Courtesan movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant courtesan movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, captivating, realistic, erotic, sexy and serious films and TV shows about / with courtesan, female nudity, prostitute, nude, sex scene, sex, couples, love and romance, betrayal and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as courtesan: Dangerous Beauty (1998), Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (1983), The Last Mistress (2007), A Harlot's Progress (2006), Rome (2005), Swann in Love (1984), Camille (1984), Lady of the Camelias (1981), Sakuran (2006), Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sexual, period piece, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
beauty, courtesan, forbidden love, prostitute, medieval, prostitution, love and romance, couple relations, sex, love story, social differences, rich and poor ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, victorian era, year 1998
Place:
venice, italy, europe, turkey, cyprus ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Zola's Paris, an ingenue arrives at a tony bordello: she's Nana, guileless, but quickly learning to use her erotic innocence to get what she wants. She's an actress for a soft-core filmmaker and soon is the most popular courtesan ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
half sister half sister incest, courtesan, young love, fetish, sex scene, prostitution, making love, sex with sister, lesbian incest, femme fatale, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, infidelity, wedding, love triangle, forbidden love, courtesan, sex, loss of daughter, ice cream, husband wife relationship, opposites attract, female nudity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1830s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
painter, starvation, jail, adultery, dominatrix, brothel, couples, reform, kept woman, brothel madam, husband wife relationship, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Style:
epic, exciting, period piece, sexual, costume drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, historical character, sex, power struggle, antiquity, emperor, intrigue, roman soldier, warrior, ancient egypt ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, 1st century b.c., 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Swann (Jeremy Irons), an eligible bachelor in the best circles of fin-de-siècle Paris, has also some more vulgar but rich friends, the Verdurins. Through them he meets Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan, with whom he falls hopelessly in love. She ...
Style:
sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
duchess, prostitute, love and romance, erotica, french president, lesbian lover, high society, nobility, valet, promiscuity, female nudity, brothel ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, italy, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, ...
Style:
romantic drama, period drama, beautiful
Plot:
victorian england, courtesan, tragic romance, nobleman, gambling, prostitute, artist, brothel, river, roulette, class differences, runaway ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
france, paris france, russia, alexandria egypt
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.
Style:
erotic, period drama, beautiful
Plot:
sex, prostitute, tuberculosis, filmmaking, eroticism, teenage prostitute, death of protagonist, teenage prostitution, girl, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, menarche ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young girl is sold into the red-light district Yoshiwara and is put under the care of the oiran (lead prostitute) of the Tamakiku house. The girl is rebellious, but the more experienced people in the household begin to think that she will be one ...
Style:
captivating, stylized, emotional, epic, costume drama ...
Plot:
geisha, courtesan, social differences, rise to the top, lifestyle, rebelliousness, ambition, fall in love, love and romance, gang, apprentice, social relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, India, Japan, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, kama sutra, sex scene, massage, erotica, seduction, lesbian sex, skinny dipping, courtesan, eroticism, sexuality, relationships ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
asia, india, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Style:
costume drama, thought provoking, period piece, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
brothel madam, prostitution, brothel, courtesan, rivalry, prostitute, interracial sex, class differences, twists and turns, lesbian, rivals, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, erotic drama, independent film ...
Plot:
passionate love, defloration, passionate sex, medieval, forbidden love, fall in love, love and romance, bare chested male, male pubic hair, temptation, courtesan, doomed love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Samson is a courageous man, strong, fearless, a Hebrew who fights many armies of his people enemies, and savage beasts; also, he keeps to himself the mysterious secret of his strength. He was born as the promise of being the rescuer of his people ...
Style:
novela, biblical, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bible, betrayal, strength, secret, deception, power struggle, courtesan, feminine wiles, scheming, warrior, tragic love, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1940s British India, archnemeses Mallikajaan and Fareedan are locked in a battle of succession of Heeramandi, an elite house of courtesans, while seeds of rebellion take root in the world around them.
