Direction: Paul Morrissey

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Paul Morrissey. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Chelsea Girls

1966 · Movie · 210 min. · United States

6.6

182 votes

6.6

182 votes

Trash

1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

5.9

418 votes

5.9

418 votes

Flesh

1968 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Joe Dallesandro · Geraldine Smith · Maurice Braddell · Louis Waldon

Plot Geri (Geraldine Smith) ejects her husband Joe (Joe Dalessandro) from bed, and insists he go out on the streets to make some money for her girlfriend's abortion. This leads to...

5.8

476 votes

5.8

476 votes

Blood For Dracula

1974 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Joe Dallesandro · Udo Kier · Arno Juerging · Maxime McKendry

Plot Count Dracula (Udo Kier) knows that if he fails to drink a required amount of pure virgin's blood, it's time to move into a permanent coffin. His assistant suggests that...

5.7

468 votes

5.7

468 votes

Heat

1972 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Joe Dallesandro · Sylvia Miles · Andrea Feldman · Pat Ast

Plot Sexually charged, camped-up spin on Sunset Boulevard examines relationship between a junkie and has-been movie star. This cult favorite appeals beyond Warhol connoisseurs to art-house devotees seeking provocative, '70s-flavored, underground...

5.6

237 votes

5.6

237 votes

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Joe Dallesandro · Monique van Vooren · Udo Kier · Arno Juerging

Plot In Serbia, Baron Frankenstein lives with the Baroness and their two children. He dreams of a super-race, returning Serbia to its grand connections to ancient Greece. In his laboratory, assisted...

5.2

322 votes

5.2

322 votes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Peter Cook · Dudley Moore · Kenneth Williams · Terry-Thomas

Plot A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

5.0

34 votes

5.0

34 votes

Lonesome Cowboys (Ramona and Julian)

1968 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Andy Warhol · Paul Morrissey

Cast Julian Burrough · Joe Dallesandro · Eric Emerson · Francis Francine

Plot In the wild wild west, Ramona Alvarez and her perpetually stoned nurse run into five gay cowboys. The seven members of the party desire a handsome male drifter, except for...

4.5

62 votes

4.5

62 votes

I Miss Sonia Henie (S)

1971 · Movie · 20 min. · Yugoslavia

Direction Karpo Acimovic-Godina · Tinto Brass · Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic · Milos Forman

Cast Brooke Hayward · Branko Milicevic · Catherine Rouvel · Dobrila Stojnic

Plot An omnibus film curated by Karpo Godina. Karpo Godina, Tinto Brass, Milos Forman, Buck Henry, Dusan Makavejev, Paul Morrissey, Frederick Wiseman each directed a segment. Shot in a single room...

4.1

107 votes

4.1

107 votes

Mixed Blood

1984 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Marilia Pêra · Richard Ulacia · Linda Kerridge · Geraldine Smith

Plot Brazilian drug dealers in the lower east side of Manhattan start a war with a rival gang of Latino drug dealers. This movie is about racism, police corruption, junkies and...

Not rated

Not rated

San Diego Surf

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Andy Warhol · Paul Morrissey

Cast Joe Dallesandro · Eric Emerson · Tom Hompertz · Taylor Mead

Plot Viva and Taylor Mead are a married couple renting an extra beach-house to a group of surfers sent to them by a Mr. Morrissey of La Jolla Realty. Their daughter,...

Not rated

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Beethoven's Nephew

1985 · Movie · 103 min. · France

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Wolfgang Reichmann · Dietmar Prinz · Jane Birkin · Nathalie Baye

Plot In an effort to provide a secure future for his nephew Karl, Beethoven is fighting his sister-in-law over the custody for the boy. The mother doesn't consider the ageing and...

Not rated

Not rated

Women in Revolt

1971 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Candy Darling · Jackie Curtis · Holly Woodlawn · Jonathan Kramer

Plot This film is a satire of the women's liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie...

Not rated

Not rated

Forty Deuce

1982 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Orson Bean · Kevin Bacon · Mark Keyloun · Tommy Citera

Plot A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

Not rated

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I a Man

1967 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey · Andy Warhol

Cast Tom Baker · Valerie Solanas · Ingrid Superstar · Ultra Violet

Plot About a male hustler who talks with and sleeps with a series of women.

Not rated

Not rated

The Loves of Ondine

1968 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Andy Warhol · Paul Morrissey

Cast Ondine · Brigid Berlin · Joe Dallesandro

Plot Ondine is a gay man attempting to re-adjust his sexuality via various encounters with different women. After trying his luck with three women, Ondine becomes a background character in a...

Not rated

Not rated

Spike of Bensonhurst

1988 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Sasha Mitchell · Ernest Borgnine · Anne DeSalvo · Sylvia Miles

Plot Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss....

Not rated

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L'Amour

1973 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Andy Warhol · Paul Morrissey

Cast Michael Sklar · Donna Jordan · Max Delys · Patti D'Arbanville

Plot Donna and Jane are two American hippies, searching for sex and romance in Paris but, mainly, rich husbands. Eventually, Donna finds a perfume industrialist, Michael, who wishes to marry her,...

Not rated

Not rated