Basic Instinct vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Basic Instinct). Basic Instinct is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 18m. Basic Instinct is the older of the two (1992 against 2010). Both are mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Basic Instinct
Shutter Island| Basic Instinct | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1992 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Sharon Stone, Stephen Tobolowsky, Daniel von Bargen, Chelcie Ross, Wayne Knight | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Basic Instinct
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.
Shutter Island
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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