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1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,582,433 | Gross: $116.90M
2. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Votes: 1,095,057 | Gross: $164.62M
3. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,585 | Gross: $5.32M
4. Pretty Woman (1990)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 362,032 | Gross: $178.41M
5. Dogtooth (2009)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis
Votes: 110,358 | Gross: $0.11M
6. Blow Out (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 63,225 | Gross: $13.75M
7. Elles (2011)
NC-17 | 99 min | Drama
On her latest assignment, a journalist for Elle immerses herself in a prostitution ring run by university students.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Votes: 7,562 | Gross: $0.16M
8. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Not Rated | 202 min | Drama
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Votes: 13,881 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Ruthless People (1986)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A couple cheated by a vile businessman kidnaps his wife in retaliation, not knowing that their enemy is delighted that they did.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater
Votes: 30,513 | Gross: $71.62M
10. X (XIII) (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder and must evade the killer as he chases them through Sydney.
Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Peter Docker, Stephen Phillips
Votes: 7,416
11. Ironclad (2011)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History
In thirteenth-century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.
Director: Jonathan English | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, Brian Cox, James Purefoy
Votes: 43,649
12. London (I) (2005)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
At a drug laden party in a New York loft, a young man tries to win back his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Hunter Richards | Stars: Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Joy Bryant
Votes: 24,753 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,953 | Gross: $5.73M
14. Diary of a Gigolo (2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gigolo's life begins to unravel when he becomes involved in a client's family affairs and violates the fundamental rule of his job: don't fall in love.
Stars: Jesús Castro, Victoria White, Fabiola Campomanes, Francisco Denis
Votes: 1,610
15. Hot Girls Wanted (2015)
TV-MA | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary about young women who have been drawn into the sex trade - and how easy it is for a web-savvy generation to end up making porn.
Directors: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus | Stars: Tressa Silguero, Riley Reynolds, Rachel Bernard, John Anthony
Votes: 18,481
16. Losing Control (1998)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Kim is suffering from writer's block. A chance encounter with a handsome stranger opens her to a world of risky sexual experimentation. However, she becomes worried when he refuses to say anything about himself.
Director: Julie Jordan | Stars: Kira Reed Lorsch, Doug Jeffery, Anneliza Scott, Clay Greenbush
Votes: 463
17. Stand Up Guys (2012)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies
Votes: 57,727 | Gross: $3.30M
18. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones
Votes: 47,532 | Gross: $3.25M
19. Rock the Kasbah (2015)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Music, War
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,747 | Gross: $2.98M
20. Ugetsu (1953)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 25,804 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Biloxi Blues (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker
Votes: 16,498 | Gross: $43.18M
22. Restoration (1995)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History
The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker
Votes: 9,923 | Gross: $4.10M
23. Divine Emanuelle (1981)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime
The daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie called The Children of Light by the boyfriend of the cult's leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman. The cult turns out to not be the free love community it presents itself as.
Director: Christian Anders | Stars: Laura Gemser, Christian Anders, Gabriele Tinti, Maximilian Wolters
Votes: 719
24. Eva - Den utstötta (1969)
R | 93 min | Drama
A girl of 14 is embarrassing her foster parents. She exposes herself to a homeless and police. It turns out that the girl has had sex with various men in exchange for a little kindness and ... See full summary »
Director: Torgny Wickman | Stars: Solveig Andersson, Hans Wahlgren, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Einar Axelsson
Votes: 128
25. Intercourse (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
Lines between fantasy and reality are quickly blurred for Felix and Sofia, a young couple in an established relationship, when he suggests paying for sex and, afterward, she expects him to ... See full summary »
Director: Jonatan Etzler | Stars: Amalia Holm, Marcus Vögeli
Votes: 166
26. Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
PG-13 | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
On another planet, in the futuristic wild west town called Oblivion, the pacifist sheriff Stone, dandy alien bounty hunter Sweeney, and the lizard-like alien Jaggar are all after Lash, the sexy villainies from the previous movie.
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster
Votes: 707
27. Dead Sexy (2001 Video)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Director: Robert Angelo | Stars: Shannon Tweed, John Enos III, Sam J. Jones, Mary Shannon
Votes: 912
28. Sidewalks of New York (2001)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
The interlocking lives and loves of six New Yorkers.
Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Penny Balfour, Michael Leydon Campbell
Votes: 6,919 | Gross: $2.40M
29. The Mega Brothel (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary investigation into the new trend of chains so-called mega brothels with several hundred girls, and the challenges of legalization of prostitution.
Directors: Gavin Searle, Edward Watts, Callum Webster | Stars: Michael Beretin, Lucy Briers, Felicia, Josie
Votes: 128
30. Buying Sex (2013)
75 min | Documentary
Buying Sex looks at the contentious debate over pending reforms to Canadian prostitution laws, prompting us to rethink our attitudes toward the "oldest profession."
