Movies Similar to The World and the Woman

She Walks by Night(1959)

Based on an actual murder case in Frankfurt after the war, the film tells the story of the murder of Rosemarie, a prostitute, and how she ended up strangled in her apartment.

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Are You Lonesome Tonight?(1992)

A desperate socialite seeks her missing husband, troubled by bad investments and debts, with help from a private eye and the high-priced call girl hubby had been seeing.

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Gunyo Cholo: A Girl Coming of Age Story(2024)

Gulabi is a transwoman groomed by her patriarchal father to join the military. When her father disowns her, Gulabi ends up living a life of prostitution in Kathmandu.

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2 or 3 Things I Know About Her(1967)

As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.

6.2

L.A. Johns(1997)

Liz dreams of buying a house and starts working as a call girl. She then becomes emotionally involved with a young man.

4.9

Golden Years(2017)

The true story of a French WW1 deserter who, with the support of his wife, spends a decade in disguise as a woman.

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Down by Love(2016)

Martin is an unscrupulous chap who has never cared about anyone but himself until he meets Irina, a Russian girl.

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Moammar Emka's Jakarta Undercover(2017)

Pras wants to realize his dreams of having a significant life and career as a journalist, but Jakarta changes everything.

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The Seven Cucas(1981)

A worker's wife and six pretty daughters are desired by all the men in their little town, so he decides to move his family elsewhere.

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Hotel St. Pauli(1988)

Jor and Gerda is a loving couple that lives together in Copenhagen. Jor is trying to make a breakthrough as a writer, without any luck so far. His struggles have caused Gerda to provide for them by selling sexual favors on the street.

2.6

Dawn of the Felines(2017)

A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.

5.9

Lilya 4-ever(2002)

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

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Finding Amanda(2008)

A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

4.8

Hamog sa Bukang Liwayway(2004)

When Arturo was jailed because of drug trafficking, Eva shouldered all the responsibilities in raising their daughter, Belinda. Trying all the possible jobs, she sells her self to men in order for them to survive. Due to hopelessness, Eva decides to go to the province, meeting Morelos, a man who introduced her the meaning of undying love and true essence of a family even offering her marriage. Ten years later, Arturo got his parole. He returned to the place where he left Eva and his daughter hoping to find his loved ones, a shocking truth unlocks the reality.

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Ants Pact(2014)

Paul is 16 years old and earns his pocket money working the streets. But there is something special about Paul. He has made a pact with some ants, which questions the strict patterns of our reality.

3.8

Wild Side(2004)

A transgender woman returns — with her two male lovers — to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.

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The Babysitters(2008)

Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.

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Risky Business(1983)

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

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Sharky's Machine(1981)

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

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Volcánica(2018)

Carlota has an open war with the caretaker of her community, Candela, whom she considers a person at risk. Carlota did not always know that HIV does not understand social status, gender or sexual orientation, she had to learn it by having it closer than she could ever have imagined.

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