Basic Instinct

3 conversations · 4.9h

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1992 · Thriller, Mystery · 2h 8m

Budget $49M · Box office $353M

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.

Director Paul Verhoeven

Writers Joe Eszterhas

Cinematography Jan de Bont

Michael Douglas

Detective Nick Curran

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