@Sam-yp1pe]

silence of the lambs is my all time favorite movie

[@tarynl5962]

I just love all the Hannibal Lecter movies

[@Sam-yp1pe]

i just hate the hannibal 2001... i just dont like the way they portrayed clarice starling character...so annoying and stupid

[@mjollner23]

Hannibal should've never been written. It's a cash-in... Lecter is scarier behind bars... The less you know about him, the better.

[@thefilmeffect6089]

Hannibal, the books just isn't that great. Ridley Scott did a good job, but the material just wasn't that great. Red Dragon was much better.

[@aafreenmamaji]

Mine too. Love love love Anthony Hopkins.

[@bahamutskingdom]

For Beauty and the Beast to be nominated was a milestone that generated more news and press than the actual winner. Animation had never been considered in a Academy slot outside of score and song (Save for Snow White's special Oscar) To have seen this as a young artist was amazing, and I knew it was a step that would be remembered for ever.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

"Well we didn't win that night, but boy did we get invited to the ball." - Don Hahn

[@generalgrievous3731]

*Animated movies If we're talking about animated cartoon shorts, they've won plenty of Oscars. Tom and Jerry won 7 in the 40s and 50s, for instance

[@vanplq8841]

The Silence Of The Lambs stihs on Beauty And The Beast.

[@thekingofmovies193]

And Sound Oscars.

[@hckingking]

@@generalgrievous3731 yes but those are animated shorts. A guaranteed win for animation. And all those animated shorts are kids material, along with the nominations. To be an animated kids film nominated along side Silence of the Lambs and JFK (which are films for adults) for the highest recognized award a film can get was unheard.

[@MrBorjaaaa]

One of the most deserved wins ever.

[@diegopisfil614]

La Kaverna or undeserved

[@majinvegeta4700]

Beauty and the beast had a chance

[@emilykruger2844]

La Kaverna Silence of the Lambs is a bad and boring movie

[@organboi]

Wrong

[@heisen-bones]

@@emilykruger2844 go watch slender man then

[@arnabhim7891]

The Silence of the Lambs was a movie that was way ahead of its time. This was a much deserved Oscar in terms of producing.

[@georgelong9782]

Elizabeth Taylor looks GREAT!!!!!!! She was 60 years old here. I saw her in person in 1987 in San Francisco when she introduced her Passion perfume. I never forgot that day.

[@yamancerin4200]

for real? she looks 35.

[@lotharwaltner4058]

👏👏👏👏

[@thelaurels13]

The Silence of the Lambs is such an incredible movie. Every single Oscar that movie won was deserved. Phenomenal acting and phenomenal direction by Demme.

[@dragonoftheeast7572]

Because the performances were soooooooo strong 💪 Johnothan Demmes direction somewhat gets overlooked... But it's master-class in subtle powerful direction.. Every aspiring director needs to take note...

[@LPMAN02]

RIP Kenneth Utt (July 13, 1921 - January 19, 1994), aged 72 RIP Paul Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008), aged 83 RIP Dame Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011), aged 79 You will be remembered as legends.

[@connorbrennan4233]

Elizabeth Taylor doesn't look too different at age 60 from when she was younger.

[@Noura-bv9pv]

Because she aged rather quickly. She looked 60 when she was in her 30s

[@mahidemahi7642]

Noura omg lol

[@okokwo5161]

A GREAT MOVIE. GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM JODIE, SIR ANTHONY, TED LEVINE. HANDS DOWN TO ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIMES

[@RR-ir6ss]

Great, great, great film! Excellent movie! The music, the acting, the thrilling action, the suspense, and many other things. Everything about 'The Silence Of The Lambs' is excellent. Defiantly one of the best films of all time.

[@johnvargo7338]

+Raul Ruiz de Velasco DEFIANTLY???

[@RR-ir6ss]

+John Vargo Um, it's called a typo, my friend.

[@johnvargo7338]

fix it. you can!

[@princhipessa1969]

Very well deserved! Such beautiful people Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor.

