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A Sweet Sickness (1968)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A young woman gets sexually used and abused by every man she meets while on her way to rising to the top of Hollywood's entertainment industry.
Style:
disturbing, grindhouse, dark, controversial, erotic drama, psychological, bleak, period piece, independent film, tragic ...
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, hollywood, mature, showbiz, sexploitation, aspiring actress, casting couch, predator, manipulation, desperation, degradation, voyeurism, survival, seduction, ambition, underground, isolation, stripper, counterculture, sex, female nudity, lesbian sex, lesbianism, pimp ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
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Most similar movies to A Sweet Sickness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, period piece, controversial and intense films with plots about sexploitation, female nudity, exploitation, sex, nude, manipulation and nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like A Sweet Sickness: The Screentest Girls (1969), Electra (1990), The Verdict (1974), I Am Frigid...Why? (1972), Starlet (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Two naive young women, Sue and Linda, arrive in Hollywood seeking acting jobs and meet Mr. Zoltan, a sleazy producer ...
Style:
independent film, controversial, grindhouse, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
sexploitation, casting couch, exploitation, female exploitation, audition, hollywood, corruption, voyeurism, ambition, manipulation, coercion, sleazy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
95%
130
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Born with the beauty of the gods, Electra's lust for sexual gratification is exceeded only by her lust for vengeance. Enter a world of forbidden family love, betrayal and murder.
Style:
independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
phone sex, fate, philosophy, adultery, shoplifting, clown, drug addiction, poker, electrocution, female nudity, flashback, prostitute ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, mother love, blackmail, death penalty, rape, judge, loneliness, abrupt ending, justice, gangster ...
Place:
lyon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sultry Sandra Julien stars as a teenage virgin who is traumatized after being raped by her 2 "friends", a young man and his sister, leaving her with no interest in sex. Discouraged, she embarks on a journey of sexual awakening in hopes of ...
Style:
erotic
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lesbian sex, prostitution, rape, sexual awakening, female sexual predator, female rapist, rape victim, lesbianism, female nudity, sex, love interest, gardener ...
Similarity:
100%
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104
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two seedy producers work to make a star out of a former stag-film actress while an aging rival conspires to ruin her.
Style:
erotic drama, period piece, psychotronic, ambiguous ending, grindhouse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, casting couch, sexploitation, exploitation, showbiz, sexual manipulation, manipulation, female protagonist, voyeurism, corruption, ambition, nudie cutie ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An imprisoned model recalls the debached times with her degenerate boss, her drug dealer, and a clean-cut young man whom wants her to quit her nude modeling profession to make a life for herself elsewhere.
Style:
grindhouse, dark, bleak, transgressive, retro ...
Plot:
prison, drug, exploitation, sexploitation, mature, sexual abuse, assault, sex work, drug dealer, urban, voyeur, desperation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist encourages his female patients to tell him their sexual problems, each as each relates her particular case, we see it in flashback.
Style:
erotic drama, controversial, psychological, independent film, period piece ...
Plot:
sexploitation, exploitation, sexuality, nudity, sexual exploration, taboo, nymphomania, threesome, voyeurism, infidelity, promiscuity, casual sex ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The revealing story of the shocking exploits of those who fulfill the most bizarre fantasies.
Style:
grindhouse, intense, controversial, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
pimp, sexploitation, suicide, self destructing, exploitation, desperation, moral ambiguity, loneliness, character study, alienation, obsession, mental illness ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Ruby is a hot young waif looking for kicks and raunchy pleasures anywhere she can find them. First it's with Johnny the Pusher, and she uses her tight little body like a knockout punch - exhausting him into unconsciousness with a delirious bout ...
Style:
erotic, raunchy, sensual, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
sexploitation, mature, female protagonist, seduction, manipulation, criminal underworld, femme fatale, sex crime, taboo, danger, moral ambiguity, drug dealing ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Billie drops out of college, and goes hitch-hiking. Soon, her beauty gets her a place in a lecherous tourist's car, whose next stop is a roadside hotel managed by a neo-nazi and his wife.
Style:
sex comedy, erotic drama, grindhouse, controversial, transgressive ...
Plot:
exploitation, sexploitation, female protagonist, hitchhiking, sex work, stripper, voyeurism, survival, road trip, abandonment, manipulation, poverty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
580
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An innocent and naive young woman arrives in Los Angeles to make it as a big-name actress, only to suffer though the pain and humiliation of the casting couch routine again and again thus getting a first hand look at Hollywood at its worst.
Style:
erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
casting couch, female protagonist, desire for fame, erotica, sexploitation, naive girl, naivete, aspiring actress, hollywood, seduction, female masturbation, female nudity ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young girl interned in reformatory lives the lesbian relationship with another partner, which makes her an object of desire ...
Style:
erotic, controversial, erotic drama, intense, dark ...
Plot:
bdsm, male nudity, erotica, lesbian, sexploitation, sexual abuse, taboo, female protagonist, manipulation, teenage sexuality, emotional abuse, underage ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sexy but cash-poor young working woman finally stands up for herself, not wanting to depend on "her man" all the time and not accepting the rules men around her want her to observe, by deciding to simultaneously take a walk on the wild ...
Style:
sensual, erotic drama, independent film, ambiguous ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian sex, stripper, nightlife, sex work, ambition, sexploitation, seduction, aspiration, female empowerment, gender roles, sexual awakening, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Babette and her sexual exploits, narrating her Emmanuelle-style lustful encounters in the big city. Babette needs cash, contacts a photographer, and enters a new society where she satisfies her carnal desires. Soon, as her lesbian awakening ...
