Favorite movies about stripping or the sex industry
BurlingtonHoFactory
New Jersey, near the Shore
Do you guys know of any good movies that take place within the sex industry? Any movies about stripping, strip clubs, or strippers that you know of? Or perhaps a movie with a stripper/escort/porn star/dominatrix/sex worker as a main character?
I've always thought that Striptease was a real missed opportunity. Based on the source material, it could have been great... instead of just being an embarrassment for everyone involved.
I also like the movie On The Doll. It was kind of an obscure indie thing, and definitely low quality. Meant more to shock and arouse the audience than anything else. But still entertaining.
I've always thought that Striptease was a real missed opportunity. Based on the source material, it could have been great... instead of just being an embarrassment for everyone involved.
I also like the movie On The Doll. It was kind of an obscure indie thing, and definitely low quality. Meant more to shock and arouse the audience than anything else. But still entertaining.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aby9p-c…
The Girlfriend Experience (starring Sasha Grey)
Spun (has a strip club and stripper in it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZTFNizS…
One movie that I loved was Leaving Las Vegas - as I liked the characters dependency on each other and the depressing nature of their lives.
Hardcore was an old movie that was pretty amazing - and one of the first legit movies to delve into porn.
I found 8 mm to be impressive - and interesting too. It’s not for everyone - but it was worthwhile.
A movie from the 80’s Vice Squad was rough - but interesting -
Obviously Boogie Nights was a critical success - and popular I guess.
I will post more when I think of them. I’m not a real Nick Cage fan - even though two of the films have him as their star.
He was also in 8mm - which was interesting - and the subject was less savory.
The movie implies that the only thing that the government did wrong was to not regulate the market heavily enough. But the US government had actually been directly pushing more and more people to buy homes since at least the 70s. Then they put the whole thing on steroids in the 90s. HUD told Fannie and Freddie to increase the percentage of their portfolio that is subprime, so they did. Fannie and Freddie told banks to make as many subprime loans as they could, because they would buy anything that the banks had for sale, even the garbage. And the rest is history. Everyone was just stupid, never believing that the housing market could have a sustained collapse. It wasn't a conspiracy, it was stupidity. Stupidity facilitated by the federal government.
And now everyone wants to blame the banks for the bailouts. Let me ask you this: if a dog is begging at your table and someone steals your food off your plate and feeds it to the dog, who do you blame, the dog or the thief?
Anyway, I still liked the movie. You don't have to agree with the political leanings of a movie to enjoy it. I liked Miss Sloan, even though I'm against gun control. (That's another movie that has a sex worker in it, btw. A gigolo.)
"Lap Dancing" with Lorissa McComas
"Dancing at the Blue Iguana" with Daryl Hannah, Kristin Bauer, Jennifer Tilly, et al.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUfGaVIs…
3. Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls
2. Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
1. Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience (duh, not really acting)
Honorable mentions:
Juno Temple in Afternoon Delight
Julia Stiles in Blue
Billie Piper in Confessions of a Call Girl
I loved the Wrestler, too. I think every PL can see a tiny bit of himself in Mickey Rourke's character and his interactions with Marisa Tomei's character. It's true that the club in this movie really does look and feel like a typical grimy New Jersey club, and I wouldn't be surprised if they filmed on location. In fact, there's a stripper I know who looks a lot like Marisa Tomei at a local club; we once discussed this movie together.
That's impressive reboot time!
http://www.xnxx.com/video-c3jxda6/girlfr…
Pensionking - thanks for the link to those scenes. That’s hot -
Also give a shout out for Vanessa Ferlito giving a civie LD to Kurt Russell in Deathproof.
I love the scene where she gives her first lap dance, an air dance. Then the dude LDK82 style says 'I thought this was a lap dance' and pulls her down onto his crotch and grinds the hell out of her.
Or the girl who gives her FS extras outside in an alley behind the club. She tries to make small talk with the dude and he goes 'if I wanted to talk I'd be home with my wife. Now are we gonna fuck or what??!!'
Player's Club was pretty cool though, it's a black movie. "It's bitches like you... who make it harder for women like me!" Great quote, great scene. Lol.
https://youtu.be/6Vx4J_NtNPk
Also I liked the champagne room scene in Go.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Bachelor Party
Is there really any club, any where, where the dancers get paychecks?
I liked that movie. Is the unrated version worth renting? Maybe I should check that out
Totally agree. I'm getting sentimental here. Does anyone remember Red Shoe Diaries? Or Beverly Hills Bordello? Memories...
To be honest, even Showgirls is watchable. Stupid, but watchable. These movies are a window into how society views the women who sell their bodies and the men who pay for them. They both became cultural touchstones in their day. 1996 was the first year that Bruce Willis supported the Democratic candidate for president because Bob Dole (the GOP candidate) actually attacked Demi Moore on the stump for making Striptease. Seriously, that happened.
Showgirls was fun to watch too. I enjoyed it because of a few scenes. Or I should say - I find Gina Gershon to be hot - and I should probably keep that to myself.
If we are talking stripper scenes - then From Dusk Till Dawn deserves mention - as Salma Hayek was incredible in that club scene!
Also Gigi, (Truffaut's?) La Ronde, Breakfast at Tiffany's (well, she IS charging for tricks after all; and the novella is better because it doesn't have the crappy obvious saccharine contrived ending), Risky Business, and of course the greatest strippers references ever are in...
Caddy Shack
Sin City is worth watching - just to see Jessica Alba on stage.
Synopsis: King Uther Pendragon visits "Club Cornwall" after a war to unify all of England. At the club, he falls for an air dance SS from Igraine, the club's only dancer and wife of Cornwall. He uses the wizard Merlin to get BBFS extra ITC from Igraine while Cromwell is away. Because he went BB, Igraine gets pregnant and eventually has Arthur who becomes the king that unified England.
At its core it is a cautionary tale for PLs that practice BBFS. Here is the club scene with Igraine's ROB air dance:
https://youtu.be/LXWYRjgRAI0
https://youtu.be/1YOL-Cm5RmQ
@BHF you remember that Showtime show Sherman Oaks? Show about a rich plastic surgeon who had a wife and a mistress, a son who used to act black, a tall, blond, huge titted daughter, and a sexy housekeeper who used to get fucked in every episode. I remember I used to always jerk off to that daughter. Don't know her name but I'm sure some Google searching would help me find her.
https://youtu.be/_gXGmF0wORI
She was so hot 20+ years ago. Looks so different now.
The downstairs were set up as a bar/lounge. You could make an appointment, or you could just show up, get a drink, talk to the girls, and pick one you liked to go upstairs with. One of the houses had an empty dining room that made a nice dance floor and some of the girls would slow dance with the guys. Great foreplay.