Screenplay: Nicholas St. John

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Nicholas St. John. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Funeral

1996 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Christopher Walken · Benicio del Toro · Vincent Gallo · Chris Penn

Plot In New York in the 1930s, an Italian American family mourns the death of Johnny Tempio (Vincent Gallo), shot by an unknown assailant. For the Tempios, a mob family that...

6.9

5K votes

6.9

5K votes

King of New York

1990 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Christopher Walken · David Caruso · Laurence Fishburne · Janet Julian

Plot 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...

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

The Addiction

1995 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Lili Taylor · Christopher Walken · Annabella Sciorra · Edie Falco

Plot Kathleen Conklin was just a normal student attending college. While walking home one night she is dragged off the street and bitten by a strange woman. Soon Kathleen goes from...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Ms .45

1981 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Zoë Lund · Albert Sinkys · Darlene Stuto · Helen McGara

Plot Thana, a mute seamstress is raped by two different assailants in a single evening but she manages to bludgeon her second attacker to death and keeping his .45 automatic. This...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

China Girl

1987 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast James Russo · Richard Panebianco · Sari Chang · David Caruso

Plot A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.

6.2

399 votes

6.2

399 votes

Dangerous Game

1993 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Harvey Keitel · Madonna · James Russo · Nancy Ferrara

Plot 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...

5.7

635 votes

5.7

635 votes

Body Snatchers

1993 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Gabrielle Anwar · Terry Kinney · Billy Wirth · Christine Elise

Plot Family moves to military base for the summer, but the soldiers are behaving even more strangely than usual. Is it a toxic spill as suggested or is it something more...

5.3

2K votes

5.3

2K votes

Fear City

1984 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Tom Berenger · Billy Dee Williams · Jack Scalia · Melanie Griffith

Plot Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A police detective and a private eye hired by the strip clubs set out to get him.

5.3

289 votes

5.3

289 votes

The Driller Killer

1979 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Abel Ferrara · Carolyn Marz · Baybi Day · Harry Schultz

Plot 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...

5.1

484 votes

5.1

484 votes

The Hold Up (S)

1972 · Movie · 14 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Ken Fowler · Robert G. Denison · Joe Guida · Joseph Capecchi

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

4.5

23 votes

4.5

23 votes

9 Lives of a Wet Pussy

1976 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Pauline LaMonde · Dominique Santos · Joy Silver · David Pirell

Plot Pauline is a wealthy and married New York heiress who embarks on a series of sexual encounters with various people. She keeps in close contact with Gypsy, a tarot reader...

4.4

21 votes

4.4

21 votes

Nicky's Film (S)

1971 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Abel Ferrara

Cast Nicholas St. John · Abel Ferrara · Nadia Von Loewenstein

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

3.3

67 votes

3.3

67 votes