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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
Watchlist 91% 73% Elle Watchlist
86% 63% Flesh & Blood
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86% 80% Turkish Delight
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86% 65% Spetters
Watchlist 84% 90% Benedetta Watchlist
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

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Like Tears In Rain Self - 2023
84% 90% Benedetta Director,
Screenwriter 		$354.3K 2021
No Score Yet 83% In Search of the Last Action Heroes Self - 2019
91% 73% Elle Director $2.3M 2016
No Score Yet 100% Hollywood Banker Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Counterparts Writer - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tricked Director - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Teenagers Director - 2011
77% 87% Black Book Director,
Writer 		$4.4M 2006
26% 28% Hollow Man Director $73.2M 2000
72% 70% Starship Troopers Director $54.7M 1997
23% 38% Showgirls Director $19.3M 1995
55% 64% Basic Instinct Director - 1992
82% 79% Total Recall Director $117.8M 1990
92% 84% RoboCop Director $49.7M 1987
86% 63% Flesh & Blood Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1985
100% 81% The Fourth Man Director - 1983
86% 65% Spetters Director - 1980
92% 87% Soldier of Orange Director - 1977
No Score Yet 66% Keetje Tippel Director - 1975
86% 80% Turkish Delight Director - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Turkish delight Director - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Business Is Business Director - 1971
No Score Yet 51% Wat zien ik (Business Is Business) (Any Special Way) (Diary of a Hooker) Director - 1971

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No Score Yet No Score Yet RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop Self 2023
83% 85% James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Director 1986