
Feature film — 1999
Instinct (1999)
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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A high-signal pick with 690 votes.
Spyglass Entertainment / Touchstone Pictures
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Director: Jon Turteltaub
On screen
Cast & crew

Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Ethan Powell

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Dr. Theo Caulder

Donald Sutherland
Ben Hillard

Maura Tierney
Lynn Powell

George Dzundza
Dr. John Murray

John Ashton
Guard Dacks

John Aylward
Warden Keefer

Doug Spinuzza
Nicko
Thomas Q. Morris
Pete
Vivienne Sendaydiego
Catherine

Paul Bates
Bluto

Rex Linn
Gurad Alan
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