Amy Dunnová zmizla v deň piateho výročia svadby. Nick, jej muž, bol po sérii nájdených dôkazov obvinený z vraždy svojej ženy. Nick prehlasuje, že nič nespáchal, Aminho priatelia a zápisky v jej denníku tvrdí opak. Kto má pravdu? Ako ju spoznať? A ak je Nick nevinný, kam sa podela Amy?
Emancipovaná vyzývavá a atraktívna spisovateľka Catherine Tramellová je obklopená takým počtom vrážd, že sa stáva pre detektíva Nicka podozrivou číslo jedna. Naviac sa stýka s ľuďmi, ktorí v minulosti zabíjali a sama vo svojich knihách smrť predvída. Ani policajná psychologička Beth, Nickova a kedysi tiež Catherinina milenka, nie je príliš typickou filmovou postavou. Základným inštinktom z názvu je samozrejme pohlavný (heterosexuálny i lesbický) pud, ktorý tiež ovláda značnú časť diania. Napätie nespočíva len v zručne vybudovanej zápletke, ale aj v stálom spájaní sexu a smrti. Snímka je prepočítaná do najmenších podrobností. Hrá v nej všetko: prostredie San Francisca, prepychové vily, krásne lačné ženy, silné autá, ale aj divákova filmová skúsenosť.
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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Elena, the wife of a very rich man, spends the summer on an island in the Aegean Sea, doing archaeological research. One day her son comes to visit her son from her first marriage. The sea, the sun, the shepherds with ancient half-lingual rites, a handsome youth, not yet an old woman - no one remembered what happened in Ancient Greece ...
The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, drama-queen ex-wife visits.
Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
Ebba is a lonely 18-year-old who finds a wounded man in the Oslo harbour. When she discovers he has amnesia, she lies and tells him they are lovers.