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Paul Verhoeven

Highest Rated: 100% The Fourth Man (1983)

Lowest Rated: 23% Showgirls (1995)

Birthday: Jul 18, 1938

Birthplace: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Well into his forties before moving to America to work, Dutch-born director Paul Verhoeven has thrived in the world of big budgets, exercising his vivid imagination to become a master of modern sensation. His first three Hollywood films were authentic smash hits, beginning with the brutality of "RoboCop" (1987), continuing through the gasp-making action of "Total Recall" (1990) to the viscerally explosive and controversial "Basic Instinct" (1992). He also directed the turbo-charged sci-fi actioner "Starship Troopers" (1997), raising the standard for spaceship battle effects while offering a satirical political subtext.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 81% The Fourth Man
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92% 87% Soldier of Orange
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92% 84% RoboCop
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86% 63% Flesh & Blood
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86% 80% Turkish Delight
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86% 65% Spetters
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82% 79% Total Recall
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77% 87% Black Book
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Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven in the press room for 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 - Press Room, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA January 8, 2017. Photo By: Adrian Newton/Everett Collection BASIC INSTINCT, director Paul Verhoeven (rear) directing Michael Douglas on set, 1992, © TriStar BLACK BOOK, (aka ZWARTBOEK), cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub, director Paul Verhoeven, on set, 2006. ©Sony Pictures Classics STARSHIP TROOPERS, Director Paul Verhoeven, Casper Van Dien, 1997 © Columbia/Tristar/ ELLE, from left: director Paul Verhoeven, Isabelle Huppert, on set, 2016./© Sony Pictures Classics TOTAL RECALL, Rachel Ticotin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Director Paul Verhoeven, 1990, © TriStar Pictures/ STARSHIP TROOPERS, Director Paul Verhoeven, Patrick Muldoon, 1997 © Columbia/Tristar/ ROBOCOP, Director Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, 1987 © Orion Pictures/ SHOWGIRLS, Elizabeth Berkley, Director Paul Verhoeven, 1995 © United Artists/ View more photos

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Like Tears In Rain 2023 Self Benedetta 84% 90% 2021 Director, Screenwriter In Search of the Last Action Heroes 83% 2019 Self Elle 91% 73% 2016 Director Hollywood Banker 100% 2014 Actor Counterparts 2013 Writer Tricked 2012 Director Teenagers 2011 Director Black Book 77% 87% 2006 Director, Writer Hollow Man 26% 28% 2000 Director Starship Troopers 72% 70% 1997 Director Showgirls 23% 38% 1995 Director Basic Instinct 55% 64% 1992 Director Total Recall 82% 79% 1990 Director RoboCop 92% 84% 1987 Director Flesh & Blood 86% 63% 1985 Director, Screenwriter The Fourth Man 100% 81% 1983 Director Spetters 86% 65% 1980 Director Soldier of Orange 92% 87% 1977 Director Keetje Tippel 66% 1975 Director Turkish Delight 86% 80% 1973 Director Turkish delight 1973 Director Business Is Business 1971 Director Wat zien ik (Business Is Business) (Any Special Way) (Diary of a Hooker) 51% 1971 Director
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