[@hadriennathanbalmelle9386]

Absolutely deserved win. Outstanding performances script and directing. Btw Elizabeth Taylor is STUNNING

[@danalong1237]

This was the last time Elizabeth Taylor would present the Best Picture Oscar; she was 60 years old at the time of broadcast. What a way to celebrate her birthday! Sadly she would pass away 19 years later after various health problems. And it was also, if I remember correctly, the only time Paul Newman, actor and co-owner of what was then Newman-Haas Racing and not related to composers Alfred, Lionel, Randy, Thomas and David Newman, presented the Best Picture Oscar; he was 67 years old, 7 years older than Taylor. RIP Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, the latter of which passed away just 16 years later at the age of 83!

[@MsElisMom]

Every single time this movie is on I don’t care what hour or what part it’s on I have to sit and watch. Cinematic genius movie

[@Stefarooh]

It has been over 30 years since this film released and it has still not left the public consciousness. That is the staying power of this movie. It's a pop culture phenomenon and "The Godfather" of all thrillers . There is a reason it sits at #7 on the all ranked Best Picture winners list (all 96 of them that won Best Picture) over at IMDB because it's a true classic and beloved by almost every audience member who sees it and one where the Academy actually got it right. I recently showed it to my young nephews and their friends (aged between 16 and 19) and they were all spell bound by it saying it was one of the best films they had ever seen.

[@kusumnagar9449]

Unequivocally, the best decision academy made since the godfather

[@RoosterDrewster_MTB]

Then came Return of the King

[@heenasingh5751]

And then parasite

[@RoosterDrewster_MTB]

@@heenasingh5751 I personally thought 1917 should have won.

[@ernestoalmada2127]

drew brecke I liked Marriage Story more than Parasite, and even I think Parasite deserved it

[@xristinamusic9940]

Parasite is perfect from every angle

[@awesome420ication]

I love the score by Howard Shore.

[@jeffersonborges9932]

I love both movies. ''Beauty and the Beast'' is indeed a Disney Classic, a GREAT musical, one of my favorite movies ever. And at least, received a nomination for Best Picture of the year, becoming the first animation to do so in this category. ''The Silence of the Lambs'' is also a classic! A Thriller classic! Both movies are masterpieces!

[@AgentF84s]

this oscar did go to the best movie of 1991

[@donnya.oryankingdonny230]

and the best movie of 1991, my birthyear, was the silence of the lambs.

[@AgentF84s]

goood

[@SilverShade1008]

Agent Unprejudiced But Terminator 2 wasn't even nominated.

[@sameerhafeez7029]

Philip Krusto when I watched T2 I was disappointed, and silence of the lambs Is THE BEST MOVIE OF 1991

[@georgefremd1802]

Sorry the best movie was Boyz n the Hood. Not silence

[@raulviii60]

Paul and Liz :')

[@diceytrust2768]

Victoria's Thoughts She looked beautiful...RIP Liz...😞

[@janyou17]

Victoria's Thoughts Paul Newman is the King of Oscar.. followed by Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson... While Katharine Hepburn is the queen of Oscar..

[@59771006]

I'm with you I think there should be a Oscar for "Best Voice Work in a Animated Film".

[@65wiseman]

There should have been a standing ovation for these two giants!

[@organboi]

Not in 1993 and for just being presenters. The great stars always presented back then.

[@alwaysblake148]

After watching the dismal Oscars 2021, this is what it lacked--genuine movie stars who elevated the evening. Not just the great Newman and Taylor but also Hepburn, Poitier, Fonda , Moreno and many more.

[@sirsepehr6252]

anyone noticed that they cheered for tylor and newman more than movie itself?

[@rajnari6947]

I did 👐

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

To date, this is the last movie that swept the major Oscar categories.

[@Denis-89]

Very Brave choice. It is not the type of movie that usually wins awards, a really uncommon topic. But it won all the 5 major awards that night. What a triumph!

[@akky294628]

One of the only three movies to win the "Big Five" at the academy awards.

