
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.


“They were the perfect couple, buying the perfect house. Until a perfect stranger moved into their lives.”
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Melanie Griffith
Patty Palmer

Matthew Modine
Drake Goodman

Michael Keaton
Carter Hayes / James Danforth

Mako
Toshio Watanabe

Nobu McCarthy
Mira Watanabe

Laurie Metcalf
Stephanie MacDonald

Carl Lumbly
Lieutenant Lou Baker

Dorian Harewood
Dennis

Luca Bercovici
Greg

Tippi Hedren
Florence Peters
Pacific Heights is a thriller, drama, mystery film released in 1990 exploring themes of cheating, san francisco, california, psychopath, staircase, attempted murder, con man. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton. A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
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