| Angels of the Street (1969) | 6.7 | |
| Boatman (1985) | 7.3 | |
| Red Beard (1965) | 8.3 | |
| A Helpless Love Song (2018) | 6.4 | |
| Jin (2009) | 8.0 |
Red light district movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant red light district movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, melancholic, dark, suspense, psychological and serious films and TV shows about / with red light district, prostitution, female nudity, prostitute, sex, revenge, violence, exploitation, survival and urban plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as red light district: Bad Guy (2001), Pretty Baby (1978), Light the Night (2021), Angels of the Street (1969), Paris Pigalle (2018), The Whore's Son (2004), Bloody Marie (2019), The Deuce (2017), Downfall (1997), Band of Gold (1995).
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List of red light district movies
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shark and when she can't pay, she is forced into working in the brothel. But when she gets the ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, psychological, erotic, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, prostitution, eroticism, obsessive love, pimp, deaf, red light district, sex worker, domination, forced prostitution, fetish, revenge ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as ...
Style:
controversial, sexy, erotic, disturbing, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
virginity, innocence lost, nymphet, child prostitution, prostitution, girl man relationship, loss of virginity, world war one, photographer, brothel, child sexual abuse, sexual content ...
Time:
1910s, ancient times, victorian era, year 1978, year 1917 ...
Place:
new orleans, america, louisiana, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Taking the hotel on Linsen North Road in Taiwan as the background, it is a realistic drama that describes the love and hatred between the Japanese-style hotel proprietress and Yang Jin Hua in 1988 and a group of amorous ladies under her.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
passionate kiss, unrequited love, red light district, gangster, love interest, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, murder mystery, buddy, friendship, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
taipei, taiwan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
Style:
suspense, dark, tension, period piece, noir ...
Plot:
red light district, prostitution, gangster, underworld, murder mystery, mobster, organized crime, nightlife, moral ambiguity, urban, power struggle, police corruption ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hamburg germany, northern germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Paris, 1982. Franck and Serge are police investigators in charge of making a good catch in the Parisian porn industry. In order to infiltrate the mafia, they take over a peep show in Pigalle riddled with debts. In attempt to jump start the business, ...
Plot:
strip club, porn industry, porn star, male nudity, porn actor, undercover cop, striptease, stripper, sex worker, sting operation, porn, public nudity ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ozren is raised in Vienna by his mother Silvija, who works as a prostitute, and his aunt and uncle. The film shows the demimonde of Vienna in the early 1990ies and deals with Ozren's finding out that his mother is not a waitress (as he was ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, stylized, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
coming of age, life is a bitch, uncover truth, lifestyle, youth, self discovery, family relations, family problems, parents and children, prostitution, call girl, making love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Marie Wankelmut, once successful comic artist, lives among the prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Nowadays drunken and bold, she gets into one conflict after another. A gruesome sobering event at her neighbors, forces her to take ...
Style:
emotional, intense, bleak, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
red light district, alcoholism, prostitution, mature, character study, moral ambiguity, anti hero, urban, realism, street life, isolation, portrait ...
Place:
amsterdam
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, suspenseful, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
porn industry, prostitution, sex, female nudity, closeted homosexual, porn actor, bare breasts, sleaze, society, sex scene, rivalry, porn ...
Time:
70s, year 1984, year 1985, year 1971, year 1972 ...
Place:
usa, new york state, manhattan new york city, new york
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182
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story revolves around an orphan girl who became a prostitute to survive and finds love with one of her clients. A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she's going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the ...
Style:
bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
prostitution, red light district, sex trafficking, exploitation, sexploitation, abuse, human trafficking, forced prostitution, pimp, female protagonist, survival, character study ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 290 min.
TV show
Story:
Band of Gold is a British drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It was originally shown on ITV between 1995 and 1997. Starring Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson and Samantha Morton, the series revolves ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, intense, noir ...
Plot:
female friendship, brothel, prostitution, sex worker, red light district, sex work, sexploitation, working class, realism, social realism, loan shark, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
northern england, yorkshire, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Trapped in the forbidden alleys of the city - is a broken man. Can he find love in the dark world of flesh trade?
Style:
dark, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
prostitution, pimp, city, sex trafficking, red light district, exploitation, battles, urban setting, criminal, fight, gang, life is a bitch ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story:
A mother's unyielding love for her daughter Neerja, despite living in Kolkata's infamous red-light district, Sonagacchi.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
sacrifice, red light district, mother and daughter, resilience, mother love, problem, relationships, women, family problems, family relations, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist ...
