Films about prostitution: nearly from best to worst
by guisreis | created - 19 May 2014 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicProstitution appears in all films here, but not always as the main subject.
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1. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,667
2. Solidões (2013)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Solitudes goes from laugh to drama, from musical to documentary, from romantic comedy to mean satire, keeping loneliness focused in all its aspects at all times, in many stories that are linked to each other.
Director: Oswaldo Montenegro | Stars: Renato Góes, Vanessa Giácomo, Renato Luciano, Oswaldo Montenegro
Votes: 48
3. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Roth Haberle
Votes: 47,827 | Gross: $10.69M
4. Trampolim do Forte (2010)
90 min | Drama
Director: João Rodrigo Mattos | Stars: Zéu Britto, Marcelia Cartaxo, Ac Costa, Laís Gomes
Votes: 20
5. Last Night (I) (1998)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
Director: Don McKellar | Stars: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell, Robin Gammell
Votes: 10,145
Prostitution is not the core, but an important element in the film.
6. Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
TV-14 | 98 min | Documentary
The field of anthropology goes under the magnifying glass in this fiery investigation of the seminal research on Yanomami Indians. In the 1960s and '70s, a steady stream of anthropologists ... See full summary »
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Robert Borofsky, Jesus Cardozo, Napoleon A. Chagnon, Marie Isabel Eguillor
Votes: 518
One of the most important anthropologists who studied Yanomami native people, Jacques Lizot, is seriously accused, under strong evidences, of practicing pedophily and of prostituting men and boys from the tribes que investigated.
7. Lower City (2005)
R | 98 min | Drama
Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.
Director: Sergio Machado | Stars: Alice Braga, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Maria Menezes
Votes: 4,374 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Girls of the Sun (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi
Votes: 2,820 | Gross: $0.02M
Sexual slavery.
9. O Diabo a Quatro (2004)
108 min | Comedy
In Copabacana, the pothead surfer Paulo Roberto is the son of a politician with a dysfunctional family that spends the day surfing and smoking grass. The family maid has a son, the ... See full summary »
Director: Alice de Andrade | Stars: Marcelo Faria, Maria Flor, Márcio Libar, Netinho Alves
Votes: 289
Prostitution is a little idealized here, but the film is quite nice.
10. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista
Votes: 665,613 | Gross: $92.05M
Two great scenes put the movie in this list.
11. Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli
Votes: 1,951
12. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik
Votes: 18,008 | Gross: $3.41M
13. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh
Votes: 44,099 | Gross: $8.11M
14. Miss Violence (2013)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A chilling account of a horrendous family tragedy perpetuated behind closed doors. As chronic violence chips away at the household's elaborate façade, the shocking secret reveals that almost nothing is as it seems.
Director: Alexandros Avranas | Stars: Themis Panou, Reni Pittaki, Eleni Roussinou, Sissy Toumasi
Votes: 9,954
15. Bianca (I) (2013)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Bianca is an old, middle-class prostitute, tired of her profession and in menopause, but her only way of making a living is by working for her pimp, Paulo Ana lives an unhappy marriage with... See full summary »
Directors: Karina Mello, Camilo Beviláqua | Stars: Carina Mello, Karina Mello, Clara Choveaux, Camilo Beviláqua
Votes: 6
16. Young & Beautiful (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat
Votes: 38,288 | Gross: $0.05M
17. To the Ends of the World (2018)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War
Indochina War, 1945: French soldier Robert is the only survivor of a massacre in which his brother has died. Blinded by revenge, he rejoins the forces in search of the assassins. But meeting the young Indochinese Maï disrupts his mission.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Guillaume Gouix, Lang Khê Tran, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 1,226
18. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
R | 100 min | Drama
After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann
Votes: 64,791 | Gross: $0.26M
19. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 436,299 | Gross: $101.16M
20. The Given Word (1962)
98 min | Drama
A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 3,938
21. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,951 | Gross: $0.75M
Very good comedy drama. Funny and sad.
