Abel Ferrara
Director, Actor
- 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…