Basic Instinct

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Basic Instinct

7.1 | 2h8m | R | en | Thriller

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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7.1 | 2h8m | R | en | Thriller , Mystery

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.

Cast

Michael Douglas , Sharon Stone , George Dzundza

Director

Mark Billerman

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Le Studio Canal+ , Carolco Pictures

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Cast

Michael Douglas

as Detective Nick Curran

[2025] I Am Curious Johnny [2025] Looking Through Water [2024] Franklin [2024] America's Burning [2023] Downwind [2023] Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania [2023] Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son [2023] Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania [2021] Polycephaly in D

Sharon Stone

as Catherine Tramell

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George Dzundza

as Gus

[2010] The Chosen One [2006] Superman: Brainiac Attacks [2005] Adam and Eve [2004] Law & Order: The First 3 Years [2002] City by the Sea [2001] Determination of Death [2000] Above Suspicion [1999] Instinct [1998] Species II