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Plot Summary:
Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than she is willing to sacrifice. In dire need of money, she becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club where a sinister love triangle puts both her heart and her life in danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Gypsy Angels (1990)
Plot Summary:
Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
Similar in 86%
On the Block (1990)
Plot Summary:
A stripper and a vice squad lieutenant become romantically involved in this contemporary drama set in the adult entertainment zone in 1980s Baltimore, Maryland. -- KillerMovies.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Night Train (1999)
Plot Summary:
An overweight California slob hears his brother's been killed in Tijuana and goes down to investigate. Once there he meets an odd assortment of characters, all of whom either knew his brother or in some way were involved with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy
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Sweet Skin (1963)
Plot Summary:
Strip-tease has a pleasing Paris setting and a convincing strip club atmosphere, where a roster of exotic dancers do their thing. Making the club atmosphere work is the animated Dany Saval, as a charming gossip and outspoken cheerleader for the art of the strip-tease. Berthe encourages Ariane to loosen up and enjoy what she's doing.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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S & M: Les Sadiques (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shot in sex dens of Berlin, pleasure and pain become one in this stylish tribute to the sleazy cinema of Jess Franco. Nadine Pape (A WARRIOR'S CREED) stars as Marie - a teenage vagabond whose lust for life will lead her to the bed of the mysterious Sandra (Sandra Bourdonnec - THE DEVIL OF KREUZBERG.) What begins as a blissful relationship soon takes a violent turn however, as Sandra then tries to take full control over the innocent girl's life. Kevin Kopacka (TLMEA) and Harry Baer (MR SCARFACE, GODS OF THE PLAGUE) co-star in this erotic drama from director Alex Bakshaev (THE DEVIL OF KREUZBERG.).
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags:
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Queen of the Blues (1979)
Plot Summary:
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Waitresses Wanted (2008)
Plot Summary:
Brazilian native Priscilla Paredes is intent on staying in Montreal, despite the expiration of her student visa. Out of desperation, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at the Elixir, a downtown strip club, where she meets Milagro, a headstrong Quebecoise and fellow dancer who, ironically, longs to move to Brazil. Priscilla is welcomed into Milagro's secret family life, and introduced to her young daughter Chloé; Milagro in turn teaches Priscilla how to fight for what she wants, for what she needs.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Suki (2023)
Plot Summary:
A lady stripper and a gigolo promised each other that their work can't break them apart. But when lust and temptation come into the picture, they begin to question their vow.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags:
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Le sphinx (1995)
Plot Summary:
A school teacher falls in love with a stripper/singer. He even leaves his wife and children for her. He soon spends a lot of time at the club where he works part-time as the M.C.. But the owner, a mobster, interferes in the relationship which brings fear and violence into the game.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Story of a Love Story (1973)
Plot Summary:
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality leaving us to wonder whether the affair is real or just a figment of Harry's imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mirrors (1985)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring Midwestern ballerina (Marguerite Hickey) struggles in New York as the only jobs she can get are as chorus performers. Her personal life is equally dismal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Hollywood After Dark (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Molly & Gina (1994)
Plot Summary:
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Together, they set out to bring the culprits to justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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Satan Was A Lady (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wishman's plot rotates around the maneuverings of a whore who longs for a touch of mink and a seat at the finer tables in life. Blackmail, betrayal, murder and malice are all part of her tender trade. Lord help anyone who lays in her way.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, sexy, captivating, suspense
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Naked Obsession (1990)
Plot Summary:
City-council member Franklin Carlyle is mugged, knocked down and left on an alley. When he recovers, he is befriended by an alcoholic who introduces him to a local strip-bar.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, erotic, independent film, sexual, sexy, cult film
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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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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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Paul Raymonds Erotica (1981)
Plot Summary:
Brigitte Lahie stars as a stunning French reporter who Paul Raymond personally invites into Soho's sleaziest sex locales. This experience convinces the young woman that she wants to be a stripper too. This slice of erotica features a lineup of Reyuebar Girls, as well as ladies from the pages of Men's Only and Escort Magazine.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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Lap Dancer (1995)
