Basic Instinct (1992)
Thriller, Mystery • 2h 8m
Overview
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Daniel von Bargen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Benjamin Mouton, Jack McGee, Bill Cable, Stephen Rowe, Mitch Pileggi, Mary Pat Gleason, Freda Foh Shen, William Duff-Griffin, James Rebhorn, David Wells, Bradford English, Mary Ann Rodgers, Adilah Barnes, Irene Olga López, Juanita Jennings, Craig C. Lewis, Michael David Lally, Peter Appel, Michael Halton, Keith McDaniel, Eric Poppick, Ron Cacas, Kayla Blake, Ken Liebenson, Lindy Rasmusson, Byron Berline, Eddie Dunbar, Tom McKibbin, Julie Bond, Anne Lockhart, Patricia Anne Isgate-Hayward, Pui Fan Lee, Andy Rolfes, Bob Sallese, Theodore Carl Soderberg, Damon Stout
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12/24/2025
Best Audio Release
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead Italian's the back left surround duplicated)
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead it's the back left surround duplicated)
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead Italian's the back left surround duplicated)
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead it's the back left surround duplicated)
5/8/2025
Best Audio Release
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc (absent on StudioCanal UHD)
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead Italian's the back left surround duplicated)
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc (absent on StudioCanal UHD)
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from LaserDisc (absent on StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray), but the 5.1 track has issues which are not present on their new Blu-ray (LFE channel is missing, and instead Italian's the back left surround duplicated)
4/25/2025
Best Audio Release
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc.
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc (absent on StudioCanal UHD)
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc.
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc (absent on StudioCanal UHD)
4/25/2025
Best Audio Release
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc.
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc.
4/25/2025
Best Audio Release
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc
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Lionsgate UHD has the original theatrical 2.0 track, sourced from Laserdisc
4/25/2025
Best Video Release
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Studio Canal UHD has considerable improvement over the old awful BD but marred by teal grading and DNR
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Lionsgate and StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray share the same video master: both have considerable improvement over the old awful Blu-ray but marred by teal grading and DNR. Lionsgate is additionally better compressed than StudioCanal.
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Studio Canal UHD has considerable improvement over the old awful BD but marred by teal grading and DNR
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Lionsgate and StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray share the same video master: both have considerable improvement over the old awful Blu-ray but marred by teal grading and DNR. Lionsgate is additionally better compressed than StudioCanal.
4/25/2025
Best English-Friendly Release
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Studio Canal UHD
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Studio Canal UHD
12/30/2024
