Top Prostitute Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Denzel Washington

Marton Csokas

Chlou00eb Grace Moretz

David Harbour

The Equalizer (2014)

7.3 10.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: R

Story: McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

Plot: assassin, corruption, hitman, call girl, sadism, hostage, gangster, fbi, ...

Cast

Dolores del Ru00edo

Pedro Armendu00e1riz

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Alberto Galu00e1n

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Margarita Cortu00e9s

Maria Candelaria (1944)

7.3 43 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Mexico

Duration: 102 min.

Story: A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.

Plot: journalist, prostitute, robbery, greed, artist, native american, rural area, couple, ...

Cast

Bruno S.

Eva Mattes

Clemens Scheitz

Wilhelm von Homburg

Stroszek (1977)

7.3 301 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.

Plot: new york city, van, prostitute, unexpected happiness, release from prison, wisconsin, american dream, accordion, ...

Cast

Mei Kayama

Misuzu Kanno

Shunsuke Daitoh

Makiko Watanabe

37 Seconds (2019)

7.3 110 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Yuma, a 23-year-old comic book artist with profound cerebral palsy, has been emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overprotective mother. As she begins to seek independence and sexual awakening on her own terms, she discovers an unexpected path to love and forgiveness.

Style: melancholy, philosophical

Plot: virgin, prostitute, sexuality, twin sister, bodily disabled person, artist, wheelchair, disabled child, ...

Place: japan, thailand

Cast

Natja Brunckhorst

Thomas Haustein

Jens Kuphal

Rainer Woelk

Christiane F. (1981)

7.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: R

Story: A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

Style: intense

Plot: berlin, germany, heroin, junkie, prostitution, illegal drugs, dramatic, critical, ...

Cast

Paz de la Huerta

Nathaniel Brown

Cyril Roy

Olly Alexander

Enter the Void (2010)

7.3 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 161 min.

Audience: NR

Story: This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.

Plot: prostitute, afterlife, hallucination, surrealism, reincarnation, stripper, strip club, drug trip, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Leslie Cheung

Maggie Cheung

Andy Lau

Carina Lau

Days of Being Wild (1990)

7.3 594 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Country: Hong Kong

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Plot: fight, underwear, rain, radio, kiss, beating, prostitution, drink, ...

Place: philippines

Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Mehdi Bajestani

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Arash Ashtiani

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Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Holy Spider (2022)

7.3 519 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Denmark, Jordan

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Plot: journalist, prostitute, investigation, based on true story, serial killer, religion

Place: iran

Gangsta. (2015) TV Show

7.3 132 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the crime-ridden, mafia-governed city of Ergastulum, Worick and Nicolas are two “handymen” known as “Benriya” who would take any dirty job from either police or mafia, for a good price. After an assignment from police the two met and later joined by Alex, a former prostitute who got interested in the mysterious background of the team, in particular of Nicolas’ abilities.

Plot: child abuse, underground, swordplay, kidnapping, gangster, secret organization, dystopia, police, ...

Cast

Matthew McConaughey

Ryan Phillippe

William H. Macy

Marisa Tomei

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

7.2 3.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.

Plot: prostitute, based on novel or book, judge, attempted murder, video surveillance, jury, playboy, private investigator, ...

Place: california

Cast

Debora Caprioglio

Stu00e9phane Ferrara

Martine Brochard

Stu00e9phane Bonnet

Paprika (1991)

7.2 603 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Italy

Duration: 116 min.

Story: In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?

Plot: prostitute, based on novel or book, self sacrifice, rome, italy, brothel, pimp, marriage, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Guru Dutt

Waheeda Rehman

Mala Sinha

Johnny Walker

Pyaasa (1957)

7.2 74 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 146 min.

Story: Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.

Plot: depression, prostitute, greed, poet, black and white, struggling artist, publishing

Cast

Monica Bellucci

Vincent Cassel

Albert Dupontel

Jo Prestia

Irreversible (2002)

7.2 3.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Plot: prostitute, rape, paris, france, police, nihilism, homophobia, homicide, ...

Cast

Seo Young-hee

Ji Sung-won

Baek Su-ryeon

Park Jeong-hak

Bedevilled (2010)

7.2 490 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror

Country: South Korea

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.

Plot: friendship, island, prostitute, rape, isolation, revenge, domestic abuse, rural area, ...

Cast

Guy Pearce

Dakota Fanning

Carice van Houten

Kit Harington

Brimstone (2016)

7.2 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

Plot: suicide, prostitute, rape, gun, obsession, villain, mute, religion, ...

Cast

Alastair Sim

Olga Lindo

Arthur Young

Brian Worth

An Inspector Calls (1954)

7.2 109 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 80 min.

Audience: PG

Story: An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

Plot: prostitute, corruption, department store, fiancé, based on play or musical, scandal, alcoholism, engagement, ...

Cast

Kseniya Rappoport

Michele Placido

Claudia Gerini

Pierfrancesco Favino

The Unknown Woman (2006)

7.2 373 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Italy, France

Duration: 118 min.

Story: A Ukrainian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter, Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family.

Plot: prostitute, cleaning lady, suppressed past

Place: italy

Cast

John Cusack

Ray Liotta

Amanda Peet

John Hawkes

Identity (2003)

7.2 4.4K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

Plot: prostitute, prisoner, psychopath, nevada, detective, rain, motel, weather, ...

Cast

Johannes Krisch

Irina Potapenko

Andreas Lust

Ursula Strauss

Revanche (2008)

7.2 252 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Country: Austria

Duration: 121 min.

Story: Alex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there. Their attempt to break free sets off a chain of events that links their fate with a rural police officer and his troubled marriage. As their lives intersect, a quiet struggle unfolds between guilt, grief, and the desire for redemption.

Plot: infidelity, prostitute, loss of loved one, brothel, pimp, heist, revenge, prostitution, ...