Abel Ferrara

Director · Born 19 July 1951 in The Bronx, New York, USA · 13 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

9 of Abel Ferrara’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 5 on Prime Video, 3 on Cineasterna and 1 on Netflix. Highest rated available: Marty Supreme (2025) ★ 7.5.

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.

Acting

• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Black Butterfly (2017)
• Ms .45 (1981)
• The App (2019)

Directing

• Bad Lieutenant (1992)
• Ms .45 (1981)
• The Addiction (1995)
• Zeros and Ones (2021)
• Pasolini (2014)
• The Blackout (1997)

Writing

• Bad Lieutenant (1992)
• Zeros and Ones (2021)
• The Blackout (1997)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• King of New York (1990)
• Miami Vice (1984)
• Body Snatchers (1993)
• The Funeral (1996)
• The Driller Killer (1979)
• 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012)
• New Rose Hotel (1999)
• Welcome to New York (2014)
• Fear City (1984)
• Dangerous Game (1993)
• Siberia (2020)
• China Girl (1987)