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1. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 71,721 | Gross: $0.55M
2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
R | 120 min | Drama
Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 14,937
3. Last Life in the Universe (2003)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Takashi Miike, Laila Boonyasak
Votes: 11,561 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Shinjuku Incident (2009)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu
Votes: 13,582
5. The Castle of Sand (1974)
143 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada
Votes: 1,538
6. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan
Votes: 4,835
7. Scandal (1950)
Approved | 105 min | Drama
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku
Votes: 4,674
8. Machine Gun McCain (1969)
GP | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A paroled gangster and his son plan to rob a Las Vegas gambling house, unaware that the casino is bitterly contested by the West Coast and East Coast mobs.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 1,620
9. Umbrella Flower (2000)
116 min | Drama
A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Tadanobu Asano, Kumiko Asô, Akira Emoto
Votes: 344
10. Noite Escura (2004)
94 min | Drama, Crime
"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 615
11. En même temps (2022)
108 min | Comedy
The mayors of two small French towns, on opposite political sides, are glued together by a feminist activist. The forced proximity compels the two men's points of view to converge on economical development and ecology.
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Jonathan Cohen, India Hair, Jehnny Beth
Votes: 540
12. Black Test Car (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Hideo Takamatsu
Votes: 629
13. Rules (I) (2009)
84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
With its dark horror-crime underworld storyline and outlandish martial arts action, Rules inspired by a true story is an offbeat action film, it tells the story of a mysterious Italian, who... See full summary »
Director: Zak Lee | Stars: Zak Lee, Darren Kendrick, Amanda Chism, Nina Manni
Votes: 25
14. Insect Woman (1972)
110 min | Drama, Horror
A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ki-young | Stars: Won Namkung, Youn Yuh-jung, Gye-hyeon Jeon
Votes: 196
15. Night of the Felines (1972)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Masako is a prostitute who works at a bathhouse in downtown Tokyo. She is sexually involved with her neighbor in the next apartment. However, when his friend falls in love with a young woman this creates a problem for all three of them.
Director: Noboru Tanaka | Stars: Tomoko Katsura, Ken Yoshizawa, Hidemi Hara, Keiko Maki
Votes: 242
16. The Girlie Bar (1976)
106 min | Drama
Three daughters enter into prostitution to help their debt-ridden father. Their love stories intervene with their different encounters from the clients.
Director: Mar Lo | Stars: Feng Yeh, Ping Chen, Chen-Chi Lin, Wai-Kwok Ng
Votes: 25
17. Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist (1995 TV Movie)
81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Kôyô Maeda, Natsumi Nanase, Shun Sugata
Votes: 47
18. After Midnight: Life Behind Bars (2006 TV Movie)
Comedy
Come party at the Phoenix nightclub and witness the crazy and often shocking life of L. A. bartenders. Presented in a uniquely honest and realistic fashion, this film ushers you past the velvet rope and into Hollywood 's party scene.
Director: Brian Hanson | Stars: Thomas Alan Beckett, Gino Burman-Loffredo, Sara Erikson, Erin Cummings
Votes: 70
19. Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958)
89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector.
Director: Eugen York | Stars: Vera Tschechowa, Joachim Fuchsberger, Wolfgang Preiss, Mady Rahl
Votes: 71
20. Gigolette (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 45
21. Wang ming ju ji (1992)
87 min | Thriller
Director: Fa-Hsien Hsin | Stars: Alexander Rei Lo, Shan Charng, Shuang-Hsia Hsu, Luo-Fei Lin
22. Sentimental Yasuko (2012)
87 min | Thriller
Director: Kei Horie | Stars: Azusa Okamoto, Narushi Ikeda, Masato Wada, Ken'ichi Takitô
23. Les nuits de Montmartre (1955)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bobby (Robert Verdier) is a professional swindler who is well known by the police: some months ago the inspector Doirel has tried to catch him, because every time Bobby has managed to have ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Franchi | Stars: Jean-Marc Thibault, Louis Seigner, Geneviève Kervine, Jean Marchat
Votes: 22
24. Wâhori Days (2003)
60 min | Drama
A young man from Japan is staying in Australia on a working holiday visa. He makes some friends, gets some criticism, and tries to figure out what he'll do with his life.
