Manhunter (1986) or Red Dragon (2002) ?

And yet, despite Red Dragon having an A-list cast, none of them truly did justice to the characters. Anthony Hopkins was trying way too hard to recapture his performance from The Silence of the Lambs. When that's not how Hannibal Lecter acts like at all in the novels. Also Edward Norton sucked as Will Graham. Will Graham is suppose to be a very broken individual. Like he could just snap at any moment. I never got that sense at all from Edward Norton. As for Ralph Fiennes, they tried way too hard to make us feel sorry for the character by humanizing him. Yes, Francis Dolarhyde was sympathetic in the novel as well, but he was still a sinister monster.