Abel Ferrara

Director, Actor

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Driller Killer (1979): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Abel Ferrara; Somewhat notorious as a 'video nasty' of the 80s video boom, this debut from bad boy auteur Abel Ferrara was perhaps misunderstood (like The Texas…
Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Zoë Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau; Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
Fear City (1984): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Tom Berenger, Abel Ferrara, Melanie Griffith…; Pimp Tom Berenger hunts through the neon–lit NY night for a stripper–slaying serial killer. Early item from dir. Abel Ferrara…
Crime Story (TV Series) (1986-1988): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Dennis Farina, Andrew Dice Clay; Genre stylist Michael Mann (COLLATERAL) followed up MIAMI VICE with this good–looking crime story set in hardboiled 60s Chicago. Dennis Farina…
Gladiator, The (1986): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Ken Wahl, Robert Culp, Nancy Allen; Telemovie excursion for Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT), pummeling viewers with a patented and occasionally intriguing exercise in petrolhead…
China Girl (1987): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. David Caruso, James Russo; Dir. Abel Ferrara’s violent riff on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (and WEST SIDE STORY for that matter) set around rival Chinese and Italian street gangs…
Cat Chaser (1989): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning…; The director atypically sidesteps controversy in adapting Elmore Leonard's political novel about a Miami hotel owner who courts danger when he…
King of New York (1990): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes…; A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
Bad Lieutenant (1992): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel; Deeply disturbing character study of a bent cop that Harvey Keitel goes off the method deep–end to authenticate. An addiction to smack and…
Body Snatchers (1993): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar; Director Ferrara adds visceral punch to the sci–fi staple about an alien life force that takes over human bodies in their sleep. The third…
Dangerous Game (1993): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo; Fascinating descent into the dark recesses of a film–directing mind (Ferrara's). It opens as a film–within–a–film about a…
Funeral, The (1996): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Christopher Penn, Annabella Sciorra…; Indie iconoclast Abel Ferrara delves deeper into the troubled psyches of men–on–the–edge with a brooding chamber–piece.…
Blackout, The (1997): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer; Dir. Abel Ferrara spills more lurid behaviour all over the screen just like he did in BAD LIEUTENANT. Matthew Modine does the honours for this spin…
'R Xmas (2002): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Lillo Brancato Jr., Drea De Matteo, Ice-T; Familiar territory tinged with originality from bad boy dir. Ferrara, examining the unusual Christmas crises of a drug–dealing Latino couple in…
Mary (2005): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Matthew Modine, Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker…; Badboy dir. Abel Ferrara returns to form with an intense, unpredictable study of Christian faith and the possiblities of redemption in the modern…
Go Go Tales (2007): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Asia Argento…; Abel Ferrara's mouthy comedy is a welcome return to form set entirely inside the walls of a failing strip club where Willem Defoe presides as the…
Welcome to New York (2014): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset; Gerard Depardieu stars in Abel Ferrara's divisive drama based on the sexual misconduct allegations made against French diplomat Dominique…

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