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Plot Summary:
Born with the beauty of the gods, Electra's lust for sexual gratification is exceeded only by her lust for vengeance. Enter a world of forbidden family love, betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
Plot Summary:
15 year old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: controversial, learning, cult film
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Toys Are Not for Children (1972)
Plot Summary:
Miserable with her marriage to a toy-store clerk and obsessed with memories of her long-absent father, child-like Jamie learns that toys are not for children when she turns her life around--by becoming a hooker! Playing "daddy's little girl" with dirty old men, she finds true happiness until a friend arranges a special "date" between Jamie and her whore-hungry dad that, to put it mildly, does not go well.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, psychosexual thriller, psycho sexual, independent film
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Chicas (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pilar is a Spanish widow who has raised her three daughters in France. In love with Fernand, the manager of the building in which she lives, she organizes a lunch in her home with the intention of introducing him to the rest of the family. The reunion goes wildly wrong and the family's craziness overtakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Nightbeats (2009)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary noir set entirely at night Nightbeats is an homage to the classic noirs of the 1940's, though told as a contemporary drama, not a gumshoe satire, Nightbeats follow the lives of five people over four nights. Over these nights there are a series of deaths, suicides at first glance. Or are they?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Frequent Flyer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Cheech (2006)
Plot Summary:
Six people, some more depressed than others, living through the worst day of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy
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A Sweet Sickness (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young woman gets sexually used and abused by every man she meets while on her way to rising to the top of Hollywood's entertainment industry.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sexploitation film
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Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
Plot Summary:
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags:
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The Hookers (1967)
Plot Summary:
The story of three women and the circumstances that led each to get involved in prostitution as call girls.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: cult film
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My Pink Shirt (2007)
Plot Summary:
Drama - Regency is a fatherless fifteen year old. Having to face her mother succumbing to the AIDS virus, she must survive on her own. She is forced to prostitute herself to feed her addictions, attend to her mother’s needs, and pay the rent. - Peter Bloch-Hansen, Badih Bou Chakra, Milly Crnogorac.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sexy, hot
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Whore 2 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Jack sets himself up in the Hotel St James to work on his book on prostitution in New York. Along the way he meets and grows fond of Mary Lou.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi documentary, social documentary, independent film, fake documentary
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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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Madam Scandal: Let Me Die For 10 Seconds (1982)
Plot Summary:
Roman Porno from 1982.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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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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Mrs. Stone's Thing (1970)
Plot Summary:
A housewife wonders why her husband spends so much time at parties, then is all "sexed out" for days afterwards. She discovers that he's been going to swingers' orgies, and in an attempt to salvage her marriage, persuades him to take her to them. At first she doesn't care for it, but little by little she begins to get into it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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The Blue Hour (1971)
Plot Summary:
THE BLUE HOUR tells the story of Tanya, a young woman with a mysterious past who finds herself trapped in a sexual hell in Los Angeles. Punctuated by striking visuals and avant-garde editing, THE BLUE HOUR is a lost masterpiece of late period sexploitation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal
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Girlfriend Experience (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. An entertaining peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: hot, fake documentary
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Venice Beach (1982)
Plot Summary:
A runaway tries to survive being homeless at Venice Beach, California.
IMDB Rating: 9.2
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Too Much Too Often! (1968)
Plot Summary:
When swaggering and conceited teddy boy Mike (played by fleshy-faced BUCK STARR) isn’t combing his wavy hair in a stance reminiscent of The Fonz, he’s latching onto each and every female who crosses his slimy path. The guy is bad news and has everybody fooled, except Mr. Dite (rotund BOB ORAN), an advertising executive and recent recipient of Mike’s services as a whip-wielding sadist. Taking advantage of the weak-willed masochist, Mike blackmails Dite into giving him a cushy job, then takes advantage of his new position by stealing Dite’s clients, seducing Dite’s elegant daughter, Sara (JOANNE CUNNINGHAM), and climbing his way up the social ladder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Hindsight (1996)
Plot Summary:
Things heat up when a promising young actor begins an affair with a glamorous model in order to advance his career.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic
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Blue Eyes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: realistic, thought provoking, touching, serious, psychological, sincere, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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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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Hectopascal: Sensual Call Girl (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mio is a woman who owns a funeral parlor in a small port town. After losing her husband, her libido suddenly awakens. A typhoon rips through the town. Not only does she provide funeral services for the grieving parties but also attends to their needs after the funeral.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, suspense, disturbing, erotic
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Country Hooker (1974)
Plot Summary:
A couple of musicians are on their way to a show at a country bar. Along the way, they pick up a couple of sexy hitchhiking ladies and decide to pull over for a pitstop. Eventually, they make it to the bar and uncover that the deep voiced country singer that also plays there is also a pimp who uses the "waitresses" to make him some extra cash. It is up to our musician heroes to put an end to the singer and his operation.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Cocaine Angel (2006)
Plot Summary:
A week in the life of a young drug addict.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore, independent film, sincere, witty, gloomy
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A Woman for All Men (1975)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy businessman takes on a pretty young wife - with deadly results.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Babysitters (2007)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sexy, erotic, independent film, bleak, sincere, suspense, suspenseful, romantic, dark
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: philosophical, psychological, bleak, meditative, depressing, touching, serious, contemplative, existential, cerebral
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The Stepmother (1972)
Plot Summary:
Returning home from a business trip, an architect assumes that a client is having an affair with his wife and murders the man. His feelings of guilt and attempts to conceal the crime lead to more complications and death.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult classic, detective, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, suspense, independent film, freeze frame