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1. Taxi Driver (1976)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks

Votes: 920,630 | Gross: $28.26M

2. Sin City (2005)

R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller

An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.

Directors: Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba

Votes: 793,762 | Gross: $74.10M

3. The Long Shadow (2023)

TV-PG | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.

Stars: Jack Deam, Kris Hitchen, Lee Ingleby, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 7,379

4. Irreversible (2002)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.

Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon

Votes: 147,643 | Gross: $0.75M

5. American Gigolo (1980)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt

Votes: 29,444 | Gross: $23.00M

6. Christiane F. (1981)

R | 138 min | Biography, Drama

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.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski

Votes: 29,405

7. From Hell (2001)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 164,205 | Gross: $31.60M

8. Norbit (2007)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Thandiwe Newton, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell

Votes: 79,765 | Gross: $95.67M

9. The Wanderers (1979)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, John Friedrich, Toni Kalem

Votes: 12,364 | Gross: $0.01M

10. X (XIII) (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder and must evade the killer as he chases them through Sydney.

Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Peter Docker, Stephen Phillips

Votes: 7,416

11. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.

Director: Jason Eisener | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells, Brian Downey

Votes: 48,642 | Gross: $0.70M

12. Angel (1983)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.

Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun

Votes: 4,589 | Gross: $17.49M

13. Whore (1991)

NC-17 | 85 min | Drama

A night in the life of a cynical prostitute forms the basis of Ken Russell's portrait of the world's oldest profession.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Theresa Russell, Benjamin Mouton, Antonio Fargas, Elizabeth Morehead

Votes: 4,333 | Gross: $1.01M

14. Vivre sa vie (1962)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger

Votes: 34,994

15. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy

Votes: 20,213

16. Vice Squad (1982)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna

Votes: 2,905 | Gross: $13.25M

17. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.

Stars: Vernon Geberth, Malcolm Reiman, Peter Vronsky, Melinda Chateauvert

Votes: 5,557

18. Story of Women (1988)

108 min | Drama, History, Romance

A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier

Votes: 5,744 | Gross: $0.44M

19. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime

Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join. Things are ... See full summary »

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Liz Söllner

Votes: 3,459

20. Confidentially Yours (1983)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 7,495

21. Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.

Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Evan Ross, Stephanie Lugo, Maurice Blake, Omar Regan

Votes: 1,886

22. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe

Votes: 2,105

23. Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)

TV-MA | 110 min | Documentary, Crime

Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.

Directors: Nick Broomfield, Barney Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin | Stars: Nick Broomfield, Lonnie David Franklin Jr., Donna, Steve

Votes: 3,219

24. Hookers at the Point (1996 Video)

94 min | Documentary

In this documentary, director and producer Brent Owens takes us to the streets of Hunts Point in South Bronx, for a candid documentary about the local sex workers. We learn about the past, ... See full summary »

Director: Brent Owens

Votes: 224

25. Gate of Flesh (1964)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Kôji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomiko Ishii

Votes: 3,377

26. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)

Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary

This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.

Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg

Votes: 4,794

27. Inspector Maigret (1958)

119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Le Marais.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel

Votes: 2,084 | Gross: $0.01M

28. Chaos (2001)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into the lives of a bourgeois, modern-but-conventional couple. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the ... See full summary »

Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud

Votes: 2,484 | Gross: $0.21M

29. Lost in Paradise (2011)

103 min | Drama, Romance

Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends ... See full summary »

Director: Ngoc Dang Vu | Stars: Manh Hai Luong, Vinh Khoa Ho, Linh Son Nguyen, Phuong-Thanh

Votes: 759

30. Viktoria: A Tale of Grace and Greed (2014)

88 min | Drama

The Roma Viktoria leaves her home town of Budapest to earn the big money in Switzerland. Every night she finds herself as a prostitute in the back alleys of Zurich. Although surrounded by ... See full summary »

Director: Men Lareida | Stars: Franciska Farkas, Angéla Stefanovics, Zsolt Nagy, Erika Pölöskey

Votes: 744

31. Loverboy (2003 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

Seventeen year old Denise from the poor part of a Dutch city falls in love with the charming Michael who promises her a life she can only imagine. But Michael has a secret agenda and ... See full summary »

Director: Lodewijk Crijns | Stars: Monique van der Werff, Dragan Bakema, Marie-Louise Stheins, Chantal Janzen

Votes: 661

32. The System Within (2006)

R | 108 min | Drama

Tony "Wise" Good is an internationally known model, but a corrupt government, greed and jealousy lead him to a rapid downward spiral into a living hell.

