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Paul Verhoeven
Director 88 years old

Paul Verhoeven

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

17 titles
Benedetta

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven 2021 2h 11m 6.8

In the late 17th century, with plague ravaging the land, Benedetta Carlini joins the convent in Pescia, Tuscany, as a novice. Capable from an early age of performing miracles, Benedetta’s impact on life in the community is immediate and momentous.

Elle

Elle

Paul Verhoeven 2016 2h 11m 7.4

When Michelle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

Zwartboek

Zwartboek

Paul Verhoeven 2006 2h 25m 7.8

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Hollow Man

Hollow Man

Paul Verhoeven 2000 1h 52m 6.1

Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is a working on a project to make living creatures invisible. He's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and begins to vanish. Problem is, no one can figure out how to make him visible again. Soon his invisibility drives Caine mad -- with terrifying results.

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Paul Verhoeven 1997 2h 9m 7.5

The earth finds itself in a fight against alien insects. Jonny and his girlfriend are drafted as solders into the tough battle. A Science Fiction film from Paul Verhoeven based on a controversial novel by Robert A. Heinlein.

Showgirls

Showgirls

Paul Verhoeven 1995 2h 11m 5.3

A young drifter, named Nomi, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls.

Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct

Paul Verhoeven 1992 2h 8m 7.2

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

Total Recall

Total Recall

Paul Verhoeven 1990 1h 53m 7.7

The construction worker Douglas Quaid leads a simple life with his attractive wife Lori. Yet Doug dreams of a life on Mars. One wish and this dream is all to soon a reality. A dark science fiction film from Paul Verhoeven.

RoboCop

RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven 1987 1h 42m 7.5

In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

Flesh+Blood

Flesh+Blood

Paul Verhoeven 1985 2h 6m 7.4

In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors--commoners.

De vierde man

De vierde man

Paul Verhoeven 1983 1h 38m 7.6

An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger. After he delivers a lecture, he begins an affair with a woman from the audience. The visions intensify, however, and begin to threaten his relationship with the woman, since it may be her the visions are warning against.

Spetters

Spetters

Paul Verhoeven 1980 2h 8.0

Amateur dirt-bikers Rien and Hans–and their mechanic Eef–each fall in love with Fientje, a young woman who, with her brother Jaap, works a concession stand at the races. Everyone seeks a better life: Fientje wants out of the business and away from Jaap; and Rien and Hans aim to make their marks as pro racers, like their hero, Gerrit Witkamp.

Soldaat van Oranje

Soldaat van Oranje

Paul Verhoeven 1977 2h 28m 8.0

Soldier of Orange depicts life for students in the Netherlands during the German occupation of the Second World War. The film was the most successful Dutch film and gave director Paul Verhoeven a name in Hollywood.

Keetje Tippel

Keetje Tippel

Paul Verhoeven 1975 1h 42m 8.0

The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.

Turks fruit

Turks fruit

Paul Verhoeven 1973 1h 48m 7.5

Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

Wat zien ik

Wat zien ik

Paul Verhoeven 1971 1h 30m 6.0

Dutch prostitutes Greta and Nel cruise the Amsterdam red light district, seeking clients to involve in their elaborately staged fetish fantasies, be it disciplinarian headmistresses, surgeons cutting open a willing patient, or even dressing up as chickens, the duo show their expertise in role-playing again and again and again.

Eén hagedis teveel

Eén hagedis teveel

Paul Verhoeven 1960 35m

A woman, married with an artist, starts a relationship with one of her students, who has already got a mistress of his own. The two rivals meet.

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