Basic Instinct (1992)

Name: Basic Instinct
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1992-03-20
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Thriller Mystery

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Runtime128 min

Rating18

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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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Fans of director Paul Verhoeven's provocative, stylized thrillers will find a lot to appreciate in Basic Instinct's taut mystery and Sharon Stone's iconic, career-defining performance as a charismatic mystery writer caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

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Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. It follows San Francisco detective Nick Curran as he investigates the murder of a rock star, only to begin an intense relationship with the prime suspect Catherine Tramell.