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1. 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: 29,573 | Gross: $23.00M

2. A Perfect Ending (2012)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Rebecca has a very unusual secret, one that not even her best friends know about. The last person on earth she expects to reveal it to is a high priced escort named Paris.

Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Barbara Niven, Bryan Mordechai Jackson, Jessica Clark, John Heard

Votes: 4,820

3. Hannie Caulder (1971)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Western

After she is raped by the trio of outlaw brothers who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can exact her revenge.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam

Votes: 4,198 | Gross: $0.46M

4. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû

Votes: 12,773

5. Blow the Man Down (2019)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mary Beth and Priscilla Connolly attempt to cover up a gruesome run-in with a dangerous man. To conceal their crime, the sisters must go deep into the criminal underbelly of their hometown, uncovering the town's darkest secrets.

Directors: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy | Stars: David Coffin, David Pridemore, Adam Wolf Mayerson, Mark S. Cartier

Votes: 12,245

6. Purity Falls (2019)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

After the tragic death of her husband, a mother moves her teenage son and daughter to the idyllic town of Purity Falls only to find the rift with her son deepen when he becomes entrapped in the neighborhood maven's nefarious home business.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Sloane Avery, Trevor Stines, Gary Weeks, Kristanna Loken

Votes: 579

7. Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)

Unrated | 176 min | Drama, Romance

1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, Michael Wittenborn

Votes: 2,306

8. The Reivers (1969)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Ruth White, Michael Constantine

Votes: 3,304 | Gross: $18.70M

9. Slam Dance (1987)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper

Votes: 1,816 | Gross: $0.41M

10. Carmen (2003)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the novel by Prosper Merimee, CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man (Leonardo Sbaraglia) and a spoken-for woman, Carmen (Paz Vega). It is told in ... See full summary »

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Paz Vega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Antonio Dechent, Joan Crosas

Votes: 2,291

11. Three Times (2005)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao

Votes: 6,161 | Gross: $0.15M

12. Fanny Hill (1983)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Frances is a naive young woman who arrives in London from the countryside. There she works in a brothel. Her charm and beauty make her highly coveted, but she falls in love with Charles, who loves her not only for her body.

Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Shelley Winters

Votes: 1,053

13. The Concrete Cowboys (1979 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Two ex-cowboys from Montana wind up on the run when they are set up by a corrupt sheriff. They arrive in Nashville, where they open up a detective agency and soon they are hired to foil a kidnapping involving a singer.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Jerry Reed, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins

Votes: 99

14. Let Them Eat Cake (1999)

30 min | Comedy, History

It's 1782 and welcome to the fabulous Palace of Versailles, France. Outside the gates, the peasants are on the verge of revolting , whilst inside lives one of the most hated women in all of France -Columbine, the Comtesse De Vache.

Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Scarborough, Lucy Punch

Votes: 748

15. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 262

16. A House Is Not a Home (1964)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, History

Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger

Votes: 263

17. P (2005)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Horror

Whilst growing up in rural Thailand, a young orphan girl is taught the ways of magic by her grandmother. But when grandmother falls sick, Dau is lured to Bangkok to find work so that she ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Spurrier | Stars: Suangporn Jaturaphut, Opal, Dor Yodrak, Narisara Sairatanee

Votes: 1,309

18. Vice Squad (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.

Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K.T. Stevens, Porter Hall

Votes: 829

19. The Harmonists (1997)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The film chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister

Votes: 3,618 | Gross: $0.48M

20. Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance

Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan

Votes: 1,365 | Gross: $0.81M

21. After the Ball, the Bath (1897)

1 min | Short

The first film to ever show a nudity scene on screen is a simple presentation of a servant preparing a bath for another woman.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jeanne Brady, Jehanne d'Alcy

Votes: 1,493

22. Bordello (1985)

130 min | Drama, History

In 1897 Crete, as the armies of the Great Powers jockey for position, the French madam, Rosa Bonaparte, arrives in Chania escorted by twelve of her girls to start a brothel. All that she wants is a peaceful life. Will her dream come true?

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Marina Vlady, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Vasilis Laggos, Aris Retsos

Votes: 143

23. Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Western

In 1895, outlaws Cross and Boone are forced to take Mexican authorities to their loot. They travel there on a train full of dynamite with a group of prostitutes. Mexican rebels, Indians, and Wells Fargo Agents are all after them.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam, Alfonso Arau

Votes: 168

24. The Wayward Wife (1953)

91 min | Drama

Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn't love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Interlenghi, Nanda Primavera

Votes: 330

25. The Virtuous Sin (1930)

80 min | Drama, Romance, War

Marya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I.

Directors: George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna, Jobyna Howland

Votes: 307

26. Guilty Parents (1934)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.

Director: Jack Townley | Stars: Jean Lacy, Glen Boles, Donald Keith, John St. Polis

Votes: 82

27. Las braceras (1981)

TV-MA | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Con un propósito fijo, Rosario y Marcela deben hallar la manera de cruzar la frontera con Estados Unidos, evitando a policías corruptos que andan tras su pista con sed asesina.

Director: Fernando Durán Rojas | Stars: Lyn May, Maritza Olivares, Roberto Montiel, Patricia Rivera

Votes: 22

28. Enas ippotis gia ti Vasoula (1968)

94 min | Comedy, Musical

Vasoula stays under the same roof and works for an old and rich lady as a secretary and companion. One day the old lady leaves for a trip and a girlfiend of Vasoula brings her boyfriend at home... Then the trouble begins..

