In 1992, Paul Verhoeven set the highest bar of danger posed by a woman with his project “Basic Instinct”. The main character Katherine Tramell (the image that gave Sharon Stone the status of a sex symbol of an entire generation) in the film does not look crazy, prone to violence and spectacular killing of her victims. By no means, all the vices of the heroine are hidden behind a mask of seductive charm and sexuality.
Katherine didn’t have so many murders, but this fact does not make her less dangerous. A writer who subtly senses the essence of the basic instinct is able to immobilize men with one glance. The rental of Verhoeven's paintings is rightfully considered a significant milestone in the development of the genre. She influenced its subsequent formation, inspired filmmakers to create films similar to “Basic Instinct”.
Sequel
When building a list of films similar to “Basic Instinct,” mention should be made of his sequel with the subtitle “Lust for Risk”. The picture was released after 14 years, it involved the unfading Sharon Stone and other star actors, but the project turned out to be definitely a failure.
The reason for the failure of the sequel can be identified by the well-known proverb: you won’t enter the same river twice, no matter how hard you try. Therefore, the work of Michael Caiton-Jones is positioned as a movie for Stone fans, saturated with many scenes of a sexual nature, a confused plot sewn with white thread.
Films similar to Basic Instinct 2 are also featured in this publication. For example, the erotic thriller “Chloe”, in which the heroine Julianne Moore, obsessed with jealousy, shares a box with the character of Amanda Seyfred, and the director Atom Egoyan openly admires what is happening. Recommend to view such a creation in the cinema should be with some caution. Perhaps it is better to review the Basic Instinct at home than to watch the next director storm the pinnacle of his sequel.
Source of inspiration
When listing films similar to “Basic Instinct”, you should definitely recall the picture “Dizziness”, which is rightfully considered an inspiration for contemporary creators who create melodramatic and psychoanalytic thrillers. By the way, in the 80s, this innocent project was included in the list of 10 most erotic films of all time. Hitchcock, bringing the mechanism of stimulation of suspense to sophisticated splendor, brilliantly embodied on the screen the depth of vibes of heightened sensuality, indomitable attraction of a man to a woman.
You should also pay attention to the movie "Fatal Attraction", which is not only one of the most commercially successful in the thriller genre, but is also considered the pioneer of the fashion for family and everyday melodramatic, tense stories with elements of eroticism.
List of movies similar to “Basic Instinct”
- Thriller John McNaughton's “Wildness” (1998) is remembered for a non-trivial detective story and frank erotic episodes.
- In the film “9 1/2 weeks”, the classic of the romantic movie Adrian Line managed to create an unsurpassed erotic fragment of the three, at first glance, not very attractive components - the faces of Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke and the contents of the refrigerator.
- Fans of “Kill me tenderly” will surely appeal to fans of melodramatic thrillers who discuss the theme “In bed with the enemy”.
- The movie “Sliver” is remarkable for the participation of Sharon Stone in it, because after the success of Verhoeven's brainchild, the audience was looking forward to her next role with special impatience. But the picture disappointed both critics and the audience. Sharon, in a new guise, abandoned the image of a sexually aggressive nature, upsetting fans who expected her to be a vamp.
- The ambitious and scandalous project “Color of the Night” was regarded by many filmmakers as a retaliatory strike to the initiator of the “Basic Instinct”. In the erotic-psychopathological thriller many motifs of spicy films are mixed, but in an unintelligible form. The main intrigue is guessed instantly, because of this the final twist is excessive and implausible.