Director: Dale Resteghini | Stars: Nick D'Castro, Tariq Alexander, Kevin Atchison, Komplex Bernard

Votes: 120

33. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)

TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.

Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka

Votes: 434

34. Hookers & Johns: Trick or Treat (2000 TV Movie)

Documentary

A graphic relationship between prostitutes and their clients. Cameras capture tricks of the trade on the streets of New York, Neewark, Miami and Amsterdam.

Director: Brent Owens

Votes: 30

35. Fishnets (2021)

40 min | Short, Drama

Charisma Harper, a vulnerable teenager, finds romance and comfort in a charming online boyfriend, Eli. Disturbances in her home life push her into the arms of her newfound love until Eli ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Nesbit | Stars: La'Myah, Quasheem D. Herring, Edwin L. Wright, Chamise Renee

Votes: 11

36. Que Farei Eu com Esta Espada? (1975)

65 min | Documentary, History

By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the army.

Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria Velho da Costa, José Diogo, Carlos Mena, Margarida Gil

Votes: 117

37. A Navalha na Carne (1969)

90 min | Drama

A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.

Director: Braz Chediak | Stars: Jece Valadão, Glauce Rocha, Emiliano Queiroz, Carlos Kroeber

Votes: 115

38. Gatan (1949)

87 min | Drama

A young woman is hit by a car and needs surgery. While the anesthesia takes hold, the events that led to the accident are revealed. A story about striving for independence and foolish love. Set in a 1940s Stockholm that no longer exists.

Director: Gösta Werner | Stars: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Peter Lindgren, Keve Hjelm, Naemi Briese

Votes: 59

39. Prowl (2016)

75 min | Drama

Lidia grows pigeons and lives a mundane existence with a husband and two children. Denisa has a boyfriend that needs new sneakers. Vanesa dreams of finding a boyfriend with green eyes. ... See full summary »

Director: Alexandra Balteanu | Stars: Corina Moise, Iulia Lumânare, Iulia Ciochina, Sergiu Costache

Votes: 72

40. The WI Guide to Brothels (2008 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Nicky Taylor reports on a Hampshire Women's Institute campaign calling for the legalization of brothels in Britain.

Director: Helen Simpson | Star: Nicky Taylor

Votes: 26

41. El Flaco (2014)

6 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

'El Flaco' is a male prostitute that pays for police protection to be able work in downtown streets of Juarez, Mexico.

Director: Krisstian de Lara

42. Kudammgeschichten (1970 TV Movie)

87 min | Comedy

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Director: Wolfgang Spier | Stars: Walter Bluhm, Günter Glaser, Elsa Wagner, Erich Fiedler

Votes: 15

43. Emma åklagare (1997)
Episode: Yrke: prostituerad (1997)

48 min | Crime

A prostitute is found murdered; she was last seen being picked up by a police patrol.

Director: Jon Lindström | Stars: Marika Lagercrantz, Per Mattsson, Harriet Andersson, Polki Nordström

44. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Amen... Send Money (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The wife of a televangelist is arrested on drug charges by Tubbs who finds himself the target of preacher's vengeance. However, a rival televangelist makes his play.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 357

45. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Asian Cut (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy poses as a prostitute to help Crockett and Tubbs catch a serial killer who they suspect is Asian because of the ritualistic way in which he mutilates his female victims.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 298

46. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Baseballs of Death (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs are investigating the murders of prostitutes which appears to be the work of a sadist. They discover that the killer is a Chilean police official. They try to arrest him ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 335

47. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Give a Little, Take a Little (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In court, Crockett refuses to identify an informant and spends more time in jail than the drug dealer he is trying to bust. Gina and Trudy infiltrate a prostitution ring. Gina is placed in ... See full summary »

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 682

48. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Little Prince (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 653

49. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Love at First Sight (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and new bride Caitlin trade barbs as he goes undercover in the singles scene looking for a serial killer.

Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 335

50. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Duty and Honor (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When some prostitutes are being killed, Castillo recognizes the M.O. as similar to some killings he saw when he was in Vietnam and working with a Vietnamese investigator. And the investigator shows up in Miami.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 445