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Faidon Georgitsis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Votes: 514

29. Under the Sign of Virgo (1973)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

What drives a woman into prostitution? An abused streetwalker recounts to her prying customers three diverse itineraries in her life, pivoting around the allure of success; a fateful event, and the ultimate sacrifice. Which story is real?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Hristos Politis, Hristos Nomikos, Spyros Kalogirou

Votes: 180

30. Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)

Approved | 70 min | Drama

A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Norman Alden

Votes: 105

31. Professional Affair (1995 Video)

92 min | Thriller

A drug lord (Robert Z'Dar) hires a private investigator to track down the culprit who killed his henchman and took a briefcase full of money. One of the suspects is Heather Finch (Kim Stetz... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wynne | Stars: Robert Z'Dar, Kim Stetz, Robert Allen Silver, Shannon Elliot

Votes: 50

32. Unmarried (1939)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When his manager, Pins Streaver, is killed attempting to rob a safe after losing all his money betting on a fight, third-rate fighter Slag Bailey leaves New York to investigate Streaver's ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, John Hartley

Votes: 73

33. Santa (1943)

111 min | Drama, Romance

A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.

Directors: Norman Foster, Alfredo Gómez de la Vega | Stars: Esther Fernández, José Cibrián, Ricardo Montalban, Estela Inda

Votes: 76

34. Miss Director (1964)

96 min | Romance, Comedy

A young engineer works in a firm that is managed by a beautiful but rather "stiff" civil engineer woman. When they come face to face, there are sparks flying everywhere...

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Alekos Alexandrakis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Lili Papayanni

Votes: 1,560

35. Con ganas de morir (1992)

90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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Director: Víctor Herrera Zenil | Stars: Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán, Gerardo Albarrán, Arsenio Campos, Michelle Mayer

36. The Wonderful Living Fan (1904)

Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy

The king of France receives a marvelous fan. The fan opens to reveal plain lace. This lace becomes pictures of women which then come to life an move in unison as their clothing changes.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 670

37. Everything Good (2005)

Unrated | 17 min | Short, Drama

An American suffering doubts about her attractiveness contacts an escort agency while visiting Amsterdam, arranging for a visit from a woman who she believes will fulfill long held fantasies, instead discovering the true meaning of beauty.

Director: Elizabeth McCarthy | Stars: Lea Tolub, Judith Partelow, Caroline Kava, Elizabeth Hulick

Votes: 34

38. Madonna Fan Interviews (2021)

52 min | Documentary

Oxana Nabokova set out on a journey to find out what Madonna Fans from all over the world think about the Madame X Tour

Director: Oxana Nabokova | Star: Oxana Nabokova

39. Madame Esmeralda and the Audition (2016)

14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Told she's too "ethnic-looking," a devastated opera singer overcomes her stage fright after she twirls into a magical garden.

Directors: Todd J. Phelps, Paul Whitehead | Stars: Miki Yamashita, Benjamin A. Onyango, Pamela Hill, Alfred Aboulsaad

40. Ghostly Desires (1995 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Fantasy

The player is visiting Cortland Manor, once a bordello that burned down in 1911 along with six women and their madame, Lexiana O'Brien. Her spirit appears and asks the player to help the ghosts of her friends finally find peace.

Star: Monique Parent

41. Himotsuki shojo (1968)

68 min

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Director: Masanao Sakao | Stars: Kumi Asô, Setsu Shimizu, Yumi Matsumoto, Reiko Akikawa

42. Ramblin'Man (1979– )
Episode: Concrete Cowboys (1979)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ex-cowboy and his side kick travel the highways and byways of America in search of adventure. Along with Morgan Fairchild they find plenty of it.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Jerry Reed, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins

Votes: 239

43. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Strip Joint (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A bookstore owner is angry when a strip club opens near his store. A man is convinced that he is on the verge of spontaneous combustion.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg

Votes: 117

44. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Ein Tod auf dem Hinterhof (1991)

58 min | Crime, Drama

A young prostitute is stabbed to death in the backyard between the brothel and her favorite bar. A crime fiction author is interested in the case.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Hannelore Hoger

Votes: 55

45. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: By Hooker by Crook (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A call girl witnesses two henchmen take her client and ultimately murder him, causing her to go into hiding, confiding and staying with a friend, a woman Crockett falls for big time. Unknown to him, there is far more to her than he knows.

Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 405

46. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Trouble in Eden (1987)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

To look into a small-town murder, Jessica poses as the sister of the slain woman.

Director: Nick Havinga | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Macdonald Carey, Joan Caulfield, Thom Christopher

Votes: 442

47. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Pleasure Is My Business (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A high priced call girl that is killing her clients must be found and stopped.

Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,345

48. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: The Green Muse (2009)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a very popular prostitute specializing in kinky sex is found garroted and and the bordello survives an arson attempt, Murdoch looks on her clients for a suspect.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 368

49. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Anastasia (2010)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy forges new relationships in Chicago; Nucky fetes a U.S. Senator; Chalky fingers a lynching suspect; Margaret and Lucy clash.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 2,632

50. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: The Choice (2012)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, History

Cesare goes to Forli to convince Catherina Sforza to pledge allegiance to the Pope while the Pontiff tries to find a way to buy off Cardinal Savarona.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 571