Is the movie Instinct available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?
At Stream Tracker, we’ll help you locate Instinct (1999) — the tense, primal face-off between anthropologist Ethan Powell and the ambitious psychiatrist Theo Caulder — and tell you whether it’s prowling on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or Apple TV+. Set inside a prison for the criminally insane, the film turns therapy into a hunt and civilization into a kind of cage, with Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr. driving a story about survival, obsession and the pull of the wild. Read on to see which platforms currently stream the movie and how to watch it without getting lost in the jungle of availability.
Synopsis
Confined in a high-security institution for the criminally insane, renowned anthropologist Ethan Powell becomes the focus of Theo Caulder, a driven young psychiatrist intent on a professional breakthrough. Consumed by the desire to uncover Powell’s motives, Caulder crosses ethical lines and jeopardizes his career, his relationships and ultimately his life as he plunges into a dangerous, obsessive quest to explain the man’s incomprehensible behavior.
Watch on which platform Instinct
Updated on 12/03/2026Netflix
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