Basic Instinct (released March 20, 1992) is an American mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. It stars Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn and George Dzundza.

In 2004 MGM claimed to be going ahead with filming for a sequel to Basic Instinct simply titled Basic Instinct 2.

Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is a San Francisco homicide detective investigating the murder of rock and roll musician Johnny Boz. Curran knows that the murderer is blonde and that Boz was stabbed to death repeatedly with an ice pick. He meets with Boz' girlfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), who is blonde. Curran becomes suspicious of her, yet, he also becomes attracted by her overt sexuality. Making him more suspicious is her lack of remorse for his death (in her words, "I wasn't dating him. I was fucking him.") She is a multi-millionaire author who penned a book which parallels the exact crime scene. Curran is easy to entice as his life is under stress due to having shot many people in the line of duty and being involved in alcohol and drugs. He lives a dangerous life and he becomes intrigued by the danger this femme fatale represents.

The film was controversial due to its overt sexuality and violence. The picture above takes place during a scene in which Tramell is being interviewed by a panel of male police officers about the crime. At one point she uncrosses her legs slowly only to reveal she is not wearing panties.

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