Paul Verhoeven (Actor)

Reviews of Paul Verhoeven Movies

Looking for reviews of Paul Verhoeven movies? Cinafilm has a total of 858 reviews across 4 movies.

Movies starring Paul Verhoeven have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 72%.

RoboCop - released in 1987 - is Paul Verhoeven's highest rated movie, with a score of 77% based on 765 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Paul Verhoeven is Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story - released in 2020 - with a score of 61% based on 4 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Paul Verhoeven has acted in films with Quentin Tarantino, Alexander Payne, Donna Keegan and Steven Spielberg.

Paul Verhoeven has worked with these film directors: Xan Cassavetes and April Wright.