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Paul Verhoeven career

Paul Verhoeven averages 6.61 across 17 rated films as a director, with Black Book on top at 7.4.

Average
6.61
17 rated films
Best rated
7.4
Black Book
Peak five
6.97
1983 to 1992
7+ run
2 films
1987 to 1990
Paul Verhoeven, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1983 to 1992, 6.97567819801990200020102020Black Book 7.4Showgirls 5.6Career avg 6.61

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Paul Verhoeven's career barcodecoolhot
197117 films2021
Current formLast 5: 6.47 vs career 6.61 (−0.14)
  1. LHollow Man2000 · 6.0−0.6
  2. WBlack Book2006 · 7.4+0.8
  3. LTricked2012 · 5.7−0.9
  4. WElle2016 · 6.60.0
  5. WBenedetta2021 · 6.60.0
Paul Verhoeven career
Benedetta posterBenedetta20216.61,217
Elle posterElle20166.62,045
Tricked20125.767
Black Book posterBlack Book20067.41,287
Hollow Man posterHollow Man20006.02,950
Starship Troopers posterStarship Troopers19977.15,755
Showgirls posterShowgirls19955.61,455
Basic Instinct posterBasic Instinct19927.04,570
Total Recall posterTotal Recall19907.36,740
RoboCop posterRoboCop19877.46,010
Flesh + Blood posterFlesh + Blood19856.5457
The 4th Man posterThe 4th Man19836.7200
Spetters posterSpetters19806.4126
Soldier of Orange posterSoldier of Orange19777.1184
Katie Tippel posterKatie Tippel19756.359
Turkish Delight posterTurkish Delight19736.9221
Business Is Business posterBusiness Is Business19715.842

Feature films with 25+ TMDB votes count toward the average. Peak five is the best run of five films in a row; the 7+ run counts films in a row rated 7.0 or higher.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z).

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