[@dngl21]

The first and only Horror film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

[@fanshorrormovies6249]

It's a thriller

[@dngl21]

@@fanshorrormovies6249 same difference

[@FHH618]

It’s a thriller

[@infamouscrusader3363]

@@dngl21 It's more horror. Thriller is a by product to horror.

[@RR-ir6ss]

Extraordinay film.

[@GiovanniGGori]

"Cat on a hot tin roof" leading actors after 44 years.And the same class.😁

[@a.s.alfred9975]

The first and only horror genre so far to be named the Best Picture by Oscar....

[@conrad7155]

Not a horror..

[@a.s.alfred9975]

But its more common to horror.

[@conrad7155]

Alfred Soosai True. I'd say its more of a psychological thriller, but theres no other film like it thats won best picture

[@a.s.alfred9975]

Conrad Guiney Apart from The Silence Of The Lamb, The Exorcist also falling into the same category....The movie also nominated in best picture..but never win...But still now remembered as a milestone in film industry

[@a.s.alfred9975]

***** Thank you for correction

[@supermariofan03]

Other animated films like The Secret of NIMH, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille and Wall-E should also be Best Picture nominees.

[@598superchris]

supermariofan03 I agree

[@jacefiore6203]

CTDawg Townsend but only Up and Toy Story 3 got nominated but Up lost to The hurt locker and toy story 3 lost to the king's speech, Which I must watch the hurt locker,it's so FRICKIN' AWESOME!

[@WDI2008]

supermariofan03 Don’t forget Frozen!

[@hunterolaughlin]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs should also be a Best Picture nominee considering it’s the reason why we have feature-length animated films and it helped give the Disney studio their identity.

[@monuorah]

May they both rest in peace!

[@robertbrown7917]

I saw this movie in the theatre...b4 the awards....I was sitting on the edge my seat during this movie...I knew...Anthony, Jodie and the movie would win....

[@Starkardur]

Well this film was a classic before it won. It came out in February 1991 and won the oscars in March 1992. 13 MONTHS LATER. It was already available on video. No one went to see this film thinking it was an award winning picture - people went to see it because they wanted to be entertained but unlike today they actually released good movies in January and February.

[@kirkcorzine3721]

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor? You won’t get that anymore

[@darlamae9876]

Wow! Still as beautiful as they were in their prime 60’s career… legends!

[@jarredkennedy6131]

The Silence of the Lambs is such an iconic masterpiece even the dog who played Precious has her own Wikipedia page. Her name was Darla.

[@gameroftheyear1000]

I love that the guy who’s giving the speech first, Edward Saxon has a cameo in the film as the head cast of the head of Benjamin Raspail.

[@giuseppetrisoglio9268]

What a year for the cinema🎉 The silence of the Lambs, Thelma and Louise, Jfk, Bugsy, The Fisher King ecc.

[@professorderoteiro]

RIP AND RIP.

[@dldee912]

Incredible film, well deserved........one of the greatest Oscar-winner movies.

[@65wiseman]

Two gorgeous people!

[@jfilesgraphics]

Liz, Liz, Liz....absolutely incredible. One of the few women who embodied Hollywood's past glory. I would've loved to have met her in person.

[@hansamuel8613]

Newman and Taylor in one frame...heart attack!!!

[@roxy5588]

I really loved The Silence of the Lambs it was brilliant!!!! :)

[@jeffersonborges9932]

Amazing to see Liz Taylor and Paul Newman together at the Oscars! :D The two are Hollywood Royalty! Unforgettable Oscar moment!

[@pizzalover0075]

A year where the Academy got it right

[@PixarLogan]

I’ve never seen silence before should I? (I only had came here for beauty and the beast)

[@AwesomePOG]

@@PixarLogan yes you should. I’m not sure if it will be your taste, but you will certainly respect it.

[@hassegawamkt]

My all time favorite! Very well deserved! ❤

[@ivanbrocko]

Only 3 movies in Oscar history won BIG 5..... Movie, Director, Actor, Actress ( both in leading roles ), Screenplay. And this one is one of them.

