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Basic Instinct

Feature Film | R | 2 hr 8 min | Released: 1992
Audio: English | CC/Subtitles: English

Why It Crackles: Things get fifty shades of cray in the iconic thriller with the sexiest interrogation scene in movie history.

Movie Description: San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is investigating the murder of a former rock star, and he's made a few unsettling discoveries: a bloody ice pick, a white silk scarf tied to a bedpost, and evidence of an otherwise romantic evening. As Nick digs into the case, he encounters three intriguing women, each with an unexpected motive for the crime. Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone in a Golden Globe-nominated role) is a fast-living novelist whose fictional murders have a strange way of coming true. Roxy (Leilani Sarelle) is Catherine's street-wise girlfriend. Dr. Beth Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is a police psychologist counseling Nick. Seduced by Catherine, Nick is drawn into a maze of mind games, love, excess and murder where the only thing he can rely on, ultimately, is basic instinct. Read More

Genres: Thriller

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

Directors: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Joe Eszterhas

Producers: Alan Marshall, Mario Kassar