Style:
erotic, independent film, sexploitation film
Plot:
sexploitation, prostitution, female protagonist, lesbian, lesbian romance, desire, female sexuality, sexual awakening, phone sex, lesbian sex, seduction, temptation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 16 year-old society girl is kidnapped and exploited by a group of people including one of her high school teachers. One by one Virginia seduces her captors and is able to gain the upper hand.
Style:
disturbing, dark, controversial, intense, erotic drama ...
Plot:
sexploitation, kidnapping, rape, seduction, coercion, loss of innocence, sexual abuse, ransom, moral ambiguity, taboo, manipulation, captivity ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young Italian girl comes to London, and is tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines.
Style:
erotic drama, controversial, period piece, independent film
Plot:
sexploitation, nudity, seduction, exploitation, manipulation, woman in peril, voyeurism, photography, scam, moral ambiguity, temptation, trauma ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The story of three women and the circumstances that led each to get involved in prostitution as call girls.
Style:
realistic, period piece, psychological, intense, retro ...
Plot:
sex work, prostitution, sexuality, character study, women's issues, prostitute, exploitation, survival, taboo, branding iron, urban, social realism ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a ...
Style:
grindhouse, grim, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, illness, desperation, domestic drama, moral dilemma, poverty, female protagonist, sacrifice, survival, urban, social realism, gender roles ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christian is a young man growing up in Hollywood who dreams of following in his father's footsteps into show business. When he meets Tony, an industry insider with "connections," he is convinced that he has found his big break -- ...
Style:
dark, intense, realistic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
hollywood, redemption, drug addiction, self destructing, celebrity culture, character study, showbiz, nightlife, secrets, desperation, betrayal, isolation ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey town. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for ...
Style:
dark, grim, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, rape, vietnam veteran, trauma, ptsd, sexual abuse, mature, veteran, isolation, male friendship, urban decay, toxic relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Brigitte Lahie stars as a stunning French reporter who Paul Raymond personally invites into Soho's sleaziest sex locales. This experience convinces the young woman that she wants to be a stripper too. This slice of erotica features a lineup of ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, period piece, independent film, vintage
Plot:
erotica, stripper, nudity, mature, striptease, seductive, sexual awakening, lesbian sex, sexploitation, female protagonist, transformation, nightlife ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man without scruples mistreats his lover and her daughter, a teenager. also in his mind a diabolical plan to force the girl into prostitution.
Style:
dark, bleak, intense, erotic, art house ...
Plot:
prostitution, brothel, sexual abuse, victimization, forced prostitution, abuse, loss of innocence, sexploitation, teenager, abusive stepfather, domestic violence, human trafficking ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Features the lives of three swingers couples whose debauched lifestyle of drugs, swapping mates, and abuse begins to catch up to all six of them.
Style:
independent film, controversial, erotic drama, grindhouse, psychotronic ...
Plot:
infidelity, mate swapping, swingers, sexual exploration, drug use, decadence, bisexuality, homosexuality, sexual repression, taboo, promiscuity, exploitation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A bored couple separately seduces young girls, when the husband becomes obsessed with and begins to pamper a young neighbor with disastrous results.
Style:
controversial, erotic drama, independent film, erotic, period piece ...
Plot:
infidelity, seduction, mature, sexual obsession, jealousy, manipulation, taboo, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, female exploitation, cautionary tale, sexual awakening ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three beautiful aspiring actresses embark on a mission to break into the competitive Los Angeles acting scene only to discover the road leading to stardom comes at a price.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
longing, hollywood, ambition, showbiz, price of fame, actress, female friendship, down on your luck, rising to stardom, glory, life is a bitch, mishap ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A pathetic Joe (Nick Nickerson) pays a bitter prostitute, Margo (Althea Curier) to have sex with him, and is abused endlessly. A woman sculptor and her live model try to suppress their lesbian longings for each other. Lonely, bespectacled ...
Style:
erotic drama, independent film, intense, controversial, psychological ...
Plot:
nudie cutie, prostitution, stripper, sexploitation, fetish, brothel, exploitation, infidelity, sexual frustration, abuse, voyeurism, sexual obsession ...
Time:
60s, 1920s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Howard Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also dreams about these assaults, and he's unclear how much of ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, transgressive, controversial, dark ...
Plot:
rape, serial rapist, revenge, rape and revenge, sexual abuse, obsession, stalking, infidelity, voyeurism, drug use, sexploitation, exploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.
Style:
period piece
Plot:
beauty pageant, sexploitation, female protagonist, modeling, ambition, exploitation, cautionary tale, frustration, manipulation, showbiz, corruption, seduction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, texas
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A magician/hypnotist gets the idea that he can make more money (and have a better time) by starting a sex cult than by continuing his magic act, so he becomes Brother Eros whose motto is "Love is all that counts."
Style:
independent film, intense, dark comedy, period piece
Plot:
cult leader, manipulation, group sex, exploitation, hypnotist, brainwashing, seduction, sexploitation, counterculture, taboo, magician, obsession ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
When Beach Boy Dennis Wilson introduced his new pal to the L.A. music scene, sparks began to fly. Charlie, an intense singer-songwriter, penned some songs for The Beach Boys, but his worldwide fame came for another reason entirely.
Style:
intense, period piece, dark, tension, psychological ...
Plot:
charles manson, beach boys, cult leader, biopic, character study, manipulation, songwriter, fame, charisma, counterculture, true crime, obsession ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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