22. Year of the Jellyfish (1984)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.
Director: Christopher Frank | Stars: Valérie Kaprisky, Bernard Giraudeau, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 1,441
23. A Casa de Alice (2007)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in ... See full summary »
Director: Chico Teixeira | Stars: Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Faria Zinn, Ricardo Vilaça
Votes: 673 | Gross: $0.06M
24. Behavior (2014)
108 min | Drama
Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.
Director: Ernesto Daranas | Stars: Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz, Armando Miguel Gómez, Miriel Cejas
Votes: 1,608
25. Las tetas de mi madre (2015)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama
A young boy discovers he's moms night job in a local bar as an exotic dancer so he decides to find the money to take her to Disney.
Director: Carlos Zapata | Stars: Santiago Heins, Alejandro Aguilar, Joseph Barrios, Angelica Blandon
Votes: 222
Not prostitution, but striptease.
26. Byzantium (2012)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Caleb Landry Jones
Votes: 45,951 | Gross: $0.08M
27. Stolen Kisses (1968)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 15,103
28. Belle de Jour (1967)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Votes: 49,073 | Gross: $0.03M
29. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos
Votes: 42,816 | Gross: $6.70M
30. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,205
31. Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli
Votes: 1,951
32. Baixio das Bestas (2006)
80 min | Drama, Horror
A man gets obsessed by a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Fernando Teixeira, Caio Blat, Matheus Nachtergaele, Dira Paes
Votes: 1,267
33. Down by Law (1986)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Votes: 55,305 | Gross: $1.44M
Just the beginning of the film.
34. The Next Victim (1983)
98 min | Crime, Thriller
TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighborhood.
Director: João Batista de Andrade | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Louise Cardoso, Mayara Magri, Othon Bastos
Votes: 117
35. Love Strange Love (1982)
97 min | Drama
In 1937, in São Paulo, 12-year-old Hugo comes from Santa Catarina. His grandmother is returning him to his mother, Anna, who is now with Osmar, the most influential politician in the state.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira, Xuxa, Íris Bruzzi
Votes: 1,395
36. Kings & Rats (2012)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 1963. O coreto da praça principal de Bacaxá explode no momento de abertura da gincana de primavera da pequena cidade. O alvo do atentando é Amélia Castanho, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Mauro Lima | Stars: Selton Mello, Otávio Müller, Rafaela Mandelli, Cauã Reymond
Votes: 292
37. October (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Clemente, a moneylender of few words, is a new hope for Sofía, his single neighbor, devoted to the October worship of Our Lord of the Miracles. They're brought together over a new-born baby... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | Stars: Bruno Odar, Gabriela Velásquez, Carlos Gassols, María Carbajal
Votes: 560 | Gross: $0.03M
Unfortunately I lost the very end of the movie.
38. Angels of the Night (1987)
98 min | Drama
Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, the drag queen; Teddy, the hustler; Guto, the gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
Director: Wilson Barros | Stars: Zezé Motta, Antônio Fagundes, Marco Nanini, Chiquinho Brandão
Votes: 137
39. The Serpent's Egg (1977)
R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Bennent
Votes: 6,358
Prostitution is not a central issue in the movie but it deals with it much more seriously and deeply than many films about it.
40. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Not Rated | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: José Luis Ferrer, Ismael Fritschi, Juan López-Tagle, Adam Driver
Votes: 22,185 | Gross: $0.39M
41. Boca do Lixo (2010)
100 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, ... See full summary »
Director: Flavio Frederico | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Hermila Guedes, Jefferson Brasil, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 757
42. From Hell (2001)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 164,243 | Gross: $31.60M
43. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Unrated | 205 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
Directors: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas
Votes: 5,048
The second half of the movie (the two latest segments) deals with this issue.
44. Fading Gigolo (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara
Votes: 25,480 | Gross: $3.76M
45. The Libertine (2004)
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Director: Laurence Dunmore | Stars: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter
Votes: 37,789 | Gross: $4.84M
46. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi
Votes: 8,699 | Gross: $1.90M
47. Young Polacas (2019)
96 min | Drama, History
The story of the famous "Polacas", Jewish women deceived into prostitution in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1900's. Ricardo interviews Mrs. Mira, who struggles to bring back memories from her mother's past as a Polaca.
