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Basic Instinct
A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.
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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.
Basic Instinct is a film that explores themes of dying and death, california, jealousy. It also touches on sexual obsession and police and san francisco, california.
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Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight
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Basic Instinct
A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.
You can watch Basic Instinct (1992) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
6.9/10
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56%
RT Audience
64%
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Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight
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dying and death · california · jealousy · sexual obsession · police · san francisco, california · sadism · psychopath · detective · eroticism
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