 Basic Instinct 1992  R, 127 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Leilani Sarelle, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Bruce A. Young, Dorothy Malone, Denis Arndt, Wayne Knight, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chelcie Ross, Daniel von Bargen, Benjamin Mouton, Bill Cable, Jack McGee
A bisexual novelist, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), is a suspect in a murder that closely resembles the plot of her latest bestseller. San Francisco homicide Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) becomes attracted to her as he investigates Tramell for the ice pick murder. Meanwhile, Nick's partner Gus Moran (George Dzundza) and his psychiatrist Beth Gardner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are concerned for Nick's safety as more murders occur. But, Nick's sexual attraction to Catherine is not helping the investigation, and Nick unwittingly enters into Catherine's cat-and-mouse game.
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Black Book 2006  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Zwartboek
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers, Xander Straat, Johnny de Mol, Matthias Schoenaerts
Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) seeks help from the Dutch Resistance in Holland during World War II and manages to contact Mr. Smaal (Dolf de Vries) who helps Rachel, her family, and other refugees get access to a ferry heading to Belgium. But, Nazis take over the boat, and Rachel is the sole survivor. Alone in the world, she joins the Dutch Resistance and becomes the girlfriend of Gestapo chief Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). Leading this double life allows her to get an inside look into Gestapo headquarters where she learns that people and things are not always the way they seem to be.
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Flesh & Blood 1985 R, 126 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Jack Thompson, Fernando Hilbeck, Ronald Lacey, Brion James, John Dennis Johnston, Simon Andreu, Bruno Kirby, Kitty Courbois
Disgruntled mercenaries seek revenge against a lord who forced them out of the city without their promised arms and loot in payment for services rendered.
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Hollow Man 2000  R, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, William Devane, Rhona Mitra, Pablo Espinosa
A scientist, Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon), discovers a formula to make people disappear and uses himself as the guinea pig for his experiment. He, in fact, does become invisible but in the process uncovers a side effect: he is becoming abnormally aggressive and proves a threat to his cohorts.
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 RoboCop 1987  R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Dan O'Herlihy, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Felton Perry, Kevin Page, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins, Del Zamora, Calvin Jung, Lee de Broux
In Detroit in the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is shot and killed by drug dealers. But, luckily for him, a method has been devised to make a cyborg (half-man, half-machine) ready to fight for all that is just and right in Detroit. The operation is performed at OCP–Omni Consumer Products, the corporation that runs the futuristic city–and RoboCop is out on the streets defending justice. His former partner Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) tries unsuccessfully to help RoboCop remember his past as he pursues the criminals who tried to kill him. Followed by two sequels.
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Showgirls 1995  NC-17, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, William Shockley, Alan Rachins, Glenn Plummer, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Robert Davi, Al Ruscio, Gina Ravera, Lin Tucci
This was the first film in years to be given an "adults only" rating, and if there was ever a film exploiting women, this is it. The plot revolves around the so-called glamour of Las Vegas where beautiful women come in search of fame and end up stripping and whoring.
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Spetters 1980 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Toon Agterberg, Hans van Tongeren, Maarten Spanjer, Renee Soutendijk, Marianne Boyer, Jeroen Krabbe, Rutger Hauer, Peter Tuinman, Yvonne Valkenburg, Rudi Falkenhagen
A trio of teen bike racers aspires to achieve the success of their hero, racing champion Witkamp (Rutger Hauer). But tragedy strikes in this intense film where sex and violence prevail.
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 Starship Troopers 1997 R, 129 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon, Rue McClanahan, Timothy Omundson
Set in the future, this film is about a group of young paratroopers who battle insect aliens from Klendathu in a fight to the finish. Although this story glorifies war, it does provide good sci-fi thrills.
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Total Recall 1990 R, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, Ray Baker, Roy Brocksmith, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell, Mel Johnson Jr., Michael Champion, Alexia Robinson, Dean Norris, Mark Carlton
Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzeneger) is a construction worker married to beautiful Lori (Sharon Stone). Doug is having peculiar nightmares about life on Mars, and, despite Lori's wishes, he goes to a mind-altering agency where he remembers that he is really a secret agent from Mars. As he sets off on a quest to Mars to piece together his identity, enemy agents, including their leader Richter (Michael Ironside), try to kill him before he regains more of his memory. The film won a Special Achievement Oscar for the Visual Effects.
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| 1. Basic Instinct (1992)
2. Black Book (2006)
aka: Zwartboek
3. Flesh & Blood (1985)
4. Hollow Man (2000)
5. RoboCop (1987)
6. Showgirls (1995)
7. Soldier of Orange (1979)
8. Spetters (1980)
9. Starship Troopers (1997)
10. Total Recall (1990)
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