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Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020)
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Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Interweaving stories of four different women involved in the sex industry offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of Los Angeles and the taboo lifestyle of a sex worker. A teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts interconnect through their own personal journeys filled with loss, betrayal and the struggle to survive. Written by anonymous
Style: tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark
Plot: prostitution, sex worker, sex trafficking, teenage prostitute, forced prostitution, single mother, teenage runaway, stripper, teenager, runaway, friendship, life is a bitch, friends, chase, escapades, society, danger, ambition, lifestyle, girl, child, misogynist, dancing, prostitute, police officer ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspense, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about danger, prostitution, friendship, murder, female nudity, life is a bitch and prostitute mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story: Nowhereland (2016), #SquadGoals (2018), The Pet (2006), Hope Lost (2015), Psycho BFF (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nowhereland (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Born into the seedy, underground world of prostitution, 15-year-old Shara has known no other life. Her mother is an aging, career escort, who is now looking to Shara to make the kind of money she made in her youth.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, compassionate, serious, bleak ...
Plot: teenage prostitution, prostitution, underage, mother daughter relationship, abusive boyfriend, sex trafficking, teenage prostitute, human trafficking, violent man, drug use, life is a bitch, social decay ...
Place: los angeles
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#SquadGoals (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ambitious high school senior Samantha Hodges is a serious journalist, both for the school paper and for the yearbook, but she's just as serious about her friends, Nate, Gillian, and Rudy, all of whom are vying with her for a full-ride local ...
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, friendship, amateur detective, murder, mother daughter relationship, teenager, high school principal, allergy, love triangle, photographer, danger, high school student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Pet (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).
Style: psychological, disturbing, realistic, rough, sexy ...
Plot: bdsm, sexual abuse, slave auction, slave trader, fetish, dehumanization, power relations, confined, captivity, life is a bitch, lifestyle, alternative lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hope Lost (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Romanian girl dreams of living the glamorous life she sees in Italian soap operas.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, sexy ...
Plot: forced prostitution, teenage prostitute, italian mafia, illegal prostitution, torturer, prostitution, prostitute, sadist, nude model, sadism, female protagonist, model ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Psycho BFF (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Renee's shy teenage daughter Deandra finally makes a friend, Olivia, she is thrilled. After Olivia's initial bossiness turns into emotional abuse, Renee forbids the relationship from continuing, prompting the girls to run away ...
Style: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: mother daughter relationship, high school, female protagonist, female antagonist, murder, psychopath, best friend, friendship, couples, chase, youth, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Picket 43 (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film dealt with the story of an Indian army officer guarding a picket alone in Kashmir, and his friendship with a Pakistani soldier.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, tense, psychological ...
Plot: friendship, soldier, unlikely friendships, military, escapades, war, society, friendship between men, interracial friendship, danger, patriot, indians ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.2
 290
Bird (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be ...
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, love, murder, danger, gangster, violence, chase, love and romance, friends, couple relations, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.6
 9K
Eden (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The true story of Chong Kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapping, prostitution, sex trafficking, rape, slavery, teenage life, life is a bitch, pimp, sex slave, prostitute, captivity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, 21st century
Place: new mexico, nevada, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Call Girl (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, retro ...
Audience: adult
Plot: teenage prostitution, prostitution, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, politician, power relations, danger, dishonesty, state affairs, youth, political corruption ...
Time: year 2012, 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
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19%
The Trigger Effect (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. ...
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, bleak, cult classic ...
Plot: survival, apocalypse, nudity, bare breasts, female nudity, suburbs, disaster, dystopian future, neighbor, paranoia, chase, betrayal ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 4.5
 447
Fistpie (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot: murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, serial killer, suicide, suicide by gun, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Semper Fi (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, police, life is a bitch, murder, violence, danger, brutality, dishonesty, adaptation, hopes, fight, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Chosen Ones (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the ...
Style: unusual plot structure, contemplative, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: prostitution, teenage prostitution, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenager, brother brother relationship, following someone, father son relationship, family relations, escapades, youth, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.7
 927
Shadow Hours (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy ...
Style: serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: illegal drugs, life is a bitch, addiction, murder, danger, dishonesty, drug dealing, mental disorder, mythical creature, psychology, nightlife, nightshift ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.4
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Bad Girl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Bad girl Amy, 17, is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy's friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers Chloe's secret she finds herself fighting for her life, and for ...