[@onceinabluemoon593]

3:35 The old man, I knew he looked familiar, he played a small role in the film.... the scene at the funeral home where they exam the body. He was the funeral director (mortician) or something. Anywho, this film is one of my favorites, great acting by Hopkins & Foster!

[@yoni5570]

Yup! Good catch

[@rgrndu]

I saw this movie at a theater in Newton, MA. I'd stopped by the theater previously and was given an invitation to watch a new movie starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. No more info was given that I can remember. A friend and I went and we were blown away by the picture. When it ended we (the entire audience) were asked to stay and fill out a questionnaire about every aspect of the film. On the way out there were several men in suits hanging out in the lobby. Then nothing. A year to a year and half went by and we were wondering what ever happened to that great movie. It eventually was released and the rest is history.

[@kingcleopatra]

This is one one my fave videos of La Liz at the Oscars (theres more tho) but this one is cool becuz the audience recognizes Paul Newman right away and kind of maybe see Elizabeth Taylor at his side. Only when she reaches the podium does the audience realize its La Liz in all her splendor, you hear the applause roar for her. Amazing take.

[@HHH-ye1ro]

Elizabeth and Paul. Nothing else to be said. Wow!!

[@captainjjb84]

Paul Newman, you will be forever missed!

[@lisaslilly3061]

When Oscars were really THE OSCARS!!!!

[@OscarDelSanto_OscarDS]

This is a beautiful moment because they were both humanitarians of the first order

[@Starkardur]

Funny how the Horror film, the feminist road movie and the Disney flick are considered classics and remembered to this day while the Epic films about JFK and Bugsy are forgotten.

[@organboi]

So true. People don't like to be told the truth. They just like to be "entertained." Just sheople being sheople.

[@markelijio6012]

JFK and Bugsy were epic films that moved me every crucial inch between here and there. So don't be afraid to show off!

[@harsh125ami]

Fantastic win for one of my favorite movies of all time :)

[@Mandy-vn7rl]

Kenneth Utt accepts the award for Best Picture here. He was also an actor in the actual movie - Dr Akin in the autopsy scene 😳

[@rahulshome2758]

One of the all time great movies. Hannibal Lector arguably the greatest villain in film history 🙌🏾🔥

[@heyheyheyheyheyhey76]

my god is that liz taylor?? rip, what a legend

[@supermariofan03]

It gives the Oscar to Silence of the Lambs.

[@idiomasconalex]

That time Beauty and the beast was the first animated film nominated to best picture.

[@nehakrishnadasari8633]

What badass music to get your Academy award to.

[@bernie4268]

A terrifying experience the first time round but an all-time classic.

[@Realistic316]

not only did this win best movie, but BOTH Hopkins and Foster won best actor and actress… for the academy to give all 3 of these awards to one film, that means it had to be the best by a landslide

[@rachardmcintyre6560]

4:25 RIP Audrey Hepburn in pink outfit. Loved you in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

[@ahmet99engin007]

Wow, look at these years. Some of the best pictures that has ever been made are in competition. But now, it was between Roma, Green Book and The Favourite. Heartbreaking, right? Though I feel very close to those years, it is staggering to see it's been 27 years.

[@bendytheinkdemon6910]

Beauty and The Beast, the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture!

[@taralucent1219]

Silence of the Lambs and Beauty and the Beast are two of my favorite movies of all time. So I'm ok as long as one of them won. I have never even heard of the other three...

[@donnya.oryankingdonny230]

My Birth Year...The Silence of The Lambs. I will never forget that special moment when a horror movie involving Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, won 5 academy awards including best picture.

[@ALE280290]

A true masterpiece triumphs (even if, for me, Beauty and the Beast remains the best)!

[@SharonnSimones]

God Paul Newman.. Love him so much!

[@christinecrites835]

no intro needed! love them!

