Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sex-trade"

1. Hardcore (1979)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama

A religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent

Votes: 13,875

2. Pleasure (2021)

R | 109 min | Drama

Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.

Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock

Votes: 22,480

3. Taken (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

Votes: 634,834 | Gross: $145.00M

4. The Deuce (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 1,583 min | Drama

A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Margarita Levieva

Votes: 31,963

5. House of Tolerance (2011)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama

At an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery.

Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca

Votes: 7,815 | Gross: $0.02M

6. The Bunny Game (2011)

Not Rated | 76 min | Horror

A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.

Director: Adam Rehmeier | Stars: Rodleen Getsic, Jeff F. Renfro, Drettie Page, Coriander Womack

Votes: 2,835

7. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

R | 109 min | Crime, Drama

Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Pavel Ponomaryov, Lyubov Agapova

Votes: 49,424 | Gross: $0.18M

8. Class of 1984 (1982)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 13,262

9. Girl Lost (2016)

95 min | Drama

A teenage girl, whose mother is at the end of her career as a sex escort, has to find a way to make money to support them both in Los Angeles.

Director: Robin Bain | Stars: Robin Bain, Ginny Jones, Jessica Taylor Haid, Nicole I. Butler

Votes: 6,979

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: 7,419

11. Human Trafficking (2005)

13+ | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Girls that have been kidnapped a d sold as slaves, police find and help them back to their home and family.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Anna Hopkins

Votes: 7,159

12. Trade (I) (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos

Votes: 17,937 | Gross: $0.21M

13. Spartan (2004)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Tia Texada

Votes: 33,037 | Gross: $4.43M

14. The Liability (2012)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.

Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Peter Mullan, Talulah Riley

Votes: 9,144

15. Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama

Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma

Votes: 10,098 | Gross: $2.08M

16. Shuttle (2008)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A late night airport shuttle ride home descends into darkness.

Director: Edward Anderson | Stars: Tony Curran, Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, Cullen Douglas

Votes: 6,085 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Schramm (1993)

Not Rated | 65 min | Horror

As serial killer Lothar Schramm lies dying in his own blood, horrific memories of his miserable life of paranoia, self-harm and rejection flash before his eyes. A tragic look into the mind of a serial killer.

Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Monika M., Micha Brendel, Carolina Harnisch

Votes: 3,458

18. Sweet Karma (2009)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mute Russian girl infiltrates Toronto's underground sex trade to avenge the death of her sister.

Director: Andrew Thomas Hunt | Stars: Shera Bechard, John Tokatlidis, Frank J. Zupancic, Christian Bako

Votes: 2,201

19. Absolution (IV) (2015)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Contract killer John Alexander (Steven Seagal, "Under Siege") has a chance to save an innocent girl from a powerful mob boss, but protecting her means betraying the government agency that hired him and putting his own life at risk.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Byron Mann, Howard Dell, Adina Stetcu

Votes: 3,857

20. Love Sonia (2018)

122 min | Drama

Inspired by real life events, Love Sonia is the story of a young girl's journey to rescue her sister from the dangerous world of international sex trafficking.

Director: Tabrez Noorani | Stars: Abhishek Bharate, Riya Sisodiya, Mrunal Thakur, Adil Hussain

Votes: 2,395

21. Killing Angels (2025)

PG-13 | Action, Crime, Drama | Pre-production

An elite special forces group recruits a freelance agent in an attempt to bring down the world's biggest human trafficking network.

Director: David H. Venghaus Jr. | Stars: Hunter G. Williams, Nadia Lanfranconi, Sewell Whitney, Edin Gali

22. On the Doll (2007)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.

Director: Thomas Mignone | Stars: Brittany Snow, Josh Janowicz, Clayne Crawford, Shanna Collins

Votes: 1,609

23. The Fluffer (2001)

R | 95 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

A young man employed as a fluffer in the adult entertainment industry finds himself falling for a gay-for-pay porn star whose hedonistic lifestyle may lead them both to destruction.

Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Scott Gurney, Michael Cunio, Roxanne Day, Taylor Negron

Votes: 3,065 | Gross: $0.56M

24. Tabloid (2010)

R | 87 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Joyce McKinney, Peter Tory, Troy Williams, Jackson Shaw

Votes: 7,285 | Gross: $0.68M

25. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.

Star: Charlie Meany

Votes: 5,567

26. Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, News

Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.

Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Inna Shevchenko, Sasha Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol, Oksana Shachko

Votes: 538

27. The Silencer (1992)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Lynette Walden and Chris Mulkey star in this action-packed ride through the sexy and dangerous world of flesh for sale and murder for hire. Harley-riding Angel (Lynette Walden) plays to win... See full summary »

Director: Amy Goldstein | Stars: Lynette Walden, Chris Mulkey, Paul Ganus, Jaime Gomez

Votes: 422

28. Working Girls (2020)

91 min | Drama

Every day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.

Directors: Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Stars: Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky, Annabelle Lengronne, Nicolas Cazalé

Votes: 966

29. Layover (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When the heiress of a luxury hotel chain is kidnapped at her rat trap motel outside Detroit by a band of ruthless sex traffickers because she has seen too much, her oppressed assistant must figure out a way to rescue her.

Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Lauren Holly, Kaylee DeFer, Joe Lando, Gerald Webb

Votes: 722

30. Client 9 (2010)

R | 117 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine

Votes: 2,593 | Gross: $0.19M

31. Caged No More (2016)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Aggie Prejean is a godmother on a desperate search to find her two goddaughters, Skye and Elle, who have been kidnapped by their sinister father. As the details behind the girls' ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Arnold | Stars: Loretta Devine, Debra Wilson, Kevin Sorbo, Cynthia Gibb

Votes: 558 | Gross: $0.11M

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. Undercover with the Clerics: Iraq's Secret Sex Trade (2019 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

This powerful investigation into Shia clerics in some of Iraq's holiest shrines uncovers a dark network of exploitation of young women and girls, trapped into prostitution and pimped out by... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Wells | Stars: Nawal Al-Maghafi, Fares Al-Musawi, Husain Al-Musawi, Ghaith Tamimi

Votes: 137

34. The Dark Side of Porn (2005–2006)

60 min | Documentary

Channel 4 presents a season of documentaries exploring the dark reality of the adult film industry.

Stars: John Simm, Ian Michie, Jan Wellmann, Walter Bohnacker

Votes: 317

35. The Mega Brothel (2015 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary

A documentary investigation into the new trend of chains of 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: 129

36. School Girl (2017)

100 min | Drama, Thriller

Eunbyeol and Honei, two high school friends with contrasting backgrounds, get caught up in Korea's teenage sex trade.

Director: Hong-Seek Noh | Stars: Hyo-jin Kim, Ha-rin Gang, Ra-Yoon Choi, Jeong-in Hwang

37. Verified Couple (2022)

73 min | Documentary

Andreea and Nico made a fortune as "Verified Couple" on porn websites. Now they live their dream under palm trees in the tax haven state of Cyprus. But how does it look off the stage?

Director: Joscha Bongard | Stars: Nico Nice, Jamie Young, Sylvia Sadzinski, Andreas Baranowski

Votes: 145

38. Beyond Fantasy (2022–2023)

Documentary

A documentary miniseries that exposes how the mainstream porn industry creates provocative content in a landscape of abuse, coercion, and ethical violation.

Votes: 98

39. Final Stop (2016)

22 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

A last stop for gas before entering America's desert wasteland turns a family dream vacation into a small town nightmare for a teenage girl and her parents as they all become victims of a human trafficking ring.

Director: Bobby Bosko Grubic | Stars: Jenny Robinson, Keira McCarthy, Miraj Grbic, Enrique Almeida

Votes: 27

40. Date My Porn Star (2013 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Three British porn addicts, Kevin, 20, Danny, 26, and Jonathan, 40, go to America to meet their favourite stars, and witness the harsh realities behind the factories of fantasy.

Director: Moby Longinotto | Stars: Noah Huntley, Danny Austin, Alexa Cruz, Porno Dan

Votes: 121

41. Scouting for Girls: Fashion's Darkest Secret (2022)

139 min | Documentary

The modeling world is known for its ability to catapult a young female to the dizzying heights of fame and transform her into a household name. However, while this modeling industry has ... See full summary »

Stars: Carré Otis, Shawna Lee, Marianne Shine, Michael Gross

Votes: 108

42. SexTV (1998–2008)

TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary

A documentary television series which explores human sexuality.

Stars: Chantal Quesnelle, Carol Queen, Ziggy Lorenc, Tristan Taormino

Votes: 292

43. When We Speak (2022)

80 min | Documentary

WHEN WE SPEAK follows three incredible stories of women who risked everything to tell the truth. Their stories became worldwide scandals and took a personal toll on each of their lives

Director: Tas Brooker | Stars: Rose McGowan, Helen Evans, Katharine Gun

Votes: 80

44. Traffic in Souls (1913)

TV-PG | 88 min | Crime, Drama

With aid from her police-officer sweetheart, a woman endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.

Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner, Matt Moore

Votes: 731 | Gross: $0.43M

45. Princess (2022)

111 min | Drama

A young African woman is a victim of the sex trade.

Director: Roberto De Paolis | Stars: Kevin Glory, Lino Musella, Maurizio Lombardi, Salvatore Striano

Votes: 145

46. Loverboy (2003 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

Seventeen year old Denise from the poor part of a Dutch city falls in love with the charming Michael who promises her a life she can only imagine. But Michael has a secret agenda and ... See full summary »

Director: Lodewijk Crijns | Stars: Monique van der Werff, Dragan Bakema, Marie-Louise Stheins, Chantal Janzen

Votes: 661

47. Raised on Porn (2021)

36 min | Documentary

"Raised on Porn" exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon.

Director: Benjamin Nolot | Stars: Ernie Allen, Dan B. Allender, Bella Altamura, Aubrey Bader

Votes: 203

48. Escape from Ensenada (2017)

TV-MA | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.

Director: Brandon Slagle | Stars: Bronwyn Carrie-Wilson, Devanny Pinn, Louis Mandylor, Jonathan Goldstein

Votes: 1,168

49. Exit (I) (2022)

Documentary

EXIT follows three impoverished women ensnared in human trafficking rings, depicting their harrowing experiences, struggles to escape, and efforts to reclaim their lives amidst adversities and societal challenges.

Director: Alison Jayne Wilson | Stars: Sarah Lynn Dawson, Leticia Dolera

50. The Virgin Trade: Sex, Lies and Trafficking (2006)

54 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Stuart Kershaw embarks on a journey through Thailand's red light districts to investigate the world's largest sex industry. This exploration of international sex tourism turns ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Kershaw | Stars: Stuart Kershaw, Philip Moran

Votes: 93