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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
Best tv shows and movies like Showgirls (1995):
Similar in 75%
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 86%
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
Similar in 88%
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
Similar in 79%
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 88%
Exotica (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's owner, Zoe. Meanwhile Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives. Gradually, connections between the traumatic pasts of these characters are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, cerebral, psychological, non-linear, philosophical, neo noir, erotic drama, sexy
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 75%
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 88%
When Will I Be Loved (2004)
Plot Summary:
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, talky, stylized, psychosexual thriller, sexual, serious, realistic, erotic, independent film
Similar in 77%
Striptease (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, touching, sexual, intense, detective, black comedy, sensual, neo noir, sex comedy
Similar in 82%
P-Valley (2020)
Plot Summary:
An unapologetic look at the lives of strip-club dancers working down in the Dirty Delta.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, erotic, captivating, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing, visually appealing, sensual, visual
Similar in 80%
The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
Plot Summary:
A jaded, wealthy couple watch a blue movie in their castle home along with her adult son. The son is testy, so they go into town and watch a circus-like thrill ride. The daredevil woman in the show looks exactly like one of the women in the movie, so the man invites her to join them for a nightcap. Tensions among the family seem to rise. She stays overnight, and during her 24 hours in the castle, each of its three residents involves her in a fantasy. She, in turn, keeps asking, "Who has the gun?" Will there be violence before it's over?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychedelic, surreal, grindhouse, sensual, atmospheric, sexy, serious, realistic, contemplative
Similar in 84%
Testing the Limits (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mike and Toni are on their way to the mountains for a romantic weekend, when their car breaks down. The couple take shelter in an empty cabin, unaware that it is being used by bisexual photographer Jan who is on an erotic shoot with model Kristin. Things get more complicated when Glen, a fashion editor, arrives. Soon inhibitions (and underwear) are being freely cast aside. But the lovers' reverie is broken when Kristin's psychotic boyfriend breaks in, seeking vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, explicit, independent film, hot, sexploitation film
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 77%
Friend of the Family (1995)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited natural beauty teaches an entire family to reconnect with their own sexuality. Elke is invited to stay with the Stillman family in their luxurious home in Malibu. The outward appearances of a happy and successful family soon dissolve as Elke finds each to have emotional and sexual problems that only she can help them overcome.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, cult classic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sexy, hot, sexploitation film
Similar in 79%
Emmanuelle (1974)
Plot Summary:
Emmanuelle, a svelte, naive young woman, is en route to Bangkok where she'll join her new husband. He works for the French Embassy and has a lovely home, several dedicated servants, and an expensive car at his disposal. Once Emmanuelle arrives, her husband and a few friends introduce her to a realm of sexual ecstasy she'd never imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, controversial, cult classic, romantic, grindhouse, eros, erotic drama
Similar in 90%
Men (1997)
Plot Summary:
A single young woman moves to Los Angeles, gets a job as a chef and has casual affairs.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sensual, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, independent film
Similar in 76%
Wild Orchid (1989)
Plot Summary:
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, atmospheric, melancholic, stylized, psychological, romantic, serious
Similar in 79%
Basic Instinct (1992)
Plot Summary:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, suspenseful, detective, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller
Similar in 86%
Crash (1996)
Plot Summary:
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexual, psychological, sexy, surreal, bleak, art house, atmospheric, serious
Similar in 89%
Live Flesh (1997)
Plot Summary:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, intense, atmospheric, emotional, erotic, serious, realistic, visual, neo noir
Similar in 88%
Shame (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, sexy, thought provoking, sensual, psychological, emotional, disturbing, controversial, art house
Similar in 81%
I Like to Play Games (1995)
Plot Summary:
Michael is looking for a woman who likes to play games, but when he finds Suzanne, she might just be more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, romantic, independent film, crying
Similar in 80%
Pretty Baby (1978)
Plot Summary:
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: controversial, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, thought provoking, sentimental, stylized, erotic, romantic
Similar in 77%
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true love.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, controversial, sexy, serious, stylized, intense, psychological, experimental, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, disturbing, art house, psychological, sexy, controversial, sensual, philosophical, surreal
Similar in 88%
The Ages of Lulu (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Ages of Lulu is a gruelling sensual odyssey from Spanish director Bigas Luna, made immediately prior to his popular trilogy Jamón, jamón (1992), Golden Balls (1993) and The Tit and the Moon (1994). Starting as the somewhat queasy story of the young Lulu's affair with the manipulative Pablo (Oscar Ladoire), the movie takes a much darker turn once they are wed. It is conventional cinematic wisdom that there's no such thing as sex after marriage, but here Lulu's husband incomprehensibly leads her into blindfolded relationships with others, then is heartbroken when she reacts with disgust.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, emotional, sensual, disturbing, sexual, serious, eros, psychological, controversial
Similar in 82%
Henry & June (1990)
Plot Summary:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, controversial, erotic, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, intellectual
Similar in 90%
Caligula (1979)
Plot Summary:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, disturbing, controversial, art house, brutal, grindhouse, sensual, atmospheric, rough
Similar in 85%
Foxfire (1996)
Plot Summary:
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: teen, touching, sincere, realistic, dark, poignant, spectacular, romantic, independent film, serious