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NOTE: If you're looking for links related to a certain film, I've put those on the individual film pages. The links to Amazon.com on this page are only to provide details about the DVDs. If you're looking for a place to buy the DVDs, look at the Verhoeven Links page. I've provided a list of the best places to shop for Verhoeven DVDs.
Following is Paul Verhoven's filmography as a director. Click on the highlighted titles for my pages on those films.
Hollow Man (2000)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: Scifi, Action, Thriller
Available on DVD (Sony Pictures): Special Edition: Details at Amazon.com | Superbit Deluxe Collection: Details at Amazon.com
Starship Troopers (1997)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Genre: Scifi, Action
Available on DVD: First Special Edition: Details on Amazon.com | Second Special Edition: Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Based on the Robert Heinlein book of the same name. Critics attacked this movie when it came out, calling it pro-fascist.
Showgirls (1995)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: Drama
Available on DVD (MGM DVD): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Showgirls was the first time a director was contractually obligated to make film with an NC-17 rating.
Basic Instinct (1992)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Available on DVD (Collector's Edition, Unrated): Details on Amazon.com | (Collector's Edition, Rated R): Details on Amazon.com | (Bare Bones): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: The controversy surrounding this film only served to make it a huge hit; Sharon Stone and Paul Verhoeven still differ over whether the infamous "leg crossing" scene was deliberately shot that way.
Total Recall (1990)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Genre: Scifi, Action/Adventure, Thriller
Available on DVD (Artisan Special Limited Edition): Details on Amazon.com | (Bare Bones): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the rights to this film, thus saving it from certain death at the hands of a bankrupt production company.
RoboCop (1987)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Genre: Scifi, Action, Thriller
Available on DVD (Criterion Collection): Details on Amazon.com | (Bare Bones, anamorphic): Details on Amazon.com | (Bare Bones, letterbox): Details at Amazon.com
Flesh & Blood (1985)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Also known as: The Rose and the Sword; Los Seņores del acero
Genre: Action/Adventure, Historical
NOT available on DVD (Sheesh!)
Notes: This was Verhoeven's first English language film and his last in Europe.
"Hitchhiker, The" (1983) TV Series
See the IMDb Entry (Note: this is for the series as a whole and not the Verhoeven episode)
Genre: Thriller
NOT available on DVD
Notes: From Paul Verhoeven by Rob van Scheers: "He had been asked [to film an episode] on the strength of De Vierde Man; the script HBO had sent him was about a director who threatens his female lead to get her into the right mood for a horror movie. [...] The director was to be played by Peter Coyote and the title of the story was The Last Scene."
The Fourth Man (1983)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Also known as: De Vierde man (original Dutch title); The 4th Man
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Available on DVD (Anchor Bay): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Verhoeven has often commented that this film is a "prequel" to Basic Instinct; he also claims that he made it falsely artistic to garner better reviews from the critics.
Spetters (1980)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Genre: Drama
Available on DVD (MGM): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Verhoeven dumped producer Rob Houwer before making this film.
Voorbij, voorbij (1979) (TV)
See the IMDb Entry
Also known as: All Things Pass
Genre: Drama, War
NOT available on DVD
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Also known as: Soldaat van Oranje (original Dutch title); Survival Run
Genre: Drama, War
Available on DVD (Anchor Bay): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Nominated for Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film; Won LA Film Critics Award
Katie Tippel (1975)
Reviews: comments on IMDB
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Also known as: Keetje Tippel (original Dutch title); Cathy Tippel; A Girl Called Katy Tippel; Hot Sweat; Katie's Passion
Genre: Drama, Romance, Historical
Available on DVD (Anchor Bay): Details on Amazon.com
Turkish Delight (1973)
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Also known as: Turks fruit (original Dutch title)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Available on DVD (Anchor Bay): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Won "Best Film of Century" award at 1999 Netherlands Film Festival
Business is Business (1971)
Reviews: comments on IMDB
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Also known as: Wat zien ik? (original Dutch title); Any Special Way; Diary of a Hooker
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Available on DVD (Anchor Bay): Details on Amazon.com
Notes: First movie with producer Rob Houwer
Worstelaar, De (1970)
See the IMDb Entry
Also known as: The Wrestler
Genre: Burlesque
NOT available on DVD
Notes: First film with cinematographer Jan de Bont
"Floris" (1969)
Reviews: comments on IMDB
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: TV mini-series; historical adventure
Available on DVD in the Netherlands
Notes: First film with scriptwriter Gerard Soeteman and actor Rutger Hauer
Portret van Anton Adriaan Mussert (1968) (TV)
Reviews:
See the IMDb Entry
Also know as: Mussert
Genre: Documentary
NOT available on DVD
Korps Mariniers, Het (1965)
See the IMDb Entry
Also known as: The Royal Dutch Marine Corps
Genre: Documentary
NOT available on DVD
Feest (1963)
See the IMDb Entry
Also known as: Let's Have a Party
Genre: Student Film
NOT available on DVD
Lifters, De (1962)
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: Student Film
NOT available on DVD
Niets bijzonders (1961)
See the IMDb Entry
Genre: Student Film
NOT available on DVD
Hagedis teveel, Een (1960)
See the IMDb Entry
Also known as: A Lizzard Too Much
Genre: Student Film
NOT available on DVD
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