20 movies like Nelly, ordered by similarity : Adaptation(2002), Leaving Las Vegas(1995), Working Girls(1986), Eastern Promises(2007), Before I Forget(2007), The Eclipse(2009), The Red Lily(1924), A Tale of Love and Darkness(2015), Nathalie...(2003), Chameli(2004), Kamataki(2005), Irina Palm(2007) ...
5.7/10
Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Mylène MacKay Marie-Claude Guérin Emmanuel Schwartz
prostitute writer somber striking canada prostitution memoir depression metamorphosis transformation 2000s
Inspired by the life and works of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker turned international literary star, lost between irreconcilable identities, whose life ended tragically.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
7.5/10
Drama
France|UK|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue Julian Sands Richard Lewis Valeria Golino Graham Beckel R. Lee Ermey Laurie Metcalf David Brisbin Xander Berkeley Lou Rawls
alcoholic screenwriter prostitute pimp bleak emotional las vegas motel apartment alcoholism self-destruction prostitution writers romance love wretched excess fall love 1990s
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Louise Smith Amanda Goodwin Ellen McElduff
prostitute college graduate madam escort client coworker cool striking new york city apartment hotel prostitution work ambition rivalry sex lesbianism transformation quest 1980s
A day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2007
100 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Naomi Watts Vincent Cassel Armin Mueller-Stahl Sinead Cusack Donald Sumpter Jerzy Skolimowski Josef Altin Raza Jaffrey Mike Sarne Tereza Srbova
midwife prostitute slave mobster assassin uncle suspenseful gritty london restaurant hospital apartment mafia prostitution organized crime murder death deception discovery rise
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
6.0/10
Drama
France
2007
104 Minutes
Jacques Nolot Jean-Pol Dubois Marc Rioufol Bastien D'Asnières Jean Pommier
gay man hustler lawyer therapist friend escort somber emotional paris law office cemetery apartment hiv guilt homosexuality aging inheritance depression fall wretched excess
A portrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland
2009
88 Minutes
Ciarán Hinds Aidan Quinn Iben Hjejle Jim Norton Eanna Hardwicke Hannah Lynch
widower writer brooding chilling frightening gripping seaside ireland town supernatural death love triangle writers grief love forbidden love transformation mystery 2000s
In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1924
65 Minutes
Enid Bennett Ramon Novarro Wallace Beery Frank Currier Rosemary Theby Mitchell Lewis Emily Fitzroy George Periolat Dick Sutherland George Nichols
frenchwoman mayor thief gangster son prostitute melodramatic powerful striking paris family home restaurant train city brittany, france poverty crime false accusations prejudice prostitution
Two young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.
6.0/10
Biography, Drama, History
Israel|USA
2015
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Gilad Kahana Amir Tessler Ohad Knoller Makram J. Khoury Neta Riskin Alexander Peleg Rotem Keinan Tomer Kapon Vladimir Friedman Henry David
child mother father writer son friend tender sultry striking somber moving brooding jerusalem israel palestine family home city community depression childhood
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
Drama
2003
105 Minutes
Fanny Ardant Emmanuelle Béart Gérard Depardieu Judith Magre Wladimir Yordanoff Rodolphe Pauly Idit Cebula Evelyne Dandry Christian Aaron Boulogne Aurore Auteuil Sasha Rucavina
doctor businessman prostitute stripper husband wife hedonistic sultry paris strip club hotel restaurant adultery marriage prostitution husband/wife relationship betrayal sex forbidden love transformation
An obstetrician (Fanny Ardant) hires an upscale prostitute (Emmanuelle Béart) to help her take revenge on her philandering husband (Gérard Depardieu).
7.0/10
Drama
India
2004
108 Minutes
Kareena Kapoor Rahul Bose Rinke Khanna Kabir Sadanand Yashpal Sharma Satyajit Sharma
young man young woman wealthy man prostitute gripping intense endearing india city mumbai brothel red-light district street breakdown chance meeting conversation change of heart unlikely friendship adventure quest
On a rainy night, when an investment banker's car breaks down in the red light district, he takes shelter where he meets and later befriends a prostitute.
7.0/10
Drama
Canada|