Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for King of New York, Bad Lieutenant and Tommaso.

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King of New York
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
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.
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Bad Lieutenant
1992 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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.
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Tommaso
2020 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Playing opposite the director’s own wife and daughter, Willem Dafoe is a Ferrara-like American artist living in Rome in this improvised drama of doubt and disconnection, shot in self-reflective documentary style.
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Body Snatchers
1993 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends...
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Siberia
2020 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the...
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Zeros and Ones
2021 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
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. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of...
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Padre Pio
2023 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
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...
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