Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Instinct easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Instinct end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Instinct

Name: Instinct
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1999
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza

Nothing is more savage than civilization.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

Produced by Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures

1999124 min6.5 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about a psychiatrist's dangerous obsession with understanding a violent, enigmatic anthropologist in a prison for the criminally insane.

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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Questions people ask

Is Instinct scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Instinct easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Instinct violent? Somewhat. More violent than 72% of films.
Does Instinct end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Instinct sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.