Style:
period piece, captivating, thrilling, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, nobleman, love story, relationships, love affair, love interest, love, betrayal, bribery, loneliness, scheme, prostitute ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royalty, nobility, women's rights, hysteria, mistress, girls' boarding school, human spirit, society, idealism, youth, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
In imperial Brazil, a young woman stripped of her reputation is forced into exile from polite society. Recasting herself as Madam Beja, she builds an elite pleasure house that becomes a hub of political intrigue, economic power, and forbidden ...
Style:
costume drama, sensual, period drama
Plot:
gender roles, sex work, patriarchy, courtesan, brothel, female empowerment, seduction, rise to power, ambition, revenge, scandal, class conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story takes place in a beautiful pavilion in 1930's Suzhou. Jade is a famous songstress courtesan, marrying into the noble house. She develops a dubious relationship with a female cousin of the family and also being admired secretly by her ...
Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, palace intrigue, royal court, courtesan, dynasty, male female relationship, relationships, love triangle, opera, relationship problems, kingdom, romantic triangle ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A 2002 French experimental film directed by Philippe Grandrieux and starring Zachary Knighton and Anna Mouglalis. The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, erotic, exciting ...
Plot:
obsession, social decay, nihilism, destructive relationship, society, prostitute, forbidden love, couples, dancer's life, starting over, sexual relations, relationship problems ...
Time:
turn of the century, 21st century
Place:
england, london, france, new york, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds ...
Style:
light, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, perversion, slut, revenge, sex scene, nobility, seamstress, adultery, dysfunctional family, manipulation, family relations, love ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos. (Since the Spanish conquistadors killed off the Indian population in Cuba not long ...
Style:
historical drama, slasher, tragic ending, tense, art house ...
Plot:
slavery, interracial relations, tragic romance, plantation, class conflict, forbidden love, courtesan, family honor, racial prejudice, domestic drama, resistance movement, gender roles ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
cuba, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story is quite simple and effective, a street whore in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord, of course family life is not the most suited for our girl, even worst when the rich guy has an acicdent that leaves ...
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, erotic, period drama
Plot:
loss, sadness, tragedy, courtesan, prostitution, loneliness, heartbreak, love triangle, lesbian sex, unrequited love, passion, death of spouse ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Karnkaew, a girl studying in the province Bangkok. She can upgrade herself to a higher class when she gets an income as a courtesan. Her best friend is Chala, an unambitious girl who works as waitress to paid her credit fee. Karnkaew goes out with ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense, romantic
Plot:
female protagonist, poverty, country girl, obsession, desire, ambition, class conflict, urban, social climbing, materialism, prostitution, social problems ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, intrigue, gang, fall in love, love affair, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, prostitute, joseon dynasty, courtesan, power struggle ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Style:
captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
king of france, king, royalty, royal court, biopic, life, female protagonist, historical figure, based on real people, courtesan, gold, sex scene ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, versailles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style:
captivating, sentimental, dramatic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, orphan, love and romance, mentor, femininity ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, gothic, period piece, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aristocracy, sexualized violence, fatal attraction, seduction, casanova, love, sexuality, nobility, decadence, passion, medieval, erotic scene ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, epic, romantic drama, independent film, tragic
Plot:
naval battle, religion, biopic, writers, piracy, catholic church, renaissance, mediterranean, captivity, slave trade, coming of age, seafaring ...
Time:
16th century, year 1967
Place:
spain, italy, rome italy, turkey, cyprus
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Style:
psychological, rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
sexism, rape, dystopia, surrogate mother, infertility, protest, tyranny, belief, women's rights, religion, totalitarianism, kidnapping ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A prequel to "Dangerous Liaisons" following the rise to power of the young Isabelle de Merteuil.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspense, erotic drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
seduction, ambition, female protagonist, femme fatale, rise to power, manipulation, betrayal, psychological manipulation, scandal, social climbing, literary, political intrigue ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teachers and students, disabled child, relationships, lifestyle, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, parents and children, horse, female protagonist, donkey ...
Time:
year 1900
Place:
paris france, rome italy
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