Sure there are. What part of Silence did you like? Investigation thrillers aren’t that popular a genre but they popup periodically. Contagion has a lot of similarities. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series is very good and being remade by Hollywood. Mr Brooks comes near but kind of blows. Zodiac was solid.
Films like that are made still. Not a lost art. You just gotta go find them. Just like everything else worthy of your time.
My favorite part of the movie was Starling’s recollection to Lecter of running away with the lamb, and the reason for that is the simplicity of the scene and the sheer perfection of the acting.
Just two people dicussing a subject, no CGI, no nothing.
Magnificent!