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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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Two Days, Nine Lives (2001)
Plot Summary:
A drug addict checks into rehab.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Vanessa (2007)
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While waiting for the train to pass (Bennet), an out-of-town businessman notices a destitute girl (Vanessa), freezing in the cold. Suspecting that she will throw herself under the train, he takes the girl with him to a nearby restaurant for a warm meal. During the conversation, Vanessa tells Bennet her sad life story and reveals to him her inborn talent. Bennet offers the girl 10,000 dollars to turn her life around, but in return he asks for her only "treasure"-her virginity!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Price of Love (1995)
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16 year old Bret lives with his indifferent father and a stepmother who abhors him. After yet another fight he leaves home. He meets two guys and a girl who are drifting around. He feels attracted to Roxanne and they decide to continue together to LA. Unfortunately Roxanne gets busted by the police, so Bret is on his own again. In LA he meets some nice guys who offer him lodging. However they are involved with (male) prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Great & The Small (2016)
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Twenty-six year old Scott is living on the streets and trying to find his way back into society while on probation for petty crimes. He attempts to navigate his relationship with his two bit criminal of a boss and an enigmatic detective, while at the same time winning back the heart of his ex-girlfriend, a working single mom. Never having a mother or father himself, Scott discovers the true meaning of fatherhood.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Nola and the Clones (2016)
Plot Summary:
A homeless Irish girl encounters a series of men who appear strikingly similar to each other.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Animals (2014)
Plot Summary:
ANIMALS tells the story of Jude and Bobbie: a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy of their imaginations. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation when one of them gets hospitalized.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: indie film
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Adam (2019)
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Abla, a widow and mother to a 10-year-old girl, struggles to survive and give her child the best possible future. After the death of her husband, she starts a home-based business from her kitchen, which opens up on the street through a metal shutter. Every day, she makes and sells homemade bread and all types of traditional Moroccan pastries. Closed-off from life, leading an existence devoid of happiness and taking refuge in her work, Abla has become old before her time. Unable to manifest love towards her child, she has replaced tenderness with pragmatism. When Samia, a young woman who is heavily pregnant knocks on her door, seeking shelter and overwhelmed by the weight of her burden of giving birth to a child without a father, Alba is unaware that this chance encounter will change her forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult film
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The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
Plot Summary:
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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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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May We Chat (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the film follows three troubled young girls who will do anything to escape their stifling lives – even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. The advent of technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of misunderstood youths remain as relevant as they were two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, erotic, weird
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Smooth Operator (1995)
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Megan Hughes plays Grace Nichols, a businesswoman constantly competing with men to get ahead. Unfortunately, her love life is also suffering. One day, while chomping on a donut, she realizes she's put on a few pounds. She decides to get back in shape, and asks her secretary Angie Li (Candace Kita) if she could recommend a good personal trainer. Angie recommends Brian Lerner (Doug Jeffery), a guy Angie's also been sleeping with for the last few months. Of course, Grace doesn't know that. Grace meets up with Brian, and it's innocent at first. She tosses on the workout clothes, he comes over to help her out with exercising, and goes home. Simple enough, right? However, this is a softcore flick, so you know the sex is coming. Eventually, Grace asks Brian to accompany her to a formal dinner.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy
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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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Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger (1991)
Plot Summary:
A man is torn between two women and his own violent self, born of child abuse.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychotronic, independent film, hot, cult film
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Shelter (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, depressing, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough, serious, social
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A Mother's Prayer (1995)
Plot Summary:
Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to believe it, but soon turns her attentions to the problem of what will happen to her son when she dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Like Someone in Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, witty, sexy, avant garde, poignant, relaxing, sincere, contemplative
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Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Charles is bored with being a wealthy, successful architect. He takes a temporary job photographing undressed women and falls for Pamela. His wife, Elaine, has little sympathy for this mid-life crisis.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film
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Masseuse (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jack is a real scum-bag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of her money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out that he was threatening Rosa into having sex as well as his secretary Diane. When he goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and Diane devise a way to get him back for all of the things he has put them through. They also decide to turn his house into a special massage parlor for a few nights so Kristy can try to make some of the money back that Jack stole from her.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sensual, independent film, sexual
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Life Support (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, touching, psychological, captivating
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The New Twenty (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five best friends in their late 20's discover new truths about themselves and the friendships they thought would last forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, sincere, sexy, captivating, talky, sexual
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The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
Plot Summary:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model. The now starting creative process changes life for everyone. It is a struggle for truth, life and sense, and the question where the limits of arts are or whether art is limitless.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, erotic, serious, sexy, contemplative, sexual
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A Place for Annie (1994)
Plot Summary:
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later she plans too adopt her -- but suddenly Annie's mother reappears and demands her back. And under the law, Susan, as foster-mother, has no claim to the child.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Monika (1974)
Plot Summary:
Monika is young, beautiful and a virgin. She is only 16 years old, and, beside getting the attention of all her classmates, she also attracts older men. She has a relationship with a boy, Leo, but she doesn't know that he uses to pimp the girls he seduces to rich businessmen. One of Leo's client befriends Monika and becomes so obsessed that he pays Leo to get her. But Monika turns her attention to her art professor, unknowing that he too has his secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sex comedy, sensual, sexploitation film
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Electra (1990)
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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And Then There Was One (1994)
Plot Summary:
And Then There Was One - The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple. After struggling and finally conceiving a child, the couple learns that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the fatal virus.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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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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Jolene (2008)
Plot Summary:
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, erotic, sentimental, realistic, explicit, romantic, road movie, dramatic, serious
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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
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Kids (1995)
Plot Summary:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as he can. When Jenny, a girl who has had sex only once, tests positive for HIV, she knows she contracted the disease from Telly. When Jenny discovers that Telly's idea of "safe sex" is to only have sex with virgins, and is continuing to pass the disease onto other unsuspecting girls, Jenny makes it her business to try to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, depressing, psychedelic, independent film, bleak, teen, rough, erotic, sexy, realistic
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Boogie Nights (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 278000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: stylized, erotic, sexy, talky, black comedy, dark comedy, captivating, sentimental, touching, sensual