Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain't E-Z Being A Ho'

Nothing with Me When I Die, Those Who Owe Me I'll Collect in Hell

January 1981 •Portuguese

An exercise in gentle voyeurism revealing glimpses of the secret side of Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, filming a derelict prostitution zone.

A Body Like Mine

December 2023 •German

Through post-porn, performance and wrestling, Puck tries to figure out her place in the world.

Mustang: The House That Joe Built

July 1977 •English

A documentary about the girls of the Mustang Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada.

Stripper

October 1985 •English

A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own strong motive to win.

Putito

September 2014 •Spanish

Putito is a production with no specific genre, where reality and fiction blend through a testimony written by José Carlos Henríquez - a feminist activist and male prostitute who plays himself in the project. Available in a censored and uncensored version.

The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak

January 1975 •French

Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

La revuelta de las putas

Invalid date •Spanish

Chicken Ranch

May 1983 •English

Documentary on the "Chicken Ranch," a legal Nevada brothel.

Kokomo City

July 2023 •English

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.

Life of Crime: 1984-2020

September 2021 •English

An intimate documentary that looks at the vicious cycles of drug addiction and street crime in one of the roughest parts of New Jersey.

One Year in a Life of Crime

December 1989 •English

Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction. Focusing on a year in the lives of three professional criminals, this gritty profile—which includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts—exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America.

Every Little Step

September 2008 •English

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

I'm Your Venus

June 2024 •English

The two very different families of "Paris Is Burning" star Venus Xtravaganza unite to honor her and reopen her unsolved murder case.

Europe in the Raw

March 1963 •English

Russ Meyer's documentary about the underground vice world of Europe.

The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village

May 2016 •English

Daulatdia is an entire village in Bangladesh dedicated to prostitution. Every day, 1,600 trafficked, enslaved and abandoned women and girls sell themselves for £2 a time. In the midst of the trade live 300 children, many born in the village. Some will be groomed to be the future of the business like their mothers and grandmothers. With education programmes and support provided by Save The Children, a few may find their way out.

Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream

October 2017 •English

With humor, insight, and compassion, this documentary shares the journey of two Italian brothers who have run a successful restaurant for over 40 years, the sacrifices they’ve made for their children, and what it means to immigrants when they fulfill the American Dream.

Nic się nie stało

May 2020 •Polish

A propaganda film about supposed pedophilia and hypocrisy in the celebrity community.

Everything's Better than a Hooker

February 2018 •French

The tragedy of Eva-Marree, deprived of her children for prostitution then killed by their father. In a convincing indictment, director Ovidie denounces the abuse of power by a supposedly protective Swedish state.

Jeg blev voldtaget

January 2016 •English

25-year-old Stine Søholt is picked up after a Christmas party by a car with three young men who offer to drive her home. They threaten her into sex – and take turns raping her, she says. But the young men deny the accusations. Stine was willing, they claim. This makes the case one of hundreds of rape cases in Denmark where it’s word against word. For four years now, Stine Søholt has fought to have the young men convicted of rape, and the case is still not over.

Chained Girls

March 1965 •English

This exploitation classic purports to expose the secrets of the 1960s lesbian underworld.