Plot Summary:
A sexy but cash-poor young working woman finally stands up for herself, not wanting to depend on "her man" all the time and not accepting the rules men around her want her to observe, by deciding to simultaneously take a walk on the wild side and make some extra bucks by working in a stripclub as an exotic dancer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Out of Step (2002)
Plot Summary:
Graced with the instinctive ability to dance, Jenny Thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer. All of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in New York. Against her mother's will, but with the support of her father Jenny leaves her small Mormon town in Utah and heads to New York in pursuit of her dream. Jenny must fight to earn her scholarship and try to find a balance between the man of her faith and the man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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From the Head (2011)
Plot Summary:
Underneath Times Square, there's a strip club filled with beautiful women. Behind the club's bathroom door is Shoes, a bathroom attendant. For three years, Shoes gives advice, compliments or a sympathetic ear to his visitors, getting occasional tips. But on the night of his three-year anniversary at the club, Shoes' customers and coworkers start to make him look into his own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, captivating, psychological, clever, humorous, serious, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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The Night That Never Happened (1997)
Plot Summary:
The events that occur the night of a bachelor party are often shrouded in secrecy--until now! The night before Claire and Brad's wedding, Claire sends her friend Tori along to make sure Brad behaves himself. But before the evening is over, a stripper will make off with the cash; a loan shark will have to be paid off; the maid of honor will be kidnapped; and the groom will be held hostage by a sexy dominatrix. But the real question is: will they make it to the church on time?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, sexploitation film
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Intimacy (1988)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of a beautiful fashion model / waitress (Eva Grimaldi) who gets sucked into a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a mysterious man and starts to ignore her loving but “square” boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, erotic drama, sexploitation film, hot
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Business for Pleasure (1997)
Plot Summary:
A voyeuristic tycoon orchestrates a risky, passion-charged triangle between himself, his right-hand man, and a beautiful executive. Another classy, erotic production from Zalman King.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Model Lust (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Arielle refuses her boyfriend's engagement ring and arrives at the Hollywood home and lust-nest of her beautiful cousin Tracy, she is introduced to the local modeling scene, temperamental photographer Scardino, and handsome, cocky model Lance. Lance arouses Arielle's attention, but international intrigue and espionage worries arise to threaten these cozy affairs, and pretty Arielle must balance her lust-life with national security concerns.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, sexy, sexploitation film
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Confessions of a Lap Dancer (1997)
Plot Summary:
An erotic melodrama about the public and private lives of sex workers. Josie Hunter (aka Blake Pickett) co-starred in the role of Erica, a single mother who works a stripper, and sometimes as a prostitute to support her daughter. But when the threat of losing parental rights to her child looms, Erica tries to escape from the dark world of the sex industry, but it turns out to be not so easy to do.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, touching, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual, sexy, sexploitation film
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Lap Dancing (1995)
Plot Summary:
Angie is having no luck auditioning for movies. She thinks about going back home, but her roommate Claudia convinces her to try working at the "gentleman's club" with her in order to gain more life experience. Angie hopes to be able to turn the experience toward more effective acting but is having difficulty overcoming her inhibitions. She meets a burned out movie director at the club who helps her with her dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Cherry. (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Brian Cherry, a sweet, sensitive young Los Angeleno, falls for the beautiful, electric, and damaged Jules, she turns his ideas about women and sex upside-down. Slowly, he is drawn into a twisted love-triangle that includes Jules and his best friend, Sam. When Jules eventually leaves him for Sam, Cherry decides on a shocking course of action that will destroy the lives of all three.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, sexy, independent film, humorous, serious, sexual, suspense
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Young Lady Chatterley (1977)
Plot Summary:
Cynthia inherits a large estate and moves in. She reads her aunt's diary and finds out how she was taught in the ways of love by her gardener in 1901 at the age of 21. She decides to continue the fruitful relationship and gets it on with the handsome young gardener herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film, serious, realistic, sexual
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Showgirls (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young drifter named Nomi arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become a top showgirl.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, realistic, sensual, cynical, controversial, satirical, psychological, retro