Director: Alex Levy-Heller | Stars: Jacqueline Laurence, Emílio Orciollo Netto, Lorena Castanheira, Thierry Tremouroux
Votes: 43
48. Gun City (2018)
TV-MA | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.
Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Luis Tosar, Michelle Jenner, Vicente Romero, Manolo Solo
Votes: 4,335
49. American Gigolo (1980)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt
Votes: 29,457 | Gross: $23.00M
50. 3 Efes (2007)
100 min | Drama
Sissi, the young daughter of an unemployed widower, struggles to support her family, while dreams of sharing an apartment with her boyfriend, a soccer player. Martina, who has a more stable... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Gerbase | Stars: Júlio Andrade, Nilsson Asp, Carla Cassapo, Fábio Cunha
Votes: 110
51. Spread (2009)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A drama centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 41,889 | Gross: $0.25M
52. Merantau (2009)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal
Votes: 11,457
53. 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: 362,635 | Gross: $178.41M
54. Foxy Brown (1974)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter
Votes: 12,045 | Gross: $2.46M
55. Cute, But Ordinary (2013)
90 min | Drama
In his film, "Pretty, But Ordinary", the renowned Brazilian writer, Nelson Rodrigues, works with the idea of temptation that has plagued man since the beginning of time (part of the human ... See full synopsis »
Director: Moacyr Góes | Stars: João Miguel, Leandra Leal, Letícia Colin, Gracindo Júnior
Votes: 251
56. Cada um Dá o que Tem (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Erotic comedy divided in three episodes: "The eviction", "Credit card" and "A great vocation".
Directors: Silvio de Abreu, John Herbert, Adriano Stuart | Stars: Alcione Mazzeo, Célia Coutinho, Jofre Soares, Turíbio Ruiz
Votes: 39
The best segment of the three (John Herbert's; I would give ot a 6, and a 5 for the whole sexploitation film) is about prostitution.
57. The Lady from Estacio (2012)
22 min | Short, Drama
Zulmira is an old mistress. One day, she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she needs is a good coffin.
Director: Eduardo Ades | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Nelson Xavier, Joel Barcellos, Rafael Souza-Ribeiro
Votes: 59
58. Memoirs of a Gigolo (1970)
90 min | Comedy
Man raised in a brothel tries to earn his living as a pimp, but gets in trouble when his girlfriend cheats him with an older man.
Director: Alberto Pieralisi | Stars: Cláudio Cavalcanti, Rossana Ghessa, Jece Valadão, Fábio Sabag
Votes: 49
59. Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror
Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends to vividly shocking life.
Directors: Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores Bornn, Jorge Michel Grau, Ulises Guzman, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto | Stars: Guillermo Villegas, Marco Zapata, Antonio Monroi, Fermín Ramírez
Votes: 1,042
Segment "Day of the death". The only really good segment of this bad movie made of different independent short films is Jaral de Berrios.
60. Indecent Proposal (1993)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 78,155 | Gross: $106.61M
61. The Great Mystical Circus (2018)
105 min | Drama
Follows a century in the lives of the Knieps, an Austrian family of circus owners.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Nuno Lopes, Mariana Ximenes, Dawid Ogrodnik
Votes: 636
62. Chi-Raq (2015)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett
Votes: 10,725 | Gross: $2.65M
63. The Seven Kittens (1980)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four elder daughters. The fifth and youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back ... See full summary »
Director: Neville de Almeida | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Ana Maria Magalhães, Lima Duarte, Ary Fontoura
Votes: 535
64. A Árvore dos Sexos (1977)
90 min | Comedy
Bondomil, a quiet little town, becomes famous because in its main square there's a tree with strange fruits, with the format of the male sex organ, supposed to be an aphrodisiac for women. ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio de Abreu | Stars: Nádia Lippi, Ney Santanna, Felipe Carone, Yolanda Cardoso
Votes: 70
65. El marginal (2016–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pastor, an undercover cop sets on a mission to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a judge by infiltrating the prison where she's suspected to be at. Once inside he will have to learn to live by the prison's and the inmates' rules.