Director: Joseph Wong | Stars: Shogo Shirasaki, Maki Akaba, Hiroshi Murakami, Tatsuya Sugimoto
25. A Night Out at the Mystic Bar (2018)
9 min | Short, Comedy
A group of misfits (a frustrated single mom. a socially awkward marketer, a surfer girl, gay nanny and overbearing psychologist) cannot find their respective meet-ups at a bar but find each... See full summary »
Director: Rashmi Chaturvedi | Stars: Louheed Daniel, Jillian Domigpe, Kelly Jensen, Zack Johnson
26. A Certain Adultery (1967)
73 min
Directors: Kan Mukai, Kôji Wakamatsu, Shinya Yamamoto | Stars: Mitsugu Fujii, Takako Uchida, Michiyo Mako, Yûichi Minato
27. Jotai jôhatsu (1967)
83 min | Drama
Director: Seiichi Fukuda | Stars: Yuri Izumi, Michiko Sakyô, Midori Enoki, Hachirô Tsuruoka
28. Bed Dance (1967)
66 min
Director: Toshio Okuwaki | Stars: Setsu Shimizu, Naomi Tani, Michiko Sakyô, Miki Hayashi
29. Fûfu kôkan (1968)
70 min
Director: Kaoru Umezawa | Stars: Shinzô Hiraoka, Setsu Shimizu, Mieko Tanabe, Mari Iwai
30. Double Docking (1967)
74 min
Directors: Jun'hachi Fujita, Shintarô Kishi | Stars: Noriko Tatsumi, Yukari Yamabuki, Shôhei Yamamoto, Yuri Izumi
31. Midareta kankei (1967)
73 min
Director: Giichi Nishihara | Stars: Tamaki Katori, Kôji Satomi, Setsu Shimizu, Kôji Hara
32.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Ein unkomplizierter Fall
(1978)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Some days ago the little daughter of the Markholms died in a tragic accident.Her father Karl and her mother Hanna return home after the burial.Karl wants to talk about the death of their ... See full summary »
Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Henning Schlüter, Silvia Lukan
Votes: 39
33.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Attentat auf Derrick
(1983)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Derrick is shot and seriously injured in a drive-by.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Christine Wodetzky
Votes: 75
34.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Das Ende einer Illusion
(1988)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Erich Rieger is a wreck of a man. He has lost his wife, his life has no more meaning, and he is gambling the insurance compensation.
Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Cornelia Froboess
Votes: 56
35.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Die Nacht mit Ariane
(1993)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Keepers of a hostel of questionable services recruit new girls to keep the patrons happy. A chick from the old batch helps a rookie escape and ends up on the run herself.
Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Esther Hausmann
Votes: 56
36.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Die kleine Ahrens
(1983)
59 min | Crime, Drama
A man is found hung to death in an abandoned factory. Suicide is out of question.
Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Hans Caninenberg
Votes: 69
37.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Familie im Feuer
(1985)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Franz Weiler, a petty criminal, is shot on his way home.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Beate Finckh
Votes: 61
38.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Kisslers Mörder
(1989)
57 min | Crime, Drama
The owner of a "sauna club" is found murdered in his car. An employee's teenage son has a history of condemning the club and especially his mother's involvement, but Derrick knows the case is seldom that simple.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Evelyn Opela
Votes: 56
39.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Mädchen im Mondlicht
(1996)
57 min | Crime, Drama
The owner of a nightclub ,Mr. Bossler has been killed before his office.As Mr. Bossler was hated there many suspects for this murder.Nevertheless the spouse of Mr. Bossler and the employees... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Udo Vioff
Votes: 53
40.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Nachtgebete
(1994)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Ulrike Berger is murdered in her apartment. Some time later, egyptologist Dr. Roth gets a writ from the board of guardianship, which states that he has been reported to be the father of Ulrike's 17 year old daughter Marianne.
Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Gerd Anthoff
Votes: 52
41.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Wer bist du, Vater?
(1991)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Arthur Hauser calls the police to report a brutal murder. Soon after that he is found in his hotel room, stabbed to death.
Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Birgit Doll
Votes: 50
42.
Gokusen (2002–2008)
Episode:
Shippai shita ra yarinaose
(2002)
Comedy, Drama
There is one teacher that the students prefer over the others. This is the teacher who teaches class 3-d English. She is threatened with dismissal when she is exposed as a hostess at a ... See full summary »
Stars: Masayuki Izumi, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Ryôji Morimoto, Yukie Nakama
Votes: 14
43.
Tôkyô seimenjo (2021– )
Episode:
Moto karê udon
(2021)
Drama
Director: Keisuke Kondô | Stars: Hokuto Yoshino, Shuntarô Yanagi, So Okuno, Shiori Akita
44.
The Cleaning Lady (2022– )
Episode:
Bahala Na
(2022)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After Fiona puts herself in a dangerous situation, Thony resorts to calling Arman for help. Garrett works to get back on the Cortez case. Chris struggles with the emotional aftermath of recent events.
Director: Marie Jamora | Stars: Elodie Yung, Adan Canto, Oliver Hudson, Martha Millan
Votes: 193
45.
Ieuru onna (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2016)
58 min | Drama
The sales event is on and the real-estate agency even has a sumo mascot to go with it. The crackpot sales agent is on a roll. The office manager puts a spy on her to figure out how much of ... See full summary »
Director: Noriyoshi Sakuma | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Tôru Nakamura, Asuka Kudô, Ayako Imoto
Votes: 9
46.
Stacey Dooley Investigates (2009– )
Episode:
Young Sex for Sale in Japan
(2017)
56 min | Documentary
Stacey investigates the problem of the sexualisation of children in Japan.
Director: Joyce Trozzo | Star: Stacey Dooley
Votes: 89