Movies like The Pornographer 1999

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The Pornographer (1999)
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The Pornographer (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A socially inept man's amateur porn film wins him a contract with a small-time pornography distribution company, where he faces a series of moral crises and is forced to face his own porn addiction.
Style: erotic, sensual, psychological, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative, sexual, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prostitute, erotica, pole dancer, sexual abuse, film industry, adult film industry, sex, female nudity, stripper, porn industry, adult filmmaking, nudity, obsession, life is a bitch, couples, society, unemployment, filmmaking, introspection, lifestyle, small town, actor's life, drug abuse, human nature, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sexual and captivating films with plots about female nudity, couples, bare breasts, nudity, life is a bitch, sex and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like The Pornographer: Sue (1997), House of Tolerance (2011), Scarlet Diva (2000), Of Freaks and Men (1998), Dangerous Game (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Pornographer (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and 80's, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. Older and paunchier, he is now directing a porno ...
Style: erotic, serious, realistic, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: porn industry, adult filmmaking, oral sex, sex, porn, lust, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, explicit sex, father son relationship, sex scene, real sex ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: paris france
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Sue (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unemployed ex-office worker (Anna Thomson) searching for work floats a fragile line of sanity as she struggles to find friendship and companionship. Her tenuous grasp on reality further fluctuates when a man (Matthew Powers) whom she met in a ...
Style: heartbreaking, independent film, contemplative, captivating, serious ...
Plot: society, unemployment, girl, women, social injustice, poverty, homeless, fetish, frustration, casual sex, mental health, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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House of Tolerance (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A young woman begins a new life at the Apollonide bordello, a high-class brothel in Paris.
Style: erotic, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prostitute, brothel, prostitution, coitus, debauchery, sexual abuse, sexploitation, disfigurement, female nudity, fondling, violence against women, lust ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s, year 1900
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Scarlet Diva (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.
Style: stylized, realistic, serious, erotic, sexy ...
Plot: sexy woman, lesbian sex, casting couch, actor's life, drug abuse, female nudity, female pubic hair, bohemian life, career, celebrity culture, tragic love, downfall ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, los angeles, rome italy, asia, france ...
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Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.
Style: serious, captivating, disturbing, sexual, sex comedy ...
Plot: depravity, female nudity, voyeurism, obsession, corporal punishment, porn, freak, society, manipulation, sexual perversion, sexual harassment, submissive woman ...
Time: year 1998, victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: russia, soviet union, st. petersburg russia
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Dangerous Game (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Style: psychological, sexy, melancholic, erotic, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, redemption, drug, obsession, multiple storylines, addiction, lifestyle, life is a bitch, downfall, showbiz, human nature, infidelity ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: los angeles, israel, california, middle east, usa
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The Life (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she ever expected.
Style: erotic, realistic, serious, rough, sexual ...
Plot: prostitute, sex, interview, prostitution, women, bare breasts, sex talk, female nudity, nudity, couples, actor's life, aging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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This Girl's Life (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: "Slice of life" take on life of international porn celebrity, Moon, and her musings on modern life, love and loss.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, erotic, captivating ...
Plot: porn star, porn actress, infidelity, investigation, lifestyle, life is a bitch, actor's life, human nature, family problems, starlet, showbiz, parents and children ...
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The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A film by Bernard Rose, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy with music by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Edgar Hudson meets Abby, a concert pianist, at a dinner party. Abby is involved with someone else but that doesn't stop the two from acting upon their ...
Style: erotic, sexy, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: sexual abuse, obsession, couple relations, family problems, couples, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dysfunctional marriage, nudity, infidelity, erotica, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, usa
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48%
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Niagara Motel (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of struggling individuals cross paths at a low-rent motel in the tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: life is a bitch, lifestyle, culture clash, haunted by the past, motel, couples, family relations, family problems, nothing goes right, prostitute, love and romance, drug abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Slovenian Girl (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Aleksandra is a student from Krško, a small town in Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. Working as a prostitute, her life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, ...
Style: sexy, psychological, captivating, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: prostitute, call girl, nudity, prostitution, secret, nubile, rough sex, lifestyle, city life, pimp, female nudity, nymph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia, europe
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She's Lost Control (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, tense, sexy ...
Plot: sexual relations, life turned upside down, prostitute, sex scene, women, sex, female protagonist, couples, society, sexuality, woman, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Adrift in Manhattan (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stalking, interracial relations, couple relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, introspection, unsupportive spouse, obsession, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, estrangement ...
