Hannibal is a 2001 thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. Set ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, the premise is that one of Hannibal Lecter's surviving victims, the extremely wealthy Mason Verger, is determined to capture, torture, and kill him. The film's locations alternate between Italy and the United States.

According to Steffen Hantke, author of "Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear", Hannibal the film was an "eagerly anticipated auteur and star-driven event movie, with emphasis on a distinctive visual appearance and deliberate flamboyant performances."