Style: unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: closeted lesbian, lesbian, murder, psychopath, small town, friendship, family relations, danger, friendship between girls, friends, violence, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Nuts (1987)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping matters is that she is very distrustful of everybody, including her court-appointed attorney, and is ...
Style: psychological, hilarious, psychological thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, murder, court, self defense, flashback, women, mental illness, mental health, psychiatrist, prostitution ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
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18%
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Body Brokers (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot: drug, destructive relationship, degradation, brutality, addiction, friendship, life philosophy, violence, chase, drug traffic, junkie, downfall ...
Place: usa, los angeles, columbus ohio
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18%
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 2K
On the Doll (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On The Doll is a story of the victims of child abuse, and the pain it visits upon their later lives. With interweaving stories following victims and victimizers, the film depicts the variety of experiences of abuse.
Style: rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, anime ...
Plot: pedophile, victim, lifestyle, life is a bitch, sexual relations, revenge, youth, child abuse, childhood trauma, sex work, rape, prostitution ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Croatia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Iva and Maria, a young lesbian pair, rent a favorable, nice dwelling in a less good area of Zagreb, Croatia. But unfortunately, included in the rent are the neighbors, the neighbors from hell. The curious landlady, foreigners flogging nationalists, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, lgbt cinema, suspense ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, woman in danger, society, life is a bitch, family problems, injustice, couples, lgbtq, lesbian sex, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: croatia
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18%
Them That Follow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: teenage girl, snake, religion, pastor, father daughter relationship, friendship, guilt, fiance fiancee relationship, secret, lie, escapades, danger ...
Place: appalachia
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Touchless (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Jolana (18) is an object of her stepf-father's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself working in a brothel. Her inability to cope raise a ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, crying
Plot: sexploitation, self pity, female hysteria, high school student, incest, bad mother, prostitute, violence, teenager, martyrdom, brothel, relationships ...
Place: czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Babysitter (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his ...
Style: erotic, psychological, suspense, sexy, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, dangerous attraction, voyeur, nymphet, babysitting, lolita, looking for sex, suburban life, surrealism, twists and turns, brutality, stupidity ...
Time: 90s
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18%
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 70
Toro (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all their money, their longstanding friendship is put to the test.
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: debt, drug addict, drug abuse, sex worker, prostitute, addiction, friends, friendship, gay, violence, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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The Kiss (2004)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sarah, a beautiful and gifted 15-year-old from a wealthy but chaotic family, holds on to one dream: to run away from home and to become a professional ballet dancer.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious
Plot: teenage prostitution, rape, fight, mother daughter relationship, child abuse, police, manipulation, older man younger woman relationship, danger, coming of age, school, dancing ...
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17%
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Streetwalkin' (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Cookie and her brother run away from their loveless mother in the province and arrive in New York. At the train station Cookie meets the fancy man Duke. With his charm he makes her fall in love with him and soon has her working as prostitute. ...
Style: anime, independent film
Plot: prostitution, prostitute, stripper, explosions, teenage girl, teenage prostitute, brother sister relationship, pimp, teenage prostitution, female nudity, school, night ...
Time: year 1985
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.6
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The Jammed (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: sex trafficking, human trafficking, missing person, deportation, gangster, immigrant, social decay, manipulation, prostitute, sexual abuse, kidnapping, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 5.9
 41
Collar (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Timothy James 'TJ' Williams (David Wilson) is a streetwise detective whose checkered career, family life and long standing friendship with the would-be mayor, police chief Hamilton Markham (Tom Sizemore), spins out of control and teeters ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: police, corrupt cop, drug, urban setting, bad cop, racial issues, prostitution, african american, corruption, internal affairs, society, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. King, ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage prostitution, prostitution, homelessness, realism, homeless, runaway, hustler, coming of age, drug addiction, troubled youth, criminality, street kid ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Teenage Cocktail (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, ...
Style: suspense, mumblecore, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage prostitution, lesbian, sex with teenager, exhibitionism, lesbianism, teenager, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, mother daughter relationship, drug use, teenage girl, blackmail ...
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 4.8
 632
Backstabbed (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A struggling housewife decides to become a real estate agent and inadvertently puts her life in danger when she takes a job with a corrupt broker who will do anything to land a deal.
Style: psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot: money, psychopath, betrayal, real estate, murder, housewife, broker, working woman, violence, danger, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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