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Basic Instinct
1992
· Movie
· 128 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2984
- IMDb #1900
- Rotten Tomatoes #3105
- Metacritic #3465
- Letterboxd #1707
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3519
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3045
- Metacritic Critics #4036
- Metacritic Audience #2102
- Criticker #1982
- Douban #703
- Kinopoisk #678
- AlloCiné #1109
- Trakt #1755
Every rating
43–79
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 43, highest is Douban on 79. Critics average 50, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A violent homicide of a retired rock star is investigated by a San Francisco police detective. The prime suspect is a beautiful, manipulative, and brilliant crime novelist who was the victim's girlfriend. The detective's investigation becomes a dangerous and erotic game of cat and mouse.
Details
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Writer
- Joe Eszterhas
- Studio
- Carolco Pictures, Le Studio Canal+
- Released
- 20 March 1992
- Country
- United States, France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $49.0M
- Box office
- $352.9M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →5 wins from 25 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Original Score | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1992 | Palme d'Or | Paul Verhoeven | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1992 | Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992 | Best Actress | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
| DVD Exclusive Awards 1992 | Best Original Retrospective Documentary | Jeffrey Schwarz | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Paul Verhoeven | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Performance | Sharon Stone | Winner |
| Most Desirable Female | Sharon Stone | Winner |
| Best Male Performance | Michael Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
| Best Director | Paul Verhoeven | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Nominee | |
| Best Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Joe Eszterhas | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
3 nominations
| Worst Actor | Michael Douglas (also for Shining Through ) | Nominee |
| Worst New Star | Sharon Stone's tribute to Theodore Cleaver | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Jeanne Tripplehorn | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Sharon Stone | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Retrospective Documentary | Jeffrey Schwarz | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |