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Movies Like Bordello: House of the Rising Sun

If you liked Bordello: House of the Rising Sun (1985), a movie directed by Chuck Vincent, 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.

  1. 1The Cheyenne Social Club

    The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Cowboy John O'Hanlan is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sets out to claim it, only to discover it's a brothel.

  2. 2Walk on the Wild Side

    Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

    ★ 6.6/10

    At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain…

  3. 3Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby (1978)

    ★ 7/10

    In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.

  4. 4Prizzi's Honor

    Prizzi's Honor (1985)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley…

  5. 5Night Shift

    Night Shift (1982)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a…

  6. 6Monster

    Monster (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a…

  7. 7Written on the Wind

    Written on the Wind (1956)

    ★ 7/10

    Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his…

  8. 8Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10

    After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…

  9. 9Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman (1990)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges…

  10. 10Nine to Five

    Nine to Five (1980)

    ★ 7/10

    Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

  11. 11Leaving Las Vegas

    Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact…

  12. 12Horrible Bosses

    Horrible Bosses (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10

    For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and…

  13. 13Hustlers

    Hustlers (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

  14. 14Pimp

    Pimp (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10

    An 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…

  15. 15Beauty Shop

    Beauty Shop (2005)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady…

  16. 16King Cobra

    King Cobra (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10

    It’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…

  17. 17Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

  18. 18Milk Money

    Milk Money (1994)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster…

  19. 19Working Girls

    Working Girls (1987)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

  20. 20Hoodlum

    Hoodlum (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…

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