| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Starship Troopers (1997) |
| 1993 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Basic Instinct (1992) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Total Recall (1990) |
| 1988 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: RoboCop (1987) |
| Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | C.S.T. Award |
for: RoboCop (1987) |
| 1984 | Won | Special Jury Award |
for: Vierde man, De (1983) |
| Nominated | Grand Prize |
for: Vierde man, De (1983) |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language for: Zwartboek (2006) Shared with: Teun Hilte San Fu Maltha Jens Meurer |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Video Premiere Award |
Best Audio Commentary for: Total Recall (1990) Shared with: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Artisan). |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Nominated | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Flesh+Blood (1985) |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | FCCA Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Zwartboek (2006) Netherlands. |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: RoboCop (1987) |
| Locarno International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Audience Award |
for: Hollow Man (2000) |
| - | Leopard of Honor | ||
| Nederlands Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | Golden Calf |
Best Director (Beste Regie) for: Zwartboek (2006) |
| 2000 | Won | Grolsch Film Boulevard | |
| 1999 | Won | Golden Calf |
Best Dutch Film of the Century (Beste Nederlandse Film van de Eeuw) for: Turks fruit (1973) Shared with: Rob Houwer (producer) A trophy for each the director and the producer of the film. |
| 1992 | Won | Golden Calf |
Dutch Culture Award (Cultuurprijs) |
| 1985 | Won | Golden Calf |
Best Director of a Feature Film (Beste Regie) for: Flesh+Blood (1985) |
| Razzie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | Razzie Award |
Worst Director for: Showgirls (1995) Director Paul Verhoeven came to the Razzie Awards ceremony and accepted his award in person, the first winner of this prize ever to do so. |
| Rembrandt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Rembrandt Award |
Beste DVD uitbreng for: Zwartboek (2006) |
| 2007 | Won | Rembrandt Award |
Beste Nederlandse Film for: Zwartboek (2006) Shared with: San Fu Maltha |
| Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | Best Director |
for: RoboCop (1987) |
| Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) |
for: Vierde man, De (1983) |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | Young Cinema Award |
Best International Film for: Zwartboek (2006) |
| Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Zwartboek (2006) |
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