Abel Ferrara
Known for: Directing
Born: July 19, 1951
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include the New York-set, gritty crime thrillers The Driller Killer (1979), Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones. Ferrara also worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi remake Body Snatchers (1993), cyberpunk thriller New Rose Hotel (1998), the religious drama Mary (2005), the black comedy Go Go Tales (2007), and the biopic Pasolini (2014), as well as in several documentary filmmaking projects.
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Filmography
80 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
7.4
Marty Supreme
2025
6.5
Judas' Gospel
2025
7.0
The Passion According to Béatrice
2024
6.0
Turn in the Wound
2024
6.5
The Sweet East
2023
5.0
Padre Pio
2022
1.0
Soldato sotto la luna
2022NR
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022
4.0
Buon Lavoro
2022
4.7
Zeros and Ones
2021
7.0
The Night Burns
2021
NR
Bleedings
2021
4.2
Sportin' Life
2020
4.9
Siberia
2020
5.7
Tommaso
2020
3.0
The App
2019
6.0
The Projectionist
2019
7.7
Alive in France
2018
5.0
Talking with the Vampires
2018
1.0
A Talent For Trouble
2018
NR
Wiara
2018
NR
Plankton Salesmen
2017
6.4
Piazza Vittorio
2017
6.2
Black Butterfly
2017
5.2
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
NR
Ultima Chiamata
2017
1.0
Sculpt
2016
NR
Searching for Padre Pio
2015
5.7
Pasolini
2014
5.1
Welcome to New York
2014
3.8
Don Peyote
2014
7.7
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
6.6
Balkan Spirit
2013
NR
Home Sweet Home
2012
4.8
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
NR
Abel Ferrara in Lucca
2012
5.0
Happy Life
2011
6.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
6.0
Mulberry St.
2010
4.3
Uncle Bob
2010
6.6
Daddy Longlegs
2010
4.9
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
2010
3.8
Bandaged
2009
5.6
Go Go Tales
2008
5.7
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
3.2
Cannes: All Access
2007
4.6
Exes
2006
8.2
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
2006
5.8
Mary
2005
7.0
Odyssey in Rome
2005
9.0
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
2004
8.0
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
4.0
White Boy
2002
6.2
'R Xmas
2001
7.9
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
2001
5.3
New Rose Hotel
1999
9.0
Abel/Asia
1998
5.6
Subway Stories
1997
5.8
The Blackout
1997
6.8
The Funeral
1996
6.5
The Addiction
1995
5.8
At Sundance
1995
5.7
Dangerous Game
1993
6.2
Body Snatchers
1993
7.0
Bad Lieutenant
1992
6.8
King of New York
1990
5.0
Cat Chaser
1989
6.0
China Girl
1987
8.0
Crime Story
1986
8.0
Crime Story: Pilot
1986
5.6
The Gladiator
1986
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
5.4
Fear City
1984
6.7
Ms .45
1981
5.2
The Driller Killer
1979
5.0
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
1976
4.0
Could This Be Love
1973
6.0
The Hold Up
19726.8
Nicky's Film
1971NR
Siegfriedsdorf
—NR
Embryo: Beyond the Door
—NR
The Night Burns
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NR
American Nails
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