[@muhammadandraaditya4802]

2:18 a historical moment when The Silence of the Lambs became the third film to sweep clean the Top Five categories

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Often considered the only horror to win Best Picture in history. This, however, was much more of an thriller then a horror.

[@jennifer5512]

One of the coolest best picture winners ever!

[@Aldolinozinho]

Taylor and Newman. There won´t be stars like them anymore.

[@foxnewsfanify]

One of only 2 movies to sweep all 5 major awards, along with Cookoo's Nest. Both were just classics. Semper Fi.

[@ericburns9132]

You forgot It Happened One Night. That the the first movie to sweep all five major Oscars than it went to One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest and then The Silence of the Lambs

[@kibaxino4ever]

It's easy to see what is happening here. It's Horror movie buffs Vs. Disney buffs. can we just appreciate the fact that the idea of "what a great movie is" is evolving. this was the first win for a horror film and the first nomination for a animated film. times are changing and i don't think it will take to long for an animated movie to finally snatch the Oscar.

[@annafowdy]

Too bad Zootopia wasn't nominated this year.

[@organboi]

it will never happen.

[@Saternoc]

I watched this film with pop up facts. I was impressed by how much research went into it.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

When the Oscars were much more succinct.. And the whole fucking cast and their dogs didnt come on stage for Best Picture. Great time.

[@mikejunior211]

Yes, back in the days where all the actors, producers and directors didn't felt the need to lecture everyone in America with their self-righteousness and virtual signaling.

[@jankin9952]

mikejunior211 “virtual signaling”

[@mikejunior211]

LOL I meant "virtue signaling".

[@Starkardur]

Well deserved winner. It was already a classic when it won and was released a whole year before it won the oscar. It wasn´t made to win awards. It was made because the people wanted to make good art and entertain people. Too bad most films aren´t like that today

[@soLarEclipse199]

Why are they thanking their sons & daughters??? They did'nt thank the people they should have...Sir Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster..both of whom took the film to a whole new level..the best thing about "The Silence of the Lambs" is the acting...That bloody escape of Hannibal will remain inmy mind for a long long time

[@cocktail4luv1294]

0:49 Aw Paul Newman is such a cutie

[@28nnace2]

Why do so many people think that beauty and the beast should have one, Silence of the lambs is the better of the five films nominated for best picture that year.

[@DigDug500]

Who the hell thought that????

[@kaisanderson9616]

Beauty and the beast sucked, another overated disney movie.

[@kaisanderson9616]

They probably liked the beauty and the beast songs which are the only decent thing in that whole damn movie.

[@Areyoumadnott]

@@kaisanderson9616 you’re a complete idiot

[@Kidd23Kidds]

I had heard so much about Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw it, it was all I could do to not turn it off midway. Biggest should be flop.

[@Lommy9999]

Elizabeth Taylor looked stunning with her hair like this. Better than the blown style she usually had in her later years.

[@myfathersprincess]

What no standing ovation for these 2 legend Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.! Get well Liz! Loooved Silence of the Lambs.

[@lilchicklets]

Can we just take a second to marvel at Paul Newman?

[@erinnrochelle6698]

Watching this classic now. Loved the books and the movie did it Justice.

[@user-pz1so2xu8j]

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor don't get a standing ovation- and pretty everybody gets one today. Man have things changed.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

Beauty and the Beast won, here’s why: Beauty (Clarice Starling) and the Beast (Hannibal Lecter)

[@scoutart1508]

Ironic reference, I suppose

[@HarryPot10]

@JackKlompus13 WHAT?!?! These 2 people r Hollywood royalty. If u don't know who they r, both of their names r in the description box. Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor.

[@65wiseman]

She looked just like she did in "Taming of the Shrew" 25 years earlier.

[@addabboo]

Funny you would say that, she actually wore a similar hair in the wedding scene of the film. Very well observed.

[@Chris_34]

Elizabeth Taylor looking gorgeous❤️

[@SutureUpMyBrokenBoxx]

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor giving the best picture Oscar to the silence of the lambs. Those were the times.