Paul Verhoeven
Known for: Directing
Born: July 18, 1938
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Paul Verhoeven (born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the American feature films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Starship Troopers (1997), and Hollow Man (2000). Turkish Delight (1973) received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Both RoboCop and Total Recall won an Academy Special Achievement Award. In contrast, his film Showgirls (1995) was poorly received and won seven Golden Raspberry Awards, but has become a cult film over time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Verhoeven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
78 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
2026
7.7
Like Tears in Rain
2024
5.3
The Draft!
2023
7.9
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023
6.7
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
6.6
Benedetta
2021
5.9
You Don't Nomi
2021
3.8
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
2020
5.0
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
2020
6.1
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
2020
7.4
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
7.0
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
NR
Bukan Cinta Aku
2018
NR
Gijs
2017
6.7
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
2016
6.6
Elle
2016
6.4
Hollywood Banker
2014
7.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
5.8
Lotgenoten
2013
5.6
Tricked
2012
5.0
Parradox
2010
4.5
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009
8.3
Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What
2009
7.5
Black Book
2006
5.0
Hollow Man II
20069.0
That's It!
2005
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
5.1
De Wereld Draait Door
2005
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
6.0
Kulturplatz
2004
7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
5.3
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
NR
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign
2003
8.0
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002
NR
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002
NR
The Starships of “Starship Troopers”
2002
4.0
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Homefront Campaign
2002
7.8
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001
6.8
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
2001
5.0
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
4.0
Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Hydora Campaign
2001
4.0
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
7.0
Imagining 'Total Recall'
2001
NR
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
2001
NR
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Klendathu Campaign
2001
6.0
Hollow Man
2000
6.9
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
1999
6.2
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
7.1
Starship Troopers
19975.2
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
1996
5.6
Showgirls
1995
6.5
Eurotrash
1993
7.0
Hollywood by Bike
1993
5.3
Morgenmagazin
1992
6.9
Basic Instinct
1992
7.3
Total Recall
1990
NR
Pictures of Europe
1990
9.0
Zomergasten
1988
7.4
RoboCop
1987
6.6
Flesh + Blood
1985
10.0
De droomproducenten
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
6.7
The 4th Man
1983
6.9
All Things Pass
1981
6.4
Spetters
1980
6.5
For Queen and Country
1979
7.1
Soldier of Orange
1977
6.3
Katie Tippel
1975
6.8
Turkish Delight
1973
5.6
Business Is Business
1971
5.7
The Wrestler
1971
8.0
Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert
1970
10.0
Rond Floris
1969
8.0
Floris
1969
7.0
The Lonely Dorymen
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
The Royal Dutch Marine Corps
1965
6.4
Let's Have a Party
1963
6.5
The Hitchhikers
1962
6.3
Nothing Special
1961
5.7
One Lizard Too Many
1960
NR
Cups of Coffee
1959
NR
The Kiss
1959NR
Gottes Utopia
1955
NR
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
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NR
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
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Young Sinner
—NR
RoboCop Returns
—NR
Sans Compter
—NR
Het gestolen kasteel
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De koperen hond
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