Paul Verhoeven · 1990s

4 films directed by Paul Verhoeven from the 1990s, on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Showgirls.

Decade

All 6 1980s 1 1990s 4 2020s 1

Year

All 4 1990 1 1991 0 1992 1 1993 0 1994 0 1995 1 1996 0 1997 1 1998 0 1999 0

Showgirls(1995)

5.6/10

dir. Paul Verhoeven

S-Tier

Vinegar Syndrome's director-approved 4K restoration from Verhoeven's own color grade. Las Vegas neon, casinos, and stage costumes were made for HDR. People who dismissed Showgirls for years have been coming around to it as legitimate Verhoeven, on par with RoboCop and Starship Troopers for his fans. The NC-17 version is the definitive cut. Vinegar Syndrome would never edit that stuff out.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

Basic Instinct(1992)

6.9/10

dir. Paul Verhoeven

A-Tier

A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Over 200 4K releases watched and this one's transfer stood out. Verhoeven's erotic thriller looks better than expected for early 90s.

Lionsgate · Steelbook (4K + Blu-ray)

Total Recall(1990)

7.5/10

dir. Paul Verhoeven

A-Tier

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Starship Troopers(1997)

7.1/10

dir. Paul Verhoeven

A-Tier

Sony's 25th Anniversary Steelbook (2022) is the one to own. Same HDR10 grade as the 2017 standard, plus a Dolby Vision layer, bigger disc, original 5.1 mix, and new anniversary extras. The steelbook is US-only, so international collectors have to either import or settle for the 2017 release.

Sony Pictures · 25th Anniversary Steelbook