Directors: Teresa MacInnes, Kent Nason | Stars: Trisha Baptie, Janine Benedet, Valerie Scott, Alan Young
Votes: 208
31. Chop Shop (2007)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama
Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata
Votes: 4,718 | Gross: $0.12M
32. The Affair (1995)
R | 81 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman named Jennifer is propositioned by an older woman to have sex with her husband for money.
Director: Danny Taylor | Stars: Jenna Bodnar, Robert L. Newman, Will Potter, Raelyn Saalman
Votes: 239
33. Bounty Hunters (1996 Video)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Jersey Bellini is a bounty hunter who forms an uneasy partnership with a rival to capture a fugitive. But the hunters soon discover that the crook is also the man the mob most wants dead! ... See full summary »
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Howard, Ben Immanuel, Erin Fitzgerald
Votes: 590
34. Roots of Evil (1992)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Alex Cord, Delia Sheppard, Charles Dierkop, Jillian Kesner
Votes: 240
35. Circuit (2001)
R | 130 min | Drama, Romance
John, a gay Illinois small town cop moves to Los Angeles, hoping to fit into a place more welcoming of his sexuality. He soon discovers the "circuit," where he meets an insecure hustler, who draws John into drug abuse and illicit sex.
Director: Dirk Shafer | Stars: Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Andre Khabbazi, Brian Lane Green, Kiersten Warren
Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $0.24M
36. The Mosquito Net (2010)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dysfunctional middle class family avoids their issues. Miguel wants to pay their immigrant teen maid Ana for sex, his wife Alice has an affair with their teen son's manipulative schoolmate and Miguel's parents deal with Alzheimer's.
Director: Agustí Vila | Stars: Emma Suárez, Eduard Fernández, Martina García, Anna Ycobalzeta
Votes: 620
37. Sexual Impulse (1997)
R | 95 min | Comedy
The Bull Moose Club was having a bad day when their leader gets shot down and the pc DA sends in cops to shut them down. A temptress and a bit of risky business saves the day but can she turn the boys into men so they can save themselves?
Director: Gary Schmad | Stars: Tane McClure, Burke Morgan, Brian Carlton, Archie Gibson
Votes: 48
38. Boy (I) (2009)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A poet sells his collection of comic books and action figures in order to afford to hire a male stripper on New Years Eve.
Director: Auraeus Solito | Stars: Aeious Asin, Aries Pena, Belinda, Madeleine Nicolas
Votes: 222
39. For Sale (1998)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Private detective is hired to trace a woman who ran away and disappeared on her wedding day. The movie follows him and recounts the story of her life through her eyes and the eyes of those interviewed by the detective.
Director: Laetitia Masson | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Sergio Castellitto, Jean-François Stévenin, Aurore Clément
Votes: 589
40. Love for Rent (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Small town girl visits her actress sister in Los Angeles only to find out she's a Hollywood call girl.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Annette O'Toole, Lisa Eilbacher, Rhonda Fleming, Eugene Roche
Votes: 58
41. Feel (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Over the course of a single day, four different men visit a massage parlor looking for some kind of emotional or physical connection. Simultaneously, the film explores the complex emotional experiences of the women who work there.
Director: Matt Mahurin | Stars: William Baldwin, Tom Bower, Grant Chang, Kevin Corrigan
Votes: 175
42. Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this prequel to PS1 cyberpunk survival horror action adventure game Fear Effect (2000), Hana and her female partner and lover, Rain, who was absent during the original game, are tasked to rob a high security bio lab.
Director: Stan Liu | Stars: Wendee Lee, Anthony Gayle Marcotte, Lex Lang, Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Votes: 154
43. Boys on the Run (2010)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman - he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Things change when he meets Chiharu a ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Miura | Stars: Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, You
Votes: 371
44. You Say Hello (2019)
TV-MA | 22 min | Short, Drama
A suicidal young gay man retreats to his family's beach house to end his life, but a chance encounter with a hustler changes his plans.
Director: Lovell Holder | Stars: Chris Bellant, Zack Kozlow, Will Pullen, Samantha Soule
Votes: 45
45. Saishin sôpu tekunikku 2: Awa-hime goten (1990)
60 min | Drama
Director: Toshiki Satô | Stars: Saori Ogawa, Miki Tashiro, Yoshimi Shirato, Yasunori Etô
47.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Judgement Day
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a local thief and womanizer is killed with a pitchfork, the residents of Midsomer Mallow fear for their chances in the Perfect Village Competition.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 1,350
48.
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode:
The Maid
(1998)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
Jerry gets into romance with his maid; George struggles to get the nickname "T-Bone" around the office; Elaine searches for a new telephone number.
Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander
Votes: 3,185
49.
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2011)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Romance
In the violent world of 1874 London Sugar is a spirited prostitute in the brothel of grasping Mrs. Castaway. After her friend Elizabeth dies from injuries inflicted by two drunken clients ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Romola Garai, Gillian Anderson, James Wilson, Alan Williams
Votes: 169
50.
EastEnders (1985– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4154
(2011)
TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Jerry Smith | Stars: Charlie Brooks, Shona McGarty, Samantha Womack, Steve John Shepherd