The Dutchman that can do it all, and do it all at its most horny and subversive, Paul Verhoeven has made Hollywood hits and indie gems. We ve ranked his best movies.
You could say director Paul Verhoeven specializes in the field of blasphemy, at least in the global sense. The venerable director, now 83, has made a career of being provocative, sometimes with luminous sex ("Basic Instinct"), sometimes with unrestrained violence and gore ("Starship Troopers"), sometimes with uncomfortable subject matter ("Black Book," "Elle"), sometimes with campy, questionable taste ("Hollow Man"), or often, some combination of all of the above ("Showgirls").