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Instinct

  • Drama
  • Thriller
Confirmed1999-06-046.56.9Trakt

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.

Instinct is a 1999 drama thriller about a psychiatrist's dangerous attempt to understand a deranged anthropologist imprisoned in a psychiatric facility. The film explores the psychological cat-and-mouse game between doctor and patient as ambition and obsession threaten to consume them both.

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1999-06-04

Wide release in United States · Rated R

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Instinct Trailer (1999)

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When was Instinct released?

Instinct was released on June 4, 1999.

What is Instinct about?

The film follows psychiatrist Theo Caulder as he attempts to examine and understand Ethan Powell, a deranged anthropologist housed in a prison for the criminally insane. Caulder's ambition to uncover the truth about Powell's bizarre actions puts him on a harrowing and dangerous path.

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