Walk on the Wild Side

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 21 Feb 1962 · English

At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.

12 Years a Slave

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 18 Oct 2013 · English

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

Rambling Rose

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 10 Sept 1991 · English

In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

A Love Song for Bobby Long

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 2 Sept 2004 · English

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Simon Killer

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 12 Apr 2012 · English

A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.

Welcome to the Rileys

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 29 Oct 2010 · English

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 13 Sept 2006 · English

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Sister My Sister

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 15 Dec 1994 · English

A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters.

sex, lies, and videotape

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 4 Aug 1989 · English

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.

True Confessions

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 25 Sept 1981 · English

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Shaft

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 25 Jun 1971 · English

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Cutter's Way

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 19 Mar 1981 · English

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.