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Basic Instinct

A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.

1992 · R · 2h 8m

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

7.0

TMDB audience score
4,606 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

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Cast

  • Michael Douglas
    Detective Nick Curran

  • Sharon Stone
    Catherine Tramell

  • George Dzundza
    Gus

  • Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Dr. Beth Garner

  • Denis Arndt
    Lieutenant Walker

  • Leilani Sarelle
    Roxy

  • Bruce A. Young
    Andrews

  • Chelcie Ross
    Captain Talcott

  • Dorothy Malone
    Hazel Dobkins

  • Wayne Knight
    John Correli

  • Daniel von Bargen
    Lieutenant Nilsen

  • Stephen Tobolowsky
    Dr. Lamott

  • Benjamin Mouton
    Harrigan

  • Jack McGee
    Sheriff

  • Stephen Rowe
    Internal Affairs Investigator

  • Mitch Pileggi
    Internal Affairs Investigator

  • Mary Pat Gleason
    Juvenile Officer

  • Freda Foh Shen
    Berkeley Registrar