Basic Instinct earned Academy Award nominations for its editing and original score at the time. In the 1990s, the film courted controversy for its depiction of an LGBTQ+ character as a dangerous killer at the tail end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and for its onscreen female nudity during the famous interrogation scene.

"Basic Instinct" writer Joe Eszterhas is writing an "anti-woke" reboot of the film for Amazon MGM, with Sharon Stone expected to return.

One of the defining thrillers of the 1990s is getting a modern update. Original series creator and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has signed a deal with Amazon’s United Artists to write a “reboot” of Basic Instinct,