A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Queen of the Underworld

1991

Cn

5.3

♡ 7

14%

Sherman Wong Director Ray Lui

Ray Lui as

Lung Fei as

Pak-Kwong Ho as

Dennis Chan as

Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong nightlife -- in this biographical film that follows the scenester's rise and fall from the upper echelons of society to the glamour and excess of Hong Kong's teeming underworld. A truly fascinating portrait of the allure and excess that were part of the fabric of Asia's favorite playground.

X

2011

English

5.5

♡ 45

Jon Hewitt Director

Stephen Phillips as Bennett

Eamon Farren as Harry

Viva Bianca as Holly Rowe

Rowan Witt as Luke

A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.

Call Boy

2018

Japanese

6.1

♡ 23

77%

Action

based on novel or book

Daisuke Miura Director

Ruri Shinato as

Kokone Sasaki as

Yuki Sakurai as Megumi

Tôri Matsuzaka as Ryo Morinaka

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.

The Castle of Purity

1973

Spanish

7.5

♡ 4

husband wife relationship

poison

prostitution

salesman

Arturo Ripstein Director

María Guadalupe Delgado as (as María G. Delgado)

Claudio Brook as Gabriel Lima

Gladys Bermejo as Voluntad

María Rojo as Young at store

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.

Making of a Prostitute

1971

German

5.0

♡ 10

Gustav Ehmck Director

Armin Richter as

Silvia Lasch as

Maxi Maxi as

Michael Fackelmann as

A drama directed by Gustav Ehmck, a teenager lays a small bundle on the tracks, but before the oncoming train can cross it, an older woman saves the baby from certain death. She keeps little Sophie with her and raises her to be a well-behaved girl.

Moonlighting Wives

1966

English

5.6

♡ 1

Joseph W. Sarno Director

George Winship as

Lisa Millot as

June Roberts as (as Chris Roberts)

Joe Santos as Detective Hank

An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent stenography business. Finding that her clients are more interested in the women than the dictation, she revamps it into a discreet and highly profitable prostitution ring made up of neighbourhood wives.

Like Someone in Love

2012

Japanese

♡ 19

83%

Abbas Kiarostami Director Denden

Denden as Hiroshi

Ryô Kase as Noriaki

Ryota Nakanishi as Student

Tadashi Okuno as Takashi Watanabe

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

Party Girl

2014

French

♡ 2

75%

Samuel Theis Director

Angélique Litzenburger as Angélique Litzenburger

Meresia Litzenburger as Meresia Litzenburger

Samuel Theis as Samuel Theis

Zaina Benhabouche as Zaina

Angélique is a 60-year-old bar hostess. She still likes to party, she still likes men. At night, she makes them drink, in a cabaret by the French-German border. As time goes by, clients become rare. But Michel, her regular client, is still in love with her. One day, he asks Angélique to marry him.

Diana

2018

Spanish

4.8

♡ 18

investigative journalism

Alejo Moreno Director

Cayetana Cabezas as

Laura Ledesma as Diana

Jorge Roldan as Jano

Ana Rujas as Sofia

Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of Sofía, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.

Peridot

5.8

older woman younger man relationship

prostitution

Romance

Shayne Pax Director

Sofia Massie as Child at Hospital

Katarina Hughes as College Student

Carole White as Madame

Susan Moore Harmon as Martha

Gabriel, a young male gigolo, works on Skid Row to send money to his mother back home. He forms the most unlikely friendship with Martha, an elderly woman and renowned author. “Peridot” breaks down the barriers and labels in a deeply ageist culture – a story that exemplifies that love and friendship know no age, race, gender, or label.

Fruits of Passion

1981

French

5.3

♡ 17

Shûji Terayama Director

Toshiya Fujita as Customer

Renji Ishibashi as Kato

Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sakuya

Chigusa Takayama as Shadow man

A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience to him in a Chinese brothel. A poor boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep with her, he takes part in rebellious acts.

The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met

1970

English

5.5

♡ 2

Pete Walker Director

Robin Askwith as Joe

Stubby Kaye as Rod Strangeways

Alec Bregonzi as Roger

Claire Gordon as Samantha

A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.

Sakuran

2006

Japanese

6.7

♡ 5

73%

Mika Ninagawa Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Gori

Gori as

Shun Oguri as Florist

Mari Natsuki as Mother

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

The Fixer

2016

Romanian

6.6

♡ 2

83%

Adrian Sitaru Director

Flavia Hojda as

Mehdi Nebbou as Axel

Andreea Vasile as Carmen

Andrei Gajzago as Train passenger

Romanian-born Radu Patru is a trainee at a prestigious French news network. Serving as a translator and general problem solver, or "fixer," for the headlining journalists during his trial period, he's looking to make his big break. He sees his opportunity when two underage Romanian prostitutes are repatriated from France, creating an international scandal. Taking advantage of his language skills and local connections, Radu is prepared to do whatever it takes to interview one of the young girls. But as he ventures into tricky moral ground, he must stop to ask himself if, as an aspiring journalist, he can live with the consequences of his actions, and if, as a father, he's setting a good example for his son.

Call Girl

2012

Swedish

6.5

♡ 13

79%

Mikael Marcimain Director

Göran Holm as Dörrvakt

Magnus Krepper as Statsministern

Jennie Silfverhjelm as Sylvia - Call Girl

Louise Peterhoff as Ulla - Call Girl

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967

English

6.1

♡ 22

43%

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as An old steward

Burnell Tucker as Hotel receptionist

Sophia Loren as Natascha

Aileen Lewis as Passenger

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929

German

7.8

♡ 12

100%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

Georg Wilhelm Pabst Director

Hedy Krilla as (as Hedwig Schlichter)

Vera Pawlowa as Aunt Frieda

Josef Rovenský as Robert Henning

Louise Brooks as Thymian

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.