Paul Verhoeven

Known for: Directing
Born: July 18, 1938, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Movies: 64

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.

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Upcoming Paul Verhoeven Movies

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls

Release date TBA

Fleshing Out the Hollow Man

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Total Recall

1990

7.4

RoboCop

1987

7.1

Starship Troopers

1997

7.0

Basic Instinct

1992

6.0

Hollow Man

2000

6.6

Elle

2016

5.6

Showgirls

1995

7.4

Black Book

2006

6.6

Benedetta

2021

6.5

Flesh + Blood

1985

Filmography

2026	Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
2024	Like Tears in Rain	Self
2022	In Search of Tomorrow	Self - Interviewee
2021	You Don't Nomi	Himself (archive footage)
2020	Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone	Self
2020	Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood	Self
2020	Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story	Self
2019	Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters	Self
2019	In Search of the Last Action Heroes	Self
2018	Bukan Cinta Aku
2017	Gijs	Self
2016	Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven	Self - Filmmaker
2014	Hollywood Banker	Self
2012	The Making of Jesus Christ	himself
2010	Parradox	himself
2009	Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema	Self
2005	That's It!	Himself
2004	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	Self
2004	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession	Self
2003	100 Greatest Sexy Moments	Self
2003	Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second	Self
2002	Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'	Himself
2002	Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe	Self
2002	The Starships of “Starship Troopers”	Self
2001	Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'	Himself
2001	Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'	Self
2001	Imagining 'Total Recall'	Self
1999	Kurosawa: The Last Emperor	Self
1996	Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood	Himself
1993	Hollywood by Bike	Himself
1990	Pictures of Europe	Self
1987	RoboCop	Dancer at Disco (uncredited)
1984	De droomproducenten	Self
1969	Rond Floris	Self
1955	Gottes Utopia	Marino

Directing, Writing & Producing

2021	Benedetta	Director, Screenplay
2016	Elle	Director
2013	Lotgenoten	Writer
2012	Tricked	Director, Writer
2006	Black Book	Director, Screenplay
2005	Le court des grands	Director
2000	Hollow Man	Director
1997	Starship Troopers	Director
1995	Showgirls	Director
1992	Basic Instinct	Director
1990	Total Recall	Director
1987	RoboCop	Director
1985	Flesh + Blood	Screenplay, Director
1983	The 4th Man	Director
1981	All Things Pass	Director
1980	Spetters	Director
1977	Soldier of Orange	Screenplay, Director
1975	Katie Tippel	Director
1973	Turkish Delight	Director
1971	Business Is Business	Director
1971	The Wrestler	Director, Writer
1970	Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert	Director
1965	The Royal Dutch Marine Corps	Director
1963	Let's Have a Party	Director
1962	The Hitchhikers	Director
1961	Nothing Special	Director
1960	One Lizard Too Many	Director
1959	The Kiss	Director
1959	Cups of Coffee	Director

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