Stars: Nicolás Furtado, Martina Gusmán, Claudio Rissi, Gerardo Romano
Votes: 4,654
Honorable mention: a TV series, not a movie. Prostitition also appears in the 1st season, but in the 2nd it is a maior issue.
66. Matroesjka's (2005–2008)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Each year hundreds of women are taken from their homes and forced into a life of prostitution and sexual slavery. This is the story of ten of them. A Belgian criminal gang head east to ... See full summary »
Stars: Axel Daeseleire, Manou Kersting, Indre Jaraite, Luk Wyns
Votes: 2,504
Another honorable mention, another great TV series. About prostitition and traffic of women.
67. The Chick's Ability (1984)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
Woman has to choose between being a prostitute or posing nude for a painter, in order to finance an expensive surgery for her son, his only chance to survive.
Director: John Doo | Stars: Helena Ramos, Romeu de Freitas, Vanessa Alves, André Loureiro
Votes: 164
68. Me (1987)
123 min | Drama, Comedy
Powerful and insatiable millionaire hides in his own private island for the weekend, in search of answers for his feeling of personal dissatisfaction. But he is not alone on the beautiful beach.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Tarcísio Meira, Bia Seidl, Monique Lafond, Nicole Puzzi
Votes: 272
69. Tudo Bem (1978)
111 min | Comedy
Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Maria Sílvia, Zezé Motta
Votes: 266
70. Estômago (2007)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place ... See full summary »
Director: Marcos Jorge | Stars: João Miguel, Fabiula Nascimento, Babu Santana, Carlo Briani
Votes: 8,159
71. As Moças Daquela Hora (1973)
97 min | Comedy
Film in three segments. In the first, engaged girl falls in love with an acrobat. In the second, married woman is loved by two men. In the last, the daughter of a traditional family is rejected on her wedding night.
Director: Paulo Porto | Stars: Nidia de Paula, Gracindo Júnior, Marco Nanini, Tina Luiza
Votes: 41
72. Lost Zweig (2002)
113 min | Drama
The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.
Director: Sylvio Back | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Ruth Rieser, Ney Piacentini, Claudia Neto
Votes: 76
73. O Libertino (1973)
86 min | Comedy
Director: Victor Lima | Stars: Costinha, Fernando José, Meiry Vieira, Rosana Martins
Votes: 48
74. Tim Lopes - Histórias de Arcanjo (2013)
84 min | Documentary
The trajectory of Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento, Tim Lopes. Considered one of the greatest investigative reporters in Brazil, who did a singular and revered journalism.
Director: Guilherme Azevedo | Stars: Guilherme Azevedo, Tim Lopes
Votes: 34
75. Promised Land (2004)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Votes: 597
76. O Doce Esporte do Sexo (1971)
88 min | Comedy
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).
Director: Zelito Viana | Stars: Chico Anysio, Irene Stefânia, Wilson Grey, Olívia Pineschi
Votes: 36
77. Madame Hollywood (2002 Video)
R | 85 min | Romance, Thriller
Beautiful young Daisy arrives in L.A. read to conquer the city, but soon is reduced to stripping to support herself after her scumbag boyfriend dumps her. She soon comes up with an idea of ... See full summary »
Director: Mirek Bohusz | Stars: Mia Zottoli, Shauna O'Brien, Brandy Miller, Daniel Busch
Votes: 91
78. O Bordel - Noites Proibidas (1980)
89 min | Drama
André is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling ... See full summary »
Director: Oswaldo de Oliveira | Stars: Mário Benvenutti, Rita de Cássia, Felipe Donavan, Rossana Ghessa
Votes: 27
79. The Augusta Street Ripper (2014)
20 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A beautiful vampire-girl works as a prostitute on the famous Augusta Street (in São Paulo, Brazil), because it's an easy way to get food. But suddenly her path intersects with another ... See full summary »
Directors: Geisla Fernandes, Felipe M. Guerra | Stars: Monica Mattos, Henrique Zanoni, Daniela Monteiro, Geisla Fernandes
Votes: 67
80. Os Amores da Pantera (1977)
110 min | Crime
During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. ... See full summary »
Director: Jece Valadão | Stars: Fernanda Amaral, Jaime Barcellos, José Augusto Branco, Emmanuel Cavalcanti
Votes: 44
81. Jubiabá (1986)
100 min | Drama
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonym novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Grande Otelo, Julien Guiomar, Charles Baiano, Catherine Rouvel
Votes: 88
82. Todo Clichê do Amor (2018)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A man who lost his taste and his blind wife; an almost deaf girl and her consumerist stepmother; an adult movie actor in love and his completely passionate woman; a sign language teacher ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Primot | Stars: Maria Luísa Mendonça, Débora Falabella, Marjorie Estiano, Rafael Primot
Votes: 47
83. The Battle of Canudos (1997)
170 min | Drama, History, War
The drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.
