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

51. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

PG | 110 min | Drama

Follows the lives of heroin addicts who frequent "Needle Park" in New York City.

Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright

Votes: 20,311

52. 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: 47,937 | Gross: $10.69M

53. Bonding (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant.

Stars: Zoe Levin, Brendan Scannell, Micah Stock, Theo Stockman

Votes: 17,950

54. Everly (2014)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

A kidnapped woman faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.

Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa

Votes: 19,477

55. Baraka (1992)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto

Votes: 41,087 | Gross: $1.33M

56. The New York Ripper (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti

Votes: 12,550

57. Diary of a Gigolo (2022)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gigolo's life begins to unravel when he becomes involved in a client's family affairs and violates the fundamental rule of his job: don't fall in love.

Stars: Jesús Castro, Victoria White, Fabiola Campomanes, Francisco Denis

Votes: 1,632

58. Women in Trouble (2009)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly desperate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, an actress, a masseuse. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Dan Mailley

Votes: 6,599

59. American Satan (2017)

R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

A young rock band, half of its members from England and half from the U.S., drops out of college and moves to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.

Director: Ash Avildsen | Stars: Andy Biersack, Booboo Stewart, Ben Bruce, John Bradley

Votes: 4,449 | Gross: $0.23M

60. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

Unrated | 113 min | Documentary

Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio

Votes: 7,913

61. Hot Girls Wanted (2015)

TV-MA | 84 min | Documentary

A documentary about young women who have been drawn into the sex trade - and how easy it is for a web-savvy generation to end up making porn.

Directors: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus | Stars: Tressa Silguero, Riley Reynolds, Rachel Bernard, John Anthony

Votes: 18,511

62. Interspecies Reviewers (2020)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

From elves to succubi to fairies and more, Our heroes: Stunk, a human, Zel, an elf and a hermaphrodite angel named Crimvael are here to rate the red-light delights of all manner of monster girls.

Stars: Junji Majima, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Miyu Tomita, Mao Ichimichi

Votes: 2,142

63. Vivre sa vie (1962)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger

Votes: 35,170

64. Biriyaani (2019)

95 min | Drama

The movie chronicles the life of Khadeeja, a married Muslim woman confined within the four walls of the household, forced to conceal her desires in the name of religious and societal norms.

Director: Sajin Baabu | Stars: Kani Kusruti, Shailaja Jala, Anil Nedumangad, Shyam Reji

Votes: 1,224

65. Lucky Bastard (2014)

NC-17 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A fan is invited to take part in a porn video with his favourite porn star. He is romantically rejected, and goes on a killing spree on location.

Director: Robert Nathan | Stars: Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde

Votes: 1,211

66. Bad Guy (2001)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

An unfeeling gangster seeks to ruin the life of a young girl who rejected him. He forces her into prostitution and spies on her regularly, then he soon begins to fall for her.

Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Won Seo, Kim Yun-tae, Choi Deok-moon

Votes: 10,621

67. Nuts (1987)

R | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden

Votes: 7,621 | Gross: $30.95M

68. PVT Chat (2020)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama

Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.

Director: Ben Hozie | Stars: Peter Vack, Julia Fox, Keith Poulson, Buddy Duress

Votes: 1,881

69. Concussion (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.

Director: Stacie Passon | Stars: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Ben Shenkman

Votes: 5,836 | Gross: $0.04M

70. Broken Embraces (2009)

R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez

Votes: 42,757 | Gross: $5.01M

71. Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter

Votes: 2,968

72. Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story offers a glimpse into the lives of women involved in the sex industry through the interconnected stories of a teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts.

Director: Robin Bain | Stars: Dominique Swain, Cody Renee Cameron, Michelle Maylene, Moxie Owens

Votes: 9,621

73. Diva (1981)

R | 117 min | Crime, Music, Thriller

Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer

Votes: 14,346 | Gross: $0.11M

74. Doctor Detroit (1983)

R | 89 min | Comedy

A pimp on the run trusts his sex workers to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei

Votes: 6,157 | Gross: $10.38M

75. Alphonse (2023– )

Comedy

The series revolves around Alphonse, a chameleon-like man whose main mission is to please women and satisfy all their wishes.

Stars: Pierre Arditi, Marie-Christine Barrault, Francine Bergé, Jean Dujardin

Votes: 903

76. Eating Raoul (1982)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger

Votes: 9,204

77. Public Sex, Private Lives (2013)

Unrated | 71 min | Documentary, Biography

Public Sex, Private Lives is an intimate look at the professional and private lives of porn performers Lorelei Lee, Princess Donna, and Isis Love. Capturing moments of joy and struggle, ... See full summary »

Director: Simone Jude | Stars: Princess Donna, Lorelei Lee, Isis Love, Annette Schwarz

Votes: 328

78. Happy Endings (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Happy Endings weaves multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself.

