Paul Verhoeven — Director (18)
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The Hitchhikers (1962) IMDb TMDB
De lifters
director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Jan van Mastrigt / Jaap van Donselaar …
other title: De lifters
A road movie about three guys (two hitchhikers, one driver) and one woman.
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The Happy Hookers from Amsterdam (1971) WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
Wat zien ik
director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Ronnie Bierman / Sylvia de Leur …
other title: Gli strani amori di quelle signore / Was sehe ich...! Was sehe ich...! …
The story of two prostitutes working in the Amsterdam Red Light district, and the many strange and unusual men they meet through their work.
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Katie Tippel (1975)
Keetje Tippel
director: 保罗·范霍文 actor: 莫妮卡·梵·德·冯
other title: 娼妇凯蒂 / Keetje Tippel …
In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a male-dominated society who only see her as an object. Her situation worsens when, following her father's sacking and her elder sister's descent into alcoholism, her mother decides that, rather than starving, Katie becomes a prostitute.
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Spetters (1980)
Spetters
director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Hans van Tongeren / Renée Soutendijk …
other title: Spetters - Spruzzi / Spetters - knallhart und romantisch …
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.
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Soldier of Orange (1977) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Soldaat van Oranje
director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Rutger Hauer / Jeroen Krabbé …
other title: Soldato d'Orange / O Soldado da Rainha …
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
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The 4th Man (1983)
De vierde man
director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Jeroen Krabbé / Renée Soutendijk …
other title: Il quarto uomo / O Quarto Homem …
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
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Flesh + Blood (1985)
Flesh + Blood
★ 8.2 (5 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Rutger Hauer / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: L'amore e il sangue / Den vilde kriger …
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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Showgirls (1995)
Showgirls
★ 7.5 (6 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Elizabeth Berkley / Kyle MacLachlan …
other title: 쇼걸 / ショーガール …
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.
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Hollow Man (2000)
Hollow Man
★ 5.6 (7 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Kevin Bacon / Elisabeth Shue …
other title: L'uomo senza ombra / O Homem Transparente …
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Starship Troopers
★ 8.2 (24 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Casper Van Dien / Dina Meyer …
other title: Starship Troopers - Fanteria dello spazio / Soldados do Universo …
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
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RoboCop (1987)
RoboCop
★ 8.2 (24 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Peter Weller / Nancy Allen …
other title: Robocop - O Polícia do Futuro / Robocop …
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
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Elle (2016)
Elle
★ 7.2 (10 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Isabelle Huppert / Laurent Lafitte …
other title: 她 / 烈女本色 …
When Michèle, 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.