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The Hookers (1967)
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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, retro, controversial, intense, art house, tragic, cult film
Plot:
prostitution, sex work, sexuality, character study, women's issues, prostitute, survival, female friendship, taboo, urban, working class, exploitation, moral ambiguity, branding iron, social realism, brothel, poverty, nightlife, sexploitation, nudie cutie, rape, women, female nudity, racism, stripper ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to The Hookers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, period piece, melancholic and tragic films with plots about prostitution, urban, poverty, exploitation, survival, female nudity and character study mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Hookers: House of Little Deaths (2016), Live Show (2000), Hello Forever (2013), Booking (2009), The Whores (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Eight women wake up every morning, get dressed, eat, put on make-up, do their hair, dress up and get ready for a grueling, demeaning night of work. They're the staff at a brothel outside a major American city, serving the spoiled, rich, ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, art house
Plot:
brothel, women, prostitution, exploitation, sex work, sexploitation, social realism, working conditions, class conflict, trauma, poverty, survival ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
95%
180
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story revolves around the sad plight of the live sex performers Rolly (Paolo Rivero), Gigi (Klaudia Koronel), Rosita (Ana Capri), Sandra (Hazel Espinosa and Vio (Simon Ibarra) and what drives them to do the inexplicable.
Style:
erotic, captivating, thrilling, controversial, independent film ...
Plot:
sexual content, sexploitation, female nudity, poverty, passionate sex, prostitution, eroticism, sex scene, exploitation, sex, desperation, taboo ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Philippines, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four courageous women are faced with the harsh realities of poverty, prejudice, and corruption.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, psychological, realistic, thrilling ...
Plot:
poverty, murder investigation, prostitution, investigation, women, human trafficking, exploitation, social problems, street prostitution, female protagonist, crime investigation, prostitute ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Feature film.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
exploitation, sex work, prostitution, poverty, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, pimp, realism, street life, urban, survival ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The prostitutes of Palermo are pictured in this episodic Italian drama. The film lacks a real unifying thread as it presents scenes from the lives of 7 hookers. Five are women. One is a man, and one is a transvestite. In one episode, an aging ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, melancholic, controversial, period piece ...
Plot:
making love, pimp, sexuality, survival, mature, working class, character study, street life, city life, social realism, exploitation, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, palermo italy, sicily
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitution, female protagonist, sacrifice, survival, poverty, mother and daughter, motherhood, social realism, branding iron, moral dilemma, class struggle, resilience ...
Time:
90s
Place:
moscow russia, warsaw poland
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
When swaggering and conceited teddy boy Mike (played by fleshy-faced BUCK STARR) isn’t combing his wavy hair in a stance reminiscent of The Fonz, he’s latching onto each and every female who crosses his slimy path. The guy is bad news and has ...
Style:
grindhouse, bleak, crime drama, intense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
sexploitation, exploitation, nudity, sadism, female nudity, prostitution, addiction, male escort, violence, desperation, self destructing, redemption ...
Similarity:
75%
105
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an individual teen prostitute as seen from the lens of her Buddhist neighbor.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, prostitution, character study, poverty, loss, empathy, social realism, loneliness, urban, slice of life, street life, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is the story of a runaway desperate poor 14 years old boy, becoming a prostitute and suffering all kinds of tribulations in Rome in the 80s. And the gay scene is somewhat accurate of those days
Style:
controversial, independent film, melancholic, ambiguous ending, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitution, poverty, sexploitation, male prostitution, gay, survival, urban, street life, social realism, colosseum, teenage runaway, exploitation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It s Christmas Eve in London, 1974 - and seven lonely people are on the town, looking to grab that elusive slice of enjoyment. So who better to contact than an escort agency- providing high-class ladies and gentlemen for anyone willing to pay the ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, erotic, comedy drama, sexploitation film
Plot:
loneliness, christmas eve, racism, prostitution, isolation, sex work, urban, multiple storylines, sex, nightlife, metropolis, rejection ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
70%
326
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, afrikaans, female protagonist, sex worker, prostitute, motherhood, sex work, unwanted pregnancy, troubled past, changing lives, prostitution, unplanned pregnancy ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of male and female prostitutes make preparations for a big event happening at a shady club where audiences will come to watch them perform sexual acts on stage. As the big night looms, they begin to feel the consequences of their profession.
Style:
melancholic, controversial, tension
Plot:
club, prostitution, sex work, strip club, exploitation, nightlife, character study, urban, branding iron, survival, moral ambiguity, friendship ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
66%
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:
63%
179
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Marie and Pauline are two cabaret singers who dream of buying a cabin in the mountains. To achieve this, the two women become prostitutes.
Style:
emotional, period piece, independent film, retro, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitution, female friendship, sex work, ambition, sacrifice, social commentary, survival, brothel, determination, nightlife, friends, working class ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A story combined by the lives of three night clubs girls in. Porsche is a once-famous aging night club girl; May is forced to work in a night club in order to pay her step-father's debt; and GiGi needs a huge amount of money in order to help ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, tragic, period drama
Plot:
nightclub, nightlife, friendship, sacrifice, survival, desperation, debt, cabaret, character study, branding iron, working class, urban ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced out of home by his religious mother for being gay, Ethan leaves Michigan for Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams. But he soon finds himself spiraling into drugs, prostitution, and homelessness.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
hollywood, homelessness, drug abuse, gay lead character, gay, lgbt, gay slur, sexuality, addiction, lgbtq, social problems, social outcast ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young widow, supporting herself and her son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint.
Style:
emotional, period piece, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
custody battle, single mother, widow, female protagonist, striptease, motherhood, burlesque, female exploitation, survival, exploitation, sexual content, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
55%
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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:
55%
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:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three generations of New Orleans prostitute fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
prostitution, three generations, prostitute, fbi, women, street prostitution, female protagonist, generation, social issues, social problems, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Beverly a teaser bar girl, that think she hates men, but is in fact suffering from repressed nymphomania. She finds out when she flirts with her best friends man and gets thrown out in the street. Beverly runs into a toy store owner.
Style:
psychological, independent film, erotic drama, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
nymphomania, repressed sexuality, sexual repression, sexploitation, desire, sexual awakening, infidelity, female protagonist, taboo, shame, obsession, character study ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Style:
independent film, tense, melancholic, sexy, erotic
Plot:
single mother, trust, sex work, survival, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, poverty, social commentary, sexuality, desperation, working class ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
51%
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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:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Noboru Tanaka returned to direct the third of Nikkatsu's pinku eiga melodramas examining prostitution in various Japanese cities. This one focuses on modern-day Osaka, and although it is still a softcore film, is the most outrageous of the lot. ...
Style:
bleak, controversial, dark, period piece, independent film ...
Plot:
prostitution, exploitation, incest, street prostitution, pimp, sexploitation, survival, sexuality, taboo, character study, mother daughter conflict, poverty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
172
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than she is willing to sacrifice. In dire need of money, she becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club ...
Style:
erotic drama, sinister, emotional, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
strip club, love triangle, female protagonist, seduction, sexuality, manipulation, danger, exploitation, ambition, jealousy, survival, urban ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
Brazilian native Priscilla Paredes is intent on staying in Montreal, despite the expiration of her student visa. Out of desperation, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at the Elixir, a downtown strip club, where she meets Milagro, a headstrong ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, art house, multicultural
Plot:
strip club, lesbian, survival, female protagonist, sex work, poverty, working class, immigration, friendship, desperation, realism, female empowerment ...
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An impressionable young woman's relationship with an aging prostitute leads to a job as a maid at a brothel.
Style:
erotic, sensual, melancholic, art house, retro ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, brothel, prostitution, female friendship, sexploitation, character study, sexual awakening, tragedy, betrayal, small town, loneliness, coming of age ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An erstwhile boatman wants to do a little more than paddle his own canoe in the town famed for its waterfalls. He leaves the village of his roots for the city and lands a job as a live-sex actor called toro in street lingo derived from the Spanish ...
Plot:
red light district, sex work, machismo, survival, ambition, exploitation, street life, desire, social realism, identity, working class, poverty ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The true story of seven 1960's call girls, taken straight from the accounts of a practicing Hollywood sex therapist.
Style:
period piece, bleak, art house, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
hollywood, exploitation, sex work, prostitution, intimate, biopic, urban, sex therapy, trauma, therapy, social commentary, empowerment ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
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