Movies like The Margin
If The Margin's mix of prostitute, businessman and call girl stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Margin's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 84 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute · Also a French drama
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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Polisse
2011 · Directed by Maïwenn · 123 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a…
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Divines
2016 · Directed by Houda Benyamina · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Directed by Tom Tykwer · 147 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute
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.
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Pretty Baby
1978 · Directed by Louis Malle · 110 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute · From the same decade (1970s)
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
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Payback
1999 · Directed by Brian Helgeland · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think.
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Code Unknown
2000 · Directed by Michael Haneke · 118 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in…
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House of Pleasures
2011 · Directed by Bertrand Bonello · 126 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share…
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Crimes of Passion
1984 · Directed by Ken Russell · 107 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…