Director: Sergio Rezende | Stars: José Wilker, Cláudia Abreu, Paulo Betti, Marieta Severo
Votes: 795
84. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Votes: 519,439 | Gross: $27.30M
85. Bens Confiscados (2004)
108 min | Drama
In Sao Paulo, the betrayed wife of Americo Baldini, a powerful and corrupt Senator, turns him in, and his fraud schemes and lies are exposed. After his girlfriend's consequent suicide, ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Reichenbach | Stars: Renan Augusto, Marcelo Bortotto, Fernanda Carvalho Leite, Marcia de Oliveira
Votes: 115
86. Bewitched (1976)
79 min | Drama, Horror
Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she ... See full summary »
Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Isabel Sarli, Victor Bo, Daniel de Alvarado, C. Adolpho Chadler
Votes: 192
87. The Unknown Girl (2016)
Unrated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella
Votes: 10,340 | Gross: $0.15M
88. The Margin (1967)
96 min | Drama, Romance
About people who live by the margins or Rio Tietê, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Director: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias | Stars: Mário Benvenutti, Valeria Vidal, Bentinho, Lucy Rangel
Votes: 237
89. O Corpo (1991)
80 min | Comedy
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Director: José Antonio Garcia | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Marieta Severo, Cláudia Jimenez, Sérgio Mamberti
Votes: 130
90. Greta (II) (2019)
97 min | Drama
Pedro, a 70-year-old gay nurse, is taking care of Daniela, his ailing transgender friend. In order to find her a vacant hospital bed, he decides to help an arrested and wounded criminal to escape.
Director: Armando Praça | Stars: Marco Nanini, Denise Weinberg, Demick Lopes, Gretta Star
Votes: 422
91. Deadwood: The Movie (2019 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Western
As the residents of Deadwood gather to commemorate Dakota's statehood in 1889, saloon owner Al Swearengen and Marshal Seth Bullock clash with Senator George Hearst.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson
Votes: 26,122
92. For All: Springboard to Victory (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior.
Directors: Buza Ferraz, Luiz Carlos Lacerda | Stars: Betty Faria, José Wilker, Paulo Gorgulho, Caio Junqueira
Votes: 259
93. Jane Got a Gun (2015)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Western
A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 23,849 | Gross: $1.51M
94. All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)
102 min | Drama
Rich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio
Votes: 630
95. Copacabana Mon Amour (1970)
85 min | Comedy
The saga of some Copacabana dwellers: Sônia Silk, a prostitute also known as Miss Prado Júnior and Peroxide Beast; her gay brother, addicted to smelling his boss's underwear; and Mr. Grillo, the boss.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Guará Rodrigues, Otoniel Serra
Votes: 230
96. Serra Pelada - A Lenda Da Montanha De Ouro (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
Serra Pelada's discovery in 1979 precipitated one of the world's largest contemporary gold rushes. In a matter of days miners could make hundreds of thousands of dollars as chunks of gold kilos in weight were found.
Director: Victor Lopes
Votes: 134
97. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman
Votes: 127,693 | Gross: $2.53M
98. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,240
99. Eastern Promises (2007)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin
Votes: 261,200 | Gross: $17.11M
100. Tieta of Agreste (1996)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Just when her family starts believing that she is dead and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Sonia Braga, Marília Pêra, Chico Anysio, Cláudia Abreu
Votes: 1,053
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