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Instinct

19992h 4m6.5/ 10 · TMDB · 686 votes
DramaThriller

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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Directed by Jon Turteltaub

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins

Dr. Ethan Powell

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr.

Dr. Theo Caulder

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland

Ben Hillard

Maura Tierney
Maura Tierney

Lynn Powell

George Dzundza
George Dzundza

Dr. John Murray

John Ashton
John Ashton

Guard Dacks

John Aylward
John Aylward

Warden Keefer

Doug Spinuzza
Doug Spinuzza

Nicko

Thomas Q. Morris

Pete

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Film details

Released4 Jun 1999
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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