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Instinct (1999)

Nothing is more savage than civilization.

  • Jun 4, 1999
  • 2h 4m
  • R

6.5/10

TMDB user score
690 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Instinct is a 1999 drama and thriller film directed by Jon Turteltaub. Its leading cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland. It runs for 2 hours 4 minutes.

Synopsis

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

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Before You Pick

Time needed
2 hours 4 minutes
Age rating (US)
R
Language
English
Audience signal
6.5/10 from 690 TMDB votes

Trailer

Instinct Trailer (1999) · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins Dr. Ethan Powell
  • Cuba Gooding Jr. Dr. Theo Caulder
  • Donald Sutherland Ben Hillard
  • Maura Tierney Lynn Powell
  • George Dzundza Dr. John Murray
  • John Ashton Guard Dacks
  • John Aylward Warden Keefer
  • Doug Spinuzza Nicko
  • Thomas Q. Morris Pete
  • Vivienne Sendaydiego Catherine
  • Paul Bates Bluto
  • Rex Linn Gurad Alan
  • Rod McLachlan Guard Anderson
  • Tracey Ellis Annie
  • Kim Ingram Lester Rodman
  • Paul Collins Tom Hanley
  • Marc Macaulay Foley
  • Jim Grimshaw Boaz

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