Place:
india, kolkata
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sham Shui Po, there is the most famous red-light district in Hong Kong. Li (Carrie Ng) owns a few of the apartments in the building and she earns a living by renting them out to the prostitutes. To the prostitutes though, she is more a friend than ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
prostitution, investigation, prostitute, red light district, disappearance, murder investigation, women, female protagonist, mysterious disappearance, claustrophobia, dark secret, urban decay ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA, France, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Before Slumdog Millionaire came Salaam Bombay!, Mira Nair’s Oscar-nominated drama tells the moving story of life on the streets of Bombay as seen through the eyes of Chaipu, a twelve-year-old boy living rough in the city.
Style:
realistic, touching, social, art house, offbeat ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, drug addiction, coming of age, homeless, red light district, drug, sex, childhood, youth, corruption, betrayal, friendship ...
Time:
year 1988, 20th century, 80s
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, bombay india
Is relevant?
86
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A depraved sex killer preys on women of ill repute in the red light district area of Boston, Massachusetts. Hard-nosed maverick private detective Gunner Sloan gets hired by the wealthy Fairchild to find the psycho after the creep attacks ...
Style:
dark, suspense, crime drama, tense, noir ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, serial killer, prostitution, psycho killer, investigation, red light district, violence, urban, cat and mouse, obsession, sexploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
boston, massachusetts
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When her marriage fails Sylvia is forced to move with her children into a brothel on the Chaussée d'Amour. Out of financial necessity she decides to exploit the bar. Meanwhile a detective tries to solve an old murder case.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
prostitution, murder investigation, investigation, money problems, social problems, lifestyle change, family problems, changing lives, crime investigation, female protagonist, needing money, marital separation ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After his attempted robbery runs aground, a thief takes a shine to his would-be victim, a charming prostitute, who begins to tell him her life story.
Style:
talky, realistic, humorous, not serious, emotional ...
Plot:
prostitution, silly humor, fall in love, unfulfillment, love and romance, life story, sex work, resilience, survival, brothel, female protagonist, storytelling ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
prostitution, nudity, japanese woman, sex scene, prostitute, suicidal thoughts, couples, bare breasts, sex, male female relationship, relationships, regret ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, dark, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, nudity, sex, jack the ripper, erotica, brutality, violence against women, female victim, sex worker, sexual cruelty, sex scene, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thappu Thalangal is a saga of emotional and selfish world of human feelings. Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. On one of his nightly rounds, Devu is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
redemption, societal hypocrisy, social realism, tragedy, prostitution, moral dilemma, gangster, sacrifice, regret, star crossed lovers, loss, forbidden love ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Da Vinci's City Hall is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005. The series was a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest. The creator, writer and executive ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mayor, coroner, politician, murder, father daughter relationship, social issues, urban, legal, mysterious death, forensic, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Place:
vancouver
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
gambler, male female relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, troubled past, love affair, couple relations, prostitute, mysterious past, confronting the past, red light district ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An auto-theft ring decides to help out migrant workers from Mexico with the proceeds from their racket.
Style:
suspense, tension, intercultural, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
car theft, brothel, working class, mechanic, blue collar, friendship, underdog, organized crime, small town, corruption, social justice, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This Japanese thriller finds a beautiful policewoman becoming entangled in Japan's S&M underground while investigating a gruesome murder. Soon, her investigation has led her to a seductive sadist and his equally appealing masochist ...
Style:
erotic, dark, psychological thriller, erotic drama, sensual ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, masochist, sadomasochism, policewoman, lesbianism, making love, sex scene, sexual tension, seduction, lesbian, investigation, bondage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Lion-Maru G is a Japanese tokusatsu series that aired from October 1, 2006 to November 24, 2006 in Japan, lasting 13 episodes. It is the third part in the Lion-Maru trilogy, following Kaiketsu Lion-Maru and Fuun Lion-Maru. The "G" is short ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
gang, gang violence, lion, superhuman powers, reincarnation, tiger, superhuman, super powers, true crime, criminal underworld, crime fighter, supernatural ability ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Special agent Taube is on the case of a deadly heroin smuggling operation. This one is notable for an amazing power boat chase through the canals and waterways of Amsterdam
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
interpol, spy, heroin, police, murder, prostitute, secret agent, narcotics, dead body, shootout, crime scene, heroin addict ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, los angeles, amsterdam
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Deuce Bigalow goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend T.J. Hicks. But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdam's finest ...
Style:
funny, satirical, humorous, absurd, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, porn actress, oral sex, police investigation, false accusation, gigolo, disorder, working undercover, looking for love, fall in love, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, malibu california
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