Place: usa, new york
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Allyson Is Watching (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Innocent, sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the resident working girl, Bridget. During the day Allyson struggles ...
Style: sexy, tense, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: bdsm, erotica, lesbian sex, fetish, lgbt, voyeurism, prostitute, couples, sexual relations, woman in danger, school, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
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Virgin (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, teenage life, parents and children, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Boogie Nights (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style: stylized, erotic, sexy, talky, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: sex, drug abuse, rise and fall, porn industry, addiction, multiple storylines, disco, drug, cocaine, character study, drug addiction, adult filmmaking ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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My Heart Beats (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A poor and lonely English professor, Juri(37), decides to become a porn actor using a mask to hide behind, after she watches an unusual porn, featuring an old and fat woman. And she visits Myungsook, a porn producer, despite their separation of 10 ...
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: porn actor, sexual content, loss of virginity, life is a bitch, introspection, couples, sexual relations, filmmaking, university, porn actress, virgin, adult filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
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Cocaine Angel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, downfall, drug dealing, hopes, lifestyle, fired from the job, going straight, prostitute, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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Ivans xtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Plot: uncover truth, introspection, rise and fall, ambition, life is a bitch, showbiz, drug abuse, self destructing, hollywood, death, spirituality, skinny dipping ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Destricted (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.
Style: erotic, anthology, serious, avant garde, controversial ...
Plot: exhibitionist, erection, sexual promiscuity, coitus, sexual abuse, male pubic hair, sex scene, couple relations, lifestyle, destructive relationship, society, sexual relations ...
Time: 70s
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Particles of Truth (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, mental illness, human nature, introspection, haunted by the past, family life, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Paraiso Travel (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: PARAISO TRAVEL is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his girlfriend Reina leaves his comfortable life in Medellin and flees with her through Guatemala and Mexico, across the borders, illegally into the United States. ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot: hopes, starting over, young lovers, self discovery, couples, street walker, youth, follow your dream, obsessive quest, love and romance, couple relations, anarchist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, usa, new york, latin america, atlanta georgia ...
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Welcome to New York (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Fiction inspired from the story of the rise and the fall of french politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: womanizer, infidelity, prostitute, sex addict, downfall, rape victim, arrested, human nature, dishonesty, life is a bitch, obsession, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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About Cherry (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, teen, erotic drama ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, porn industry, adult filmmaking, lesbian, porn actress, porn star, female protagonist, woman in danger, jealousy, life is a bitch, family problems, unrequited love ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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Full Body Massage (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina ...
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, talky, sincere ...
Plot: massage, erotica, masseur, female nudity, love and romance, lifestyle, starting over, femme fatale, dishonesty, love affair, infidelity, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, california
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Club Wild Side 2 (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A guy looking for a place to stay gets a lot more than he bargained for when he finds himself living with a sexy stripper in this drama. After his girlfriend gives him his walking papers, Joe (Jason Schnuit), a naive young man from the Midwest, ...
Style: erotic, sensual, sex comedy, sexual, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, fatal attraction, erotica, rough sex, actress, fame, striptease, public nudity, bare butt, bare chested male, swing, tractor ...
Place: wisconsin
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Amazon Falls (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Amazon Falls tells the story of a faded B-movie actress JANA who refuses to let go of her dream of being a star. Famous for her roles in Amazon movies where she portrayed a variety of pre-Xena warrior-princesses, she desperately tries to keep her ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, human nature, ambition, aging, actress, rivalry, society, biopic, unfulfillment, downfall ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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California Solo (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: music, haunted by the past, deportation, musician's life, introspection, estrangement, life is a bitch, society, age difference, drug, musician, young love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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The Erotic Man (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Finland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The film has been ten years in the making, and over time it has grown to become what the director himself has called an artistic testament. It is simultaneously his most personal and most provocative film. A film about growing older, about losing, ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: eroticism, human nature, introspection, love and romance, couples, sexual relations, physical appearance, strong sexual content, nudity, boat, river, female pubic hair ...
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A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Recently divorced, aspiring filmmaker Helen (Jennifer Rubin) enters into a love triangle fueled by sexual hunger and manipulation. But as she attempts to define herself and fulfill her wants and needs, she must choose between her independence and ...
Style: sexy, independent film, contemplative, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: open marriage, sexuality, human relationship, infidelity, love affair, filmmaking, love triangle, breakup, couples, human spirit, moral dilemma, self discovery ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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