Director: Don Roos | Stars: Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 9,426 | Gross: $1.31M

79. 2 in the Bush: A Love Story (2018)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

2 in the Bush: A Love Story is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes.

Director: Laura Madalinski | Stars: Sarah Lin Mitchell, Travis Delgado, Caito Aase, Melissa DuPrey

Votes: 879

80. 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: 2,312

81. Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)

R | 90 min | Drama

A young man can't accept the girl he likes because of her bitter past.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Zina Bethune, Anne Collette, Lennard Kuras

Votes: 10,166

82. Lay the Favorite (2012)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 12,090 | Gross: $0.02M

83. Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

PG | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander

Votes: 3,832 | Gross: $0.20M

84. Working Girls (1986)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff, Amanda Goodwin, Deborah Banks

Votes: 1,662 | Gross: $1.78M

85. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster

Votes: 5,890 | Gross: $15.18M

86. The Ranch (2004 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

They're young, beautiful and every man's fantasy. Join the women of Diamond Ranch as they release unbridled passions in this seductive and unflinching look behind the doors of a private club that's based on a real-life brothel.

Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Jennifer Aspen, Jessica Collins, Samantha Ferris, Nicki Micheaux

Votes: 687

87. Saint Jack (1979)

R | 112 min | Drama

Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early-1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to live a life of luxury.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland

Votes: 2,864

88. Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (2017)

TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary

Personal stories reveal how the intersection of sex, technology and intimate relationships is rewiring us in fundamental ways.

Stars: James Rhine, Lauren Phillips, Kylie Quinn, Kleio Valentien

Votes: 2,381

89. Pleasure (2013)

15 min | Short, Drama

Behind the scenes of a porn shoot, the actors are practicing various positions. The rumor is that one of the girls is doing a double anal, an advanced routine that requires someone extremely tough.

Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Jenny Hutton, Christian Brandin, Ingrid Meling Enoksen, Jonas Karlström

Votes: 555

90. Alanis (2017)

82 min | Drama

A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.

Director: Anahí Berneri | Stars: Sofía Gala Castiglione, Dante Della Paolera, Dana Basso, Silvina Sabater

Votes: 1,365

91. The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM (2022)

TV-MA | 79 min | Documentary

On the 2-year anniversary of George Floyd's death, Candace revisits Minneapolis and the violent, racially-divided aftermath that fueled BLM's global rise--and filled its coffers.

Director: Candace Owens | Stars: Candace Owens, Bob Kroll, Liz Collin, Alvin Manago

Votes: 4,549

92. Lost & Found (2022)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mario, a worker in a "lost and found" warehouse, finds a suitcase with the remains of baby inside. His investigation leads him to a dangerous prostitution and trafficking ring.

Director: Jorge Dorado | Stars: Álvaro Morte, China Suárez, Verónica Echegui, Daniel Aráoz

Votes: 1,318

93. Street Smart (1987)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson

Votes: 3,827 | Gross: $1.12M

94. Racing with the Moon (1984)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen

Votes: 5,264 | Gross: $6.05M

95. Family Business (2003–2006)

TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary

Adam Glasser is a Jewish porn film director. Along with his cousin Stevie, his mother Lila and other friends, he runs his porn film company.

Stars: Seymore Butts, Stevie Glasser, Lila Glasser, Mari Possa

Votes: 280

96. Postcards from London (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A stylish, sexy film about a young man's journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London's Soho.

Director: Steve McLean | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadamore, Leonardo Salerni

Votes: 1,336 | Gross: $0.01M

97. Gerda (2021)

111 min | Drama

A story of a young woman whose soul remembers the metaphysical perfection it witnessed before becoming embodied. Now, against the canvas of the modern world it seems like a film defect.

Director: Natalya Kudryashova | Stars: Anastasiya Krasovskaya, Yura Borisov, Darius Gumauskas, Yuliya Marchenko

Votes: 556

98. Open My Heart (2002)

93 min | Drama

Former prostitute Maria restricts artistic teenage sister Catarina's freedom. Catarina pursues forbidden relationship from dance class against Maria's wishes. Sisters' dynamics, Catarina's quest for love and independence drive the plot.

Director: Giada Colagrande | Stars: Giada Colagrande, Natalie Cristiani, Claudio Botosso, Filippo Timi

Votes: 364

99. Sex Next Door (2020– )

Unrated | Documentary

A documentary on Quibi about sex workers in Seattle.

Votes: 173

100. The Trace of Your Lips (2023)

Unrated | 81 min | Drama

Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who's isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who's allowed by the... See full summary »

Director: Julián Hernández | Stars: Diego Ríos Andrade, Hugo Catalán, Mauro González, Abraham Levi

Votes: 118