Manhunter

Name: Manhunter
Duration: 2 h

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media. More Details »

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Director:

Michael Mann

Producer:

Bernard Williams, Dino De Laurentiis

Release Date:

Aug 15, 1986

Runtime:

2hr

Synopsis

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

Cast

William L. Petersen
Kim Greist
Dennis Farina
Joan Allen
Brian Cox
Stephen Lang
Tom Noonan

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.9

RATINGS 1.8K FANS

3.9

Sep 24, 2019

Hopkins & Mikkelson both play Lecter with a poise and polish but Brian Cox seems like he actually eats people.

5.9K Likes

Mike Ginn

of course mann was the first to realize that the ideological structure of both the cop narrative and the serial killer narrative were identical and cyclically reinforced each other, decades before the whole 'true crime' genre was established. the institution of the police…

3.0K Likes

comrade_yui

Aug 5, 2020

Everything with you is seeing, isn't it? Your primary sensory intake that makes your dream live is seeing. Reflections, mirrors, images...you've seen these films, haven't you my man? -Me, to everyone who follows me on Letterboxd

2.8K Likes

Will Menaker
Apr 22, 2018

Was an 88, now a 100 Is there a more dangerous Hollywood film than Manhunter? Not necessarily on an ethical/moral level of what it’s showing, but *why* - it conveys, on an allegorical register, exactly why we all stumble into a dark auditorium with a crowd of strangers…

1.9K Likes

SilentDawn

Sep 3, 2020

An extremely 80s but genuinely great mystery thriller about three total psychopaths (Hannibal, Tooth Fairy, William Petersen)

1.7K Likes

demi adejuyigbe

Jan 12, 2015

Calling media "dated" as strictly a pejorative needs to stop. It implies that only contemporary works matter because they're about The Way We Live Now, ignoring the archival value of a cultural statement. Sure, there's a spectrum through which one can have this…

1.6K Likes

Jake Isgar
Feb 25, 2021

the colors! the score! the men!

1.6K Likes

jourdain searles

can we talk about how david fincher has made an entire career out of ripping off this movie

1.3K Likes

comrade_yui

Sep 7, 2023

The blue in this movie is the bluest blue that has ever blued in a movie before. Just an A+ blue. And that scene with blind Joan Allen petting a sedated tiger ... can a scene still be considered a non-sequitur when it quietly holds the key to the entire film? There a lot of…

1.1K Likes

Matt Singer

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Jack Henrie is "meh" on

Manhunter

Nice but not special really

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Ellis liked

Manhunter

Brian cox as lector is everything. I always wish every Hannibal movie I watch had like 5 times as many scenes with him as they actually do though. Give him some more screen time come onnnn he’s so diva. Everyone else was pretty mid tho and that lady was so bad at pretending to be blind 😭😭😭 maybe…

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Evan Vachon liked

Manhunter

7/10 A pretty solid movie but inferior to its sequel. Will was a strong lead and his mental struggles were very intriguing. Brian Cox was great as Lector although I wish there was more of him. The film struggles with its pacing and has a weak villain but has a very strong ending

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ChungiBoi loved

Manhunter

I had put this off for years after seeing the trilogy and the show (which are both practically perfect), but I never should’ve, it was great. The style and character performances keep it distinct from Red Dragon and coupled with an awesome soundtrack it’s definitely worth seeing

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Tiger Z liked

Manhunter

Not as exciting or thrilling as Red Dragon. The downgrade of Lecktor’s and the Tooth Fairy’s acting is criminal. Great cinematics for an 80’d movie, maybe even better than Red Dragon’s. Didn’t really like the music in the movie. I wonder why Lecktor wasn’t in the movie more.

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Jason C. liked

Manhunter

There’s some 80’s cheese moments here. 🧀 But if you can get past that, everything adds up to a pretty cool prequel to The Silence of the Lambs. Good cast. The blind woman is the mother/wife from ‘Faceoff’. Also, “Barney” from Silence of the Lambs has a cameo. 👀 6/10

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Draven Ramos loved

Manhunter

One of the greatest films of all time, Michael Mann does it yet again. This movie is dripping with style, atmosphere, heart, and unease. I’m my opinion, it is superior to the silence of the lambs and has one of the best scenes ever, soundtrack as well.

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Alexa is "meh" on

Manhunter

This isn’t bad by any stretch of the imagination. I think I just find the way Michael Mann makes movies to be extremely boring. Also, I felt like I was being bludgeoned with 80s architecture. A prison with that many windows??? Be for real.

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manny bobanny is "meh" on

Manhunter

Based off of my favorite book. This rendition leaves out a bit too much, and it’s changes are not for the better. It’s very pretty, but I feel like the heart of the story isn’t properly captured. Pales in comparison to NBC’s Hannibal.

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