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Instinct

Nothing is more savage than civilization.

1999 · R · 2h 4m

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

6.5

TMDB audience score
690 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

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Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins
    Dr. Ethan Powell

  • Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Dr. Theo Caulder

  • Donald Sutherland
    Ben Hillard

  • Maura Tierney
    Lynn Powell

  • George Dzundza
    Dr. John Murray

  • John Ashton
    Guard Dacks

  • John Aylward
    Warden Keefer

  • Doug Spinuzza
    Nicko

  • Thomas Q. Morris
    Pete

  • Vivienne Sendaydiego
    Catherine

  • Paul Bates
    Bluto

  • Rex Linn
    Gurad Alan

  • Rod McLachlan
    Guard Anderson

  • Tracey Ellis
    Annie

  • Kim Ingram
    Lester Rodman

  • Paul Collins
    Tom Hanley

  • Marc Macaulay
    Foley

  • Jim Grimshaw
    Boaz