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Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold (1978)
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Original name: Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
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, female protagonist, sexploitation, modeling, showbiz, manipulation, ambition, exploitation, frustration, cautionary tale, seduction, corruption, coming of age, scandal, model, teenager, travel, teenage girl, hollywood, small town, ethics, taunting, naivete, erotic thriller
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, texas
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Most similar movies to Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, independent film, dark and erotic drama films with plots about sexploitation, exploitation, female nudity, ambition, manipulation, coming of age and seduction mostly in Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold: Starlet (1969), The Screentest Girls (1969), Gemini Affair (1975), In Hot Blood (1968), Co-ed Call Girl (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, erotic, independent film
Plot:
hollywood, female protagonist, young woman, showbiz, frustration, aspiring actress, ambition, coming of age, young adult, backstage, bittersweet, character study ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Rita, an ill-paid factory worker, is determined to make it as a model in New York City. She's an ordinary girl with an extraordinary body. She learns by watching other models, but she also knows that photographers will insist on gratifying ...
Style:
period piece, art house, sexploitation film
Plot:
sexploitation, female protagonist, corruption, voice over narration, drug use, exploitation, seduction, character study, urban decay, alienation, loneliness, tragedy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself signed up with a Malibu-based escort service which promises her big money and an easy ride. Instead, she becomes entangled in a web of corruption, ...
Style:
period piece, detective
Plot:
escort, college student, prostitution, female protagonist, sexploitation, exploitation, loss of innocence, manipulation, prostitute, call girl, secret life, double life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
malibu california, california
Similarity:
66%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of shape and beset by internal feuds and bickering. One day a beautiful young woman shows up ...
Style:
sensual, tension, period piece
Plot:
femme fatale, carnival, striptease, manipulation, sexuality, seduction, scheming, showbiz, attraction, circus, sexploitation, deception ...
Similarity:
65%
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:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, meditative, period piece, grim ...
Plot:
lumberjack, search for father, coming of age, sexploitation, identity, city life, naivete, frustration, alienation, manipulation, exploitation, nudity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.
Style:
dramatic, period piece, melancholic, ambiguous ending, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, glory, female protagonist, ambition, self discovery, determination, aspiration, coming of age, blaxploitation, female empowerment, young woman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
60%
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:
grindhouse, disturbing, dark, controversial, erotic drama ...
Plot:
rape, sexploitation, showbiz, sexual abuse, hollywood, mature, aspiring actress, casting couch, voyeurism, predator, manipulation, desperation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wishman's plot rotates around the maneuverings of a whore who longs for a touch of mink and a seat at the finer tables in life. Blackmail, betrayal, murder and malice are all part of her tender trade. Lord help anyone who lays in her way.
Style:
captivating, rough, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
stripper, prostitution, murder, betrayal, blackmail, exploitation, female killer, erotica, nightclub, femme fatale, sexploitation, greed ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A reporter digs into the background of a young woman who is running for the U.S. Senate, and finds out a lot more than he bargained for.
Style:
political thriller, controversial, period piece, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
investigation, scandal, investigative journalism, corruption, cover up, sex scandal, white house, political intrigue, reputation, sex worker, vice president, prostitution ...
Time:
70s
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
49%
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:
49%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jaded night club owner stages the comeback of an ex-teen idol for revenge.
Style:
retro, period piece, spoof, independent film
Plot:
disco, revenge, showbiz, fame, jukebox, nightclub, dance, betrayal, nostalgia, comeback, manipulation, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After the death of her prostitute mother, a young woman travels to New York City only to find herself in the clutches of lecherous men and deviate women. She tries to avoid the fast nightlife lifestyle, but she finds it more difficult than it sounds.
Style:
controversial, melancholic, grindhouse, black and white, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exploitation, prostitution, sexploitation, female protagonist, nightlife, loss of innocence, survival, brothel, street life, desperation, vice, voyeurism ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
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:
42%
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:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A young woman arrives in New York to visit a friend and lands in one hot spot after another as she fends off the perverted advances from every man she meets.
Style:
independent film, comedy drama, black and white, underground film
Plot:
sexploitation, sexual harassment, seduction, female protagonist, sexual tension, voyeurism, temptation, social commentary, mistrust, dark humor, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Hunky businessman Cliff and his sweet wife Mindy move from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Los Angeles, California. They take up residence in an apartment complex where several lovely young ladies also live.
Style:
erotic, independent film, period piece, weird
Plot:
dominatrix, sexploitation, infidelity, domestic drama, temptation, unfaithful husband, seduction, adultery, femme fatale, manipulation, domination, bisexuality ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
607
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A group of young hopeful teenagers who have come to Hollywood in the hopes of an acting career find that the business is harder than they had ever imagined.
Style:
bleak, captivating, independent film
Plot:
aspiring actress, teenager, sexploitation, frustration, teenage prostitution, poverty, desperation, survival, urban, street prostitution, sex work, friendship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his next conquest, but the married and straight-laced Peggy turns down his proposal. However, after her ...
Style:
romantic drama, sensual, sex comedy, period piece, independent film
Plot:
adultery, seduction, sexploitation, temptation, manipulation, female objectification, infidelity, female protagonist, decadence, moral ambiguity, biker gang, glamour ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Exploitation film about prostitution.
Style:
erotic drama, dark, sensual, retro, noir ...
Plot:
exploitation, scandal, prostitution, corruption, sexploitation, showbiz, backstage, celebrity culture, taboo, sleaze, underground, nightlife ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unhappy teenager hits the road to meet up with a man in California whom she barely knows. Along the way the naive teen stumbles around trying to do her best to get by, but eventually falls prey to some unseemly characters willing to take ...
Style:
independent film, dark, bleak, period piece, road movie
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
hitchhiking, road trip, coming of age, runaway, journey, naivete, survival, street life, desperation, prostitution, alienation, isolation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
southern california, venice california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mia, in attempts to make it in a male-dominated sports journalism industry, begins to expose the dark underbelly of high school sports in her small hometown. Now, she must choose between her loyalties to her town and her career aspirations.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, small town, corruption, moral dilemma, journalism, high school sports, choice, intrigue, professional sports, secret, investigative reporter, female reporter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This Category III period drama featuring power struggles and naughty things within the imperial palace walls definitely has effort put forth but immense chunks of plot holes are nowhere near filled up. Much seem missing in the story of poor Ru Yee ...
Style:
dark, period piece, erotic drama, suspense, period drama ...
Plot:
mature, palace intrigue, manipulation, eunuch, betrayal, secrets, scandal, scheming, taboo, corruption, sexploitation, murder ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A talented young filmmaker from New York sets off to Los Angeles in pursuit of the Hollywood dream, only to discover through his relationship with a beautiful feisty young actress, that Hollywood is not all that it seems.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, independent film, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
ambition, showbiz, filmmaking, follow your dream, fall in love, buddies, love and romance, hopes, friends, hollywood, aspiration, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of white slavers lure beautiful young women into prostitution by staging beauty contests in which the "prize" is a Hollywood contract. The "winners" are then drugged and sold to international sex traffickers
Style:
dark, tense, retro, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
sexploitation, prostitution, sexual content, human trafficking, white slavery, kidnapping, exploitation, abduction, female victim, organized crime, gang, sleazy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
Style:
suspense, tension, noir, period piece, sex comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
striptease, strip club, exploitation, mature, blackmail, cabaret, burlesque, danger, red light district, organized crime, sexploitation, mob boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, west end london
Similarity:
33%
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