Movies like Stateless Things
If Stateless Things's mix of prostitute, sexual harassment and poverty stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Stateless Things's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Net
2016 · Directed by Kim Ki-duk · 114 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: north korean defector · Also a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
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Moonlight
2016 · Directed by Barry Jenkins · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme, boys' love (bl) · From the same decade (2010s)
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his…
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Samaritan Girl
2004 · Directed by Kim Ki-duk · 96 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute · Also a Korean drama
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, and making sure the coast is clear.
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Hope
2013 · Directed by Lee Joon-ik · 122 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
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Silenced
2011 · Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk · 125 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the…
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Memories of Murder
2003 · Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 131 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Korean drama
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to…
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Mysterious Skin
2005 · Directed by Gregg Araki · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
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Burning
2018 · Directed by Lee Chang-dong · 148 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa.
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The Battleship Island
2017 · Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan · 132 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
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Querelle
1982 · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane.
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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…