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Criterion Channel
90
8.3
/19544/
79
/387/
81
/408/
4.4
/34418/
100
/20/
95
/266/
96
/17/

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.3
/22228/
79
/341/
81
/438/
4.3
/23283/
98
/42/
95
/480/
96
/20/

Children of Paradise (1945)
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36183/
82
/752/
79
/641/
4.4
/56021/
90
/52/
93
/724/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.1
/8230/
76
/133/
77
/186/
4.2
/11874/
100
/14/
89
/66/

The Life of Oharu (1952)
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
7.5
/118988/
75
/2629/
73
/1731/
3.8
/53821/
87
/171/
82
/8307/
89
/37/
cc age 14+

House of Flying Daggers (2004)
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
poster
78
7.6
/51309/
73
/558/
74
/363/
3.8
/25561/
86
/21/
88
/1002/

Devdas (2002)
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
poster
77
6.9
/6359/
68
/75/
69
/96/
3.8
/7861/
86
/51/
71
/237/
82
/22/

Three Times (2005)
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.5
/78946/
74
/1503/
71
/1232/
3.8
/57203/
94
/34/
83
/1783/
74
/17/

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
poster
Netflix
77
7.6
/311023/
76
/8008/
75
/4719/
3.8
/458857/
75
/260/
89
/35582/
66
/35/
cc age 14+

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.2
/6511/
68
/106/
68
/138/
3.9
/10731/
82
/34/
77
/105/

Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
6.8
/67662/
69
/1496/
70
/1202/
3.9
/157528/
72
/117/
75
/4266/
73
/25/
cc age 17+

Inland Empire (2006)
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
poster
78
75
7.3
/11536/
72
/272/
69
/219/
3.7
/23987/
96
/68/
79
/110/
83
/15/

Shanghai Express (1932)
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
poster
80
71
8.1
/9436/
71
/74/
69
/52/
4.0
/3371/
93
/14/
90
/100/

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.6
/25807/
68
/476/
62
/332/
3.0
/20430/
90
/77/
74
/880/
82
/13/
cc age 12+

Gigi (1958)
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
poster
71
7.1
/20494/
72
/405/
70
/287/
3.4
/6871/
69
/29/
85
/619/
51
/22/

Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
poster
Kanopy
76
69
7.3
/5733/
70
/104/
72
/96/
3.7
/5436/
81
/21/
79
/113/
88
/11/
cc age 10+

Richard III (1955)
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
poster
75
69
7.3
/9364/
69
/154/
69
/142/
3.6
/7024/
89
/18/
83
/219/

Camille (1936)
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
69
7.3
/4502/
71
/117/
68
/105/
3.9
/13886/
93
/14/
78
/51/
73
/11/

Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.
poster
69
6.7
/3699/
67
/269/
67
/152/
3.5
/7390/
93
/59/
70
/26/
74
/16/
7.1
/15349/
cc age 13+

Miss Hokusai (2015)
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
6.6
/38254/
67
/1377/
66
/937/
3.6
/37494/
78
/139/
59
/656/
73
/37/
cc age 14+

The Grandmaster (2013)
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
68
7.3
/3958/
72
/90/
73
/77/
3.9
/12139/
83
/6/
86
/61/

Rouge (1987)
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
poster
AMC+
68
6.2
/3970/
63
/69/
57
/67/
3.4
/2576/
77
/97/
59
/313/
78
/25/
cc age 18+

The Last Mistress (2007)
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.5
/14261/
63
/463/
66
/410/
3.4
/35153/
86
/14/
62
/234/

A Bay of Blood (1971)
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
67
7.6
/2802/
66
/46/
69
/56/
4.0
/4957/
100
/7/
86
/54/

Double Suicide (1969)
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
67
7.3
/7409/
73
/178/
72
/133/
3.7
/9784/
85
/3486/

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
poster
Netflix
66
7.3
/170228/
75
/4596/
76
/3270/
3.5
/156708/
35
/165/
83
/20576/
54
/38/
cc age 13+

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
poster
74
66
7.1
/4443/
71
/97/
71
/85/
3.8
/8791/
85
/34/
70
/51/
76
/18/

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
poster
Kanopy
63
7.5
/57854/
74
/1172/
74
/859/
3.7
/17885/
41
/58/
74
/610/
46
/22/
cc age 18+

The Flowers of War (2011)
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
poster
63
6.6
/1351/
54
/17/
60
/22/
3.2
/376/
60
/20/
58
/39/
80
/7/

Siddhartha (1972)
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he had been seeking. The story is based on the best-selling novel by German Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.7
/15839/
66
/645/
69
/643/
3.0
/39665/
48
/84/
95
/45/
48
/23/
cc age 15+

Jeanne du Barry (2023)
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
poster
61
6.6
/2367/
63
/20/
60
/33/
3.3
/974/
54
/26/
72
/25/
61
/24/

Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life.
poster
Criterion Channel
61
6.5
/2407/
56
/33/
55
/41/
3.2
/1595/
56
/9/
53
/18/

Swann in Love (1984)
In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th-century Parisian aristocrat falls in love with a lower-class prostitute who seduces him but never loves him.
poster
Kanopy
68
61
6.5
/10975/
62
/118/
60
/65/
3.2
/2387/
85
/13/
73
/106/

Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005)
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
61
6.4
/5427/
65
/407/
62
/286/
3.3
/3341/
53
/55/

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night and makes it unsafe.
poster
Hoopla
60
6.1
/12053/
59
/198/
60
/219/
3.0
/3451/
52
/137/
40
/567/
63
/27/

Chéri (2009)
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
59
6.8
/4073/
69
/202/
66
/127/
3.3
/2832/
80
/10/
68
/22/
56
/7/

Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)
In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
poster
58
6.0
/11884/
62
/298/
57
/180/
3.3
/6084/
41
/17/
71
/369/

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997)
Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.
poster
70
57
6.7
/2265/
71
/79/
64
/66/
3.6
/3438/
73
/11/
75
/249/

Sakuran (2006)
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
poster
Hoopla
56
6.2
/2975/
59
/48/
55
/46/
3.1
/671/
41
/22/
45
/37/

Cousin Bette (1998)
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.
poster
Hoopla
50
5.4
/1496/
61
/143/
62
/78/
2.8
/624/
33
/9/
50
/7/
40
/6/

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
The world is on the brink of catastrophe in a chaotic age where evil demons roam. In order to keep evil at bay, a mysterious organisation from the pugilist world emerges. A new constable and a young girl with a mysterious past are also drawn into this group, and the group embarks on an incredible adventure.
poster
56
50
6.6
/8513/
68
/142/
61
/175/
3.1
/2695/
31
/32/
61
/133/
44
/13/

Vatel (2000)
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?
poster
49
6.4
/826/
54
/23/
46
/23/
31
/13/
57
/3/
44
/8/

The Girl and Death (2012)
A chance meeting between Nicolai and Nina, a friend from the past, makes Nicolai return to an abandoned hotel in which, many years ago, he experienced his only love, full of tragedy and an overwhelming feeling.
poster
71
49
7.1
/2985/
64
/82/
69
/29/
3.3
/778/
89

Demimonde (2015)
The story of three women - a famous prostitute, her housekeeper and their new maid - living in Budapest of 1910s, whose passionate, bizarre and complex relationship can only lead to one thing: murder.
poster
Hoopla
70
47
7.2
/1962/
55
/18/
63
/27/
3.8
/1634/
84
/616/

Pakeezah (1972)
A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.
poster
47
5.3
/41039/
58
/1512/
59
/930/
2.8
/27433/
18
/33/
38
/1103/

Caligula (1979)
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
poster
Kanopy
45
6.0
/5761/
58
/106/
55
/89/
2.9
/1102/
15
/62/
42
/136/
42
/22/
cc age 16+

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
48
44
3.8
/21733/
56
/188/
57
/57/
2.9
/10572/
37
/19/
43
/61/
cc age 14+

Kalank (2019)
Set in 1945, in Pre-Independent India, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
poster
78
41
8.1
/1985/
76
/12/
65
/11/
3.7
/1018/
92
/160/

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, fascinated by the lonely lady of the house.


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