| Instinct | |
| Director: | Halina Reijn |
| Producer: | Frans Van Gestel Arnold Heslenfeld Laurette Schillings |
| Starring: | Carice van Houten Marwan Kenzari |
| Music: | Ella Van Der Woude |
| Editing: | Job Ter Burg |
| Studio: | Topkapi Films BNNVARA Man Up Film |
| Distributor: | A24 |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Language: | Dutch |
Instinct is a 2019 Dutch drama film directed by Halina Reijn.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3]
A prison therapist becomes obsessed with her charismatic patient, a violent serial rapist on the verge of being paroled.
Instinct premiered at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival. A24 acquired the rights to the film in 2022.[4]
Instinct has an approval rating of 80% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10.[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[6]