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7 Must-Watch Thrillers on HBO Max Right Now (May 2025)


Discover thebest thriller movies streaming on HBO Max in May 2025, including hits like 'Caddo Lake' and 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Something’s slightly off about the whole thing, though, and he discovers that it’s an elaborate ploy by the FBI to catch a serial killer named “The Butcher.” That’s a big problem for Cooper because he’s The Butcher, and he’ll do anything to keep his double life a secret. Director Gustav Möller expertly interweaves the central mystery of the missing woman with the gradual revelations about Ager’s personal life, which plays a big part in the film’s climax. Jonathan Demme ’s masterful thriller creeped people out in 1991 and is still scary today, but its real power lies in the oddly intimate relationship between Jodie Foster ’s Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins ’ Hannibal Lecter.

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