
Basic Instinct(1992)
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.


“If you think you know your lover. Think again. Especially if she's your wife.”
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.

James Spader
Ray Reardon

Mädchen Amick
Lena Mathers

Fredric Lehne
Larry

Bess Armstrong
Elaine

Larry Miller
Norman

Kathleen York
Martha

Kate Williamson
Mrs. Sneeder
Tom Lillard
Hank Sneeder

William Shockley
Buddy
Carl Sundstrom
Officer
Dream Lover is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 1994 exploring themes of adultery, paranoia, architect, marriage, femme fatale, divorce. Directed by Nicholas Kazan, it stars James Spader, Mädchen Amick, Fredric Lehne. Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.
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