Movies Like Porn Star
If you liked Porn Star (2002), a movie directed by Brad Armstrong, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
★ 6.3/10An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
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Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Porno (2019)
★ 6/10When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
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Just Before I Go (2015)
★ 6.4/10Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he…
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Shades of Desire (2023)
★ 6.5/10After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
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King Cobra (2016)
★ 5.8/10It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay…
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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
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Death Wish II (1982)
★ 6.2/10Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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Pimp (2018)
★ 6.2/10An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
★ 6.5/10A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
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Below Her Mouth (2017)
★ 6.8/10An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
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Sebastian (2024)
★ 6.5/10Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym…
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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The Corrupted (2019)
★ 6.1/10Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who…