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Plot Summary:
A day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her "girls". Watch as she answers the phone by saying "Hello John, what's new and different?" Watch as the "johns" try to manipulate the "girls". Part nudie exploitation, part sociological thesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, sexual, sexy
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Prostitute (1980)
Plot Summary:
Prostitute is the tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise, her social worker friend, who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: controversial, independent film, cult film
Similar in 90%
Sunlight Jr. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrilled to learn that Melissa is pregnant. Then their situation deteriorates, and their tenuous financial situation threatens to bring their happy life crashing down.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental, touching, christian film, aesthetic, bleak
Similar in 82%
Day and Night (2010)
Plot Summary:
An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hot
Similar in 87%
Trash (1970)
Plot Summary:
The movie follows Joe (Dallesandro), a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers around Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend (Woodlawn). During the course of the day, Joe overdoses in front of an upper-class couple, attempts to fool Welfare into approving his methadone treatment by having Holly fake a pregnancy, and frustrates the women in his life with his drug-induced impotence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, social, surreal, disturbing, controversial, avant garde, cult classic, mind blowing, humorous
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The Little Death (2010)
Plot Summary:
An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate of a young woman (Christie Vozniak) who seems to be held there in sexual captivity. While the owner attempts to mesmerize and seduce the would-be rescuer, a meek student (Clifton Guterman) wanders into the house and becomes a tragic pawn in the psychological game of cat-and-mouse that is rapidly unfolding.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, erotic, offbeat, contemplative, talky, independent film, period piece
Similar in 82%
The Client List (2010)
Plot Summary:
After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she unknowingly accepts a position at a massage parlor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, sexy, serious, sentimental, melancholic, anime, thrilling, crying, sexual
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Black & White & Sex (2012)
Plot Summary:
Prostitute. Hooker. Sex Worker. Whore. Candid and seductive, Angie is determined to set the record straight about sex. As she reveals herself, layer-by-layer, she also exposes the man who is interviewing her. Sometimes provocative and confronting, sometimes tender, poignant and sexy, Black & White & Sex takes you behind the scenes and into Angies very special world. There's a question here for every man and an answer for every woman. Anyone who pays is welcome - but leave your expectations at the door sex is never black and white. Written by Angie Winter.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, sincere, serious, controversial, erotic, sensual, independent film, sexual, black and white
Similar in 86%
Aleksandr's Price (2013)
Plot Summary:
The life of an illegal Russian boy who, after losing his family, is pushed into becoming an escort - ultimately trying to come to terms with who he thinks he is.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film, tense, bleak, gloomy, sexual, crying
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Elles (2011)
Plot Summary:
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Poland, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic, erotic, sexy, social, sexual, sensual, profound
Similar in 79%
Princesses (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in Spain, the story is about friendship and love in the world of prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, disturbing, erotic, captivating, social, hispanic, touching, realistic
Similar in 79%
Flesh (1968)
Plot Summary:
A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs and decadence.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, social, disturbing, controversial, homoerotic, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
Similar in 79%
Man at Bath (2010)
Plot Summary:
Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove they are not in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, erotic, sincere, serious, sexual, independent film
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I, You, He, She (1974)
Plot Summary:
A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the weak of a devastating breakup.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: contemplative, art house, social, experimental, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual, slow cinema, avant garde
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Gigola (2010)
Plot Summary:
George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love, in her teens, with a female teacher named Sybil. Devastated by her lover's eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to the depths of Pigalle's nightlife, circa 1960. After an encounter with a very wealthy, still attractive, but older woman, Odete, who offers her money and gifts in return for sexual favours, George becomes Gigola, a kind of gigolo for women only.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, controversial, stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, erotic, queer cinema
Similar in 77%
The Life (2004)
Plot Summary:
An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious, sexual, semi documentary, independent film, sexy, hot
Similar in 81%
She's Lost Control (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, tense, realistic, sexy, captivating, independent film, sexual
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Lolita's Club (2007)
Plot Summary:
The plot follows the story of twin brothers, one is a coldhearted violent police officer, the other is a helpless romantic with a mental disability. The two brothers are tragically involved with a prostitute who works in the bordello that gives the film its title. The film was adapted from an eponymous novel written by Juan Marsé.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, erotic, sexual
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Fiona (1998)
Plot Summary:
The director of Sue continues his exploration of the theme of lonely women lost in the big city with Fiona, which goes one step further and exposes the wasted lives of whores and junkies in New York. The story of Fiona and her mother told in eight chapters. Fiona is abandoned at six months of age, raised in foster and adoptive homes, abused, and, still a teen, hustles on the streets of New York. We watch her use heroine, fall in love with other women, be pursued by men, engage in murderous violence, hide out in a crack house, and decide to leave the city. We see her mother, also a streetwalker and drug user, occasionally talk about her lost daughter. Fiona has a necklace she was clutching when a foundling. Will mother and daughter meet? Is there a silver lining?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, neorealism
Similar in 79%
Whore (1991)
Plot Summary:
This melodrama investigates the life of a prostitute in a pseudo-documentary style.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, harsh, sincere, serious, bleak, sexy, controversial, stylized, sexual, independent film
Similar in 78%
The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
Plot Summary:
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, melancholic, meditative, erotic, sexual, intellectual, serious, realistic, experimental
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Now & Later (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill, a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through passionate sex, soul-searching conversations ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview. As their affair heats up, the course of Bill's life begins to take an abrupt and unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, sexy, art house, explicit, sensual, gloomy
Similar in 80%
House of Tolerance (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young woman begins a new life at the Apollonide bordello, a high-class brothel in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, rough, sexy, disturbing, eros, sensual
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Allyson Is Watching (1997)
Plot Summary:
Innocent, sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the resident working girl, Bridget. During the day Allyson struggles with her acting lessons at arrogant Eric Constantine's acting school whilst at night she plays with herself as she watches beautiful, confident Bridget through the keyhole servicing her clients. In class she meets professional photographer Jerry who offers to shoot her a portfolio.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexploitation film
Similar in 90%
The Streetwalker (1976)
Plot Summary:
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, mad
Similar in 75%
Fruits of Passion (1981)
Plot Summary:
A girl loves a rich and much older man and is willing to do everything he wants to show her love, but he is playing a sick game with her. As part of this game he sends her to a Chinese brothel. A poor young boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep with her, he joins "the revolution". Additionally the movie shows the fate of some of the other prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, eros, retro, sensual, serious, realistic, stylized, sexual, hot
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The Sex Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
Four friends spend an evening together after time apart. Differences in sex and sexuality reveal deep-rooted conflicts and long-hidden longings.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating, sexual, sexy
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Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
Plot Summary:
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic guilt that Scorsese's later work, we see what happens to J.R. when his religious guilt catches up with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: black and white, independent film, talky, offbeat, spiritual, mind blowing, sincere, clever, touching, serious
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Let's Talk About Sex (1994)
Plot Summary:
Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled "Let's Talk About Sex" and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Tiring of listening to callers' fantasies, she finds a caller who is willing to listen to hers. Segment 2 is called "Taboo Palor" and tells the story of two lesbians, who, for variety, pick up a man for sex. He ends up getting more than he bargained for. Segment 3 is "Wonton Soup." Here an Australian-Chinese man tries to rekindle his affair with a Chinese woman by returning to their roots: both in the kitchen and in the bedroom.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: erotic, anthology, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual
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Breaking the Surface (2006)
Plot Summary:
Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their intoxicating affair takes off, they seem like passionate soul mates. Soon, however, career demands and emotional intensity gradually put a strain on their rapport, and things turn even more complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, atmospheric, emotional, art house, sensual, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Concussion (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, erotic, sexy, depressing, deep, sensual, indie film, tense