Abel Ferrara

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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.

Most Popular Abel Ferrara Trailers

Total trailers found: 76

Marty Supreme Trailer (2025)

19 December 2025

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

Exes Trailer (2006)

04 October 2006

Virginie, a very famous writer, is caught up in her past. A serial killer with inhuman cruelty, Exes, the hero of his first novel, wants to take revenge on her.

The Gladiator Trailer (1986)

03 February 1986

A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges.

Searching for Padre Pio Trailer (2015)

07 December 2015

A documentary directed by Abel Ferrara for the series ‘BOATS – Based On A True Story’ about the Padre Pio di Pietrelcina.

King of New York Trailer (1990)

18 July 1990

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

At Sundance Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Atom Egoyan, James Gray, Robert Redford, Haskell Wexler, among many others.

Soldato sotto la luna Trailer (2022)

30 September 2022

A Talent For Trouble Trailer (2018)

06 April 2018

Set in the early 2000's when hip hop video's meant something. Sean Wellington, a neurotic music video director who was just given the opportunity of a lifetime to direct his first feature film.

The Projectionist Trailer (2019)

28 April 2019

In his first New York City-set documentary in nearly a decade, filmmaker and provocateur Abel Ferrara uses the experience of one longtime cinema owner to chart the vast changes to the city’s theatrical landscape.

Cannes: All Access Trailer (2007)

27 October 2007

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red carpet event of the year.

Ms .45 Trailer (1981)

24 April 1981

After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.

Body Snatchers Trailer (1993)

09 June 1993

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride.

Daddy Longlegs Trailer (2010)

28 April 2010

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7.

Black Butterfly Trailer (2017)

26 May 2017

Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.

Bad Lieutenant Trailer (1992)

20 November 1992

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

The Funeral Trailer (1996)

26 January 1996

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

The Addiction Trailer (1995)

06 October 1995

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Mary Trailer (2005)

18 November 2005

The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who cast himself as Christ, the actress playing Mary Magdalene who cannot bring herself to leave Bethlehem and a TV journalist whose spiritual doubts start to consume him.

Nicky's Film Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A man is threatened by mobsters to pay up a loan or be killed.

Mylène Farmer: California Trailer (1996)

26 March 1996

Farmer appears in the movie in two roles: as a woman of high society, and as a street prostitute. The partner of the singer in the video is an American TV actor Giancarlo Esposito, who also played two roles: a businessman and a pimp.

Fear City Trailer (1984)

18 July 1984

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

The Hold Up Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

Three men, laid off from their factory jobs, plan a gas station robbery.

Plankton Salesmen Trailer (2017)

29 October 2017

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.

Don Peyote Trailer (2014)

01 May 2014

An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.

Go Go Tales Trailer (2008)

20 June 2008

A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.

Zeros and Ones Trailer (2021)

18 November 2021

Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack.

The Driller Killer Trailer (1979)

15 June 1979

An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.

New Rose Hotel Trailer (1999)

19 March 1999

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

Subway Stories Trailer (1997)

24 July 1997

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Ultima Chiamata Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

A man wakes up in a strange place. Peeled walls, a bare, cold and damp room. He doesn't understand where he is.

Cat Chaser Trailer (1989)

13 September 1989

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Mulberry St. Trailer (2010)

17 July 2010

Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975.

China Girl Trailer (1987)

25 September 1987

Teenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.

'R Xmas Trailer (2001)

14 December 2001

A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.

Buon Lavoro Trailer (2022)

07 June 2022

Dangerous Game Trailer (1993)

13 October 1993

A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.

Siberia Trailer (2020)

02 July 2020

Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace.

42 One Dream Rush Trailer (2010)

15 September 2010

An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream.

Bandaged Trailer (2009)

19 November 2009

Since his wife's death, Arthur, a peculiar and severe surgeon, cloisters his teen daughter Lucille inside a strange mansion.

Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! Trailer (2004)

01 March 2004

A documentary on Asia Argento, made during the making of "the Heart is Deceitful Above All Things." Cinema has always been a part of her life, so much so that she cannot separate her childhood souvenirs from her film career.

Sculpt Trailer (2016)

16 August 2016

Sculpt depicts an international market organized around new shapes and experiences, all the more sought-after as they are almost unattainable.

Crime Story: Pilot Trailer (1986)

18 September 1986

One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Pasolini Trailer (2014)

25 September 2014

We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo.

Chelsea on the Rocks Trailer (2008)

23 May 2008

Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel.

4:44 Last Day on Earth Trailer (2012)

23 March 2012

A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.

Could This Be Love Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Two carefree women have a fun day out, pick up a prostitute and take her to a party hosted by one's husband.

Welcome to New York Trailer (2014)

07 August 2014

Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations.

Padre Pio Trailer (2023)

01 June 2023

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners.

Tommaso Trailer (2020)

08 January 2020

Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an increasingly impaired grasp on reality as he prepares for his next film.

Bleedings Trailer (2021)

21 March 2021

Abel Ferrara - director and actor known for his stories of redemption, Christian interrogation and inner turmoil - gives voice to the scourgers through Gabriele Tinti's poetry.

Judas' Gospel Trailer (2025)

11 August 2025

An innovative approach in retelling the tale of Judas Iscariot, known for his biblical betrayal of Jesus when he disclosed his whereabouts for 30 pieces of silver.

Talking with the Vampires Trailer (2018)

26 June 2018

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

The App Trailer (2019)

26 December 2019

Loving girlfriend, family fortune, breakout movie role: he's got it all. Until an app awakens a powerful new yearning.

The Blackout Trailer (1997)

11 June 1997

A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life Trailer (2017)

27 April 2017

An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen.

Balkan Spirit Trailer (2013)

08 April 2013

Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty Trailer (2003)

12 September 2003

Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker as a charming, shabby guide around New York by night.

Happy Life Trailer (2011)

11 January 2011

New York Tunez, an all techno record store, is going under. The owner, Keith, a down and out trance DJ, struggles to cope with the changing cultural climate.

White Boy Trailer (2002)

10 March 2002

An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang, after being being brutally attacked by the gang he seeks revenge via his street connections.

Sportin' Life Trailer (2020)

06 September 2020

Sportin’ Life is the sixth incarnation of the international art project Self, curated by Saint Laurent’s creative director, Anthony Vaccarello.