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Plot Summary:
Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find their place in the world of prostitutes and pimps, but the lack of perspective in their life - which is permanently haunted by the possibility of an incurable and fatal venereal infection - and the humiliations the girl endures strain their relationship and lead to conflicts.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
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Kanak Attack (2000)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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The Lovemakers (1961)
Plot Summary:
The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Of Human Bondage (1964)
Plot Summary:
Medical student Philip fall in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infideliy, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. But Philip is still in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, medical drama, period drama
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Vesna Goes Fast (1996)
Plot Summary:
Vesna, a Czech girl, arrives in Italy without money and, because of poverty, is forced into prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Odds and Ends (1986)
Plot Summary:
Essay film by Alexander Kluge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: experimental, semi documentary
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Co-ed Call Girl (1996)
Plot Summary:
Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself signed up with a Malibu-based escort service which promises her big money and an easy ride. Instead, she becomes entangled in a web of corruption, sleaze, and violence.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, ridiculous
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Secret Name (2021)
Plot Summary:
Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Madame de Lengwil's house, to become the reader of this wealthy woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
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Amarsi male (1969)
Plot Summary:
Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student Carlo she attempts to provide for both, but soon fails in finding job opportunities and sinks into the sleazy world of drugs and prostitution. Carlo's right wing brother demands Carlo begins his relationship with daughter of the powerful businessman in order to guarantee financial freedom for the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
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Call Girl '88 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A depressing tale dealing with five women involved with prostitution and the effects it has on their love and family lives. High class or low class, each is just as sad.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, depressing
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Shadow of Angels (1976)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 101 min
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Garbage, the City and Death (2012)
Plot Summary:
Romi (Gabriela Mícová), a prostitute, is anything but successful at her job: she is of far too gentle a nature for her clients. The more obstinately she is pushed to the streets by her pimp Franz (Stanislav Majer), the closer she is to a complete breakdown. One day Romi is addressed by a property speculator referring to himself as a "wealthy Jew" (Martin Finger). He does not demand any sexual services of her. He satisfies himself with Romi telling him stories, for which he lavishly rewards her. However, no one shares the sudden happiness with Romi. Her work-mates and current clients turn their backs on her, as does Franz, with whom Romi is in love. The whole story takes place in the setting of a dilapidated city, during the clean-up of which politicians openly split their profit with speculators and lobbyists, all under protection from the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, compassionate, queer cinema
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Metello (1970)
Plot Summary:
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
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A Szerencse lányai (1999)
Plot Summary:
A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 114 min
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The Braid (2023)
Plot Summary:
Three women Smita, Giulia and Sarah from different parts of the world who have never met but they are bound by something intimate and unique.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Canada, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 121 min
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Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Plot Summary:
The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of under-age girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficultly escaping her pimp and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Little Moth (2007)
Plot Summary:
A couple purchases an eleven-year old girl who cannot walk, with the intention of using her to earn money through begging.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Lady of the Camelias (1981)
Plot Summary:
A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, period drama, beautiful
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Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993)
Plot Summary:
After a young prostitute is murdered and left in a rubbish heap, her mother does everything to track down the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sad
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Today and Tomorrow (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in Buenos Aires, this powerful Argentinean tale from director Alejandro Chomski stars Antonella Costa as aspiring actress Paula, who's desperate to find a way to pay her mounting stack of debts. Out of options and about to be evicted, she turns to streetwalking but soon learns that her new occupation of choice comes with disastrous repercussions. The film's supporting cast includes Carlos Lipsic and Romina Ricci.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy
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Street Sisters (1974)
Plot Summary:
What Would You Do If Your Mother Was a Hooker?.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, cult film
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Secrets of a Married Man (1984)
Plot Summary:
A man (Shatner) going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one (Shepherd) and he thinks he has it all. That is until her pimp starts hounding him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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On the Verge of a Fever (2004)
Plot Summary:
Against the backdrop of poverty, fear and the brutal dictatorship of Haiti in 1971, ON THE VERGE OF A FEVER is about Fanfan, a 15-year-old boy who just wants to experience life for himself with his streetwise friend Gégé. Having lived a somewhat sheltered life with his protective mother, Fanfan experiences a bizarrely terrifying incident involving a Tonton-Macoute. As a result, he decides to hide out at his beautiful neighbor's house for the weekend. There, he is trapped between his fear of being caught and the fulfilling of his deepest fantasy. Based on the book "Le goût des jeunes filles" by famous Haitian novelist Dany Laferriere.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Whores (1994)
Plot Summary:
The prostitutes of Palermo are pictured in this episodic Italian drama. The film lacks a real unifying thread as it presents scenes from the lives of 7 hookers. Five are women. One is a man, and one is a transvestite. In one episode, an aging ill-mannered Neapolitan, Orlanda, entertains North African visitors in her home. They do not seem to mind her constant barrage of racist comments. One of her clients falls for her and protects her from a client who stalks her. She is surprised. The male prostitute finds himself becoming violent after his client is too attentive. Liucca gets beaten in lieu of a payment. A mother struggles with her profession and homelife. Grimaldi dehumanizes clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, gay cinema
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La bambola (1991)
Plot Summary:
A man without scruples mistreats his lover and her daughter, a teenager. also in his mind a diabolical plan to force the girl into prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
Plot Summary:
A girl, Marie is led into prostitution by her pimp boyfriend, Gerard. She must not only give money to him but to the gangsters that explore him as well. Marie, together with a friend, Maloup, will try to become independent. They start to work the streets on their own but they will meet physical and sexual violence. They return to the brothels, and Marie goes back to her pimp, but Gerard has his caprices and wants more and more – he's in a spiral downwards and he's leading Marie with him. There's seems to be no escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Mamma Roma (1962)
Plot Summary:
After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an upper class apartment, a fruit stand and retires from the prostitution. She brings her teenage son Ettore (Ettore Garofolo), who was raised alone in the country, to live with her, and Ettore becomes her pride and joy. However, the boy that does not want to study or work, joins to idle friends, has a crush on a bitch, and Mamma Roma uses her best but limited efforts to straight Ettore and make him an honest man. However, her past haunts her with tragic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neorealism, serious, realistic, art house, sad, emotional, social, gloomy, independent film, road movie
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The Scrounger (1961)
Plot Summary:
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neorealism, realistic, serious, disturbing, talky, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological, rough, erotic
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My Life to Live (1962)
Plot Summary:
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: art house, philosophical, intellectual, black and white, visual, atmospheric, serious, depressing, erotic, inspirational
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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
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Paprika (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, romantic, controversial, manga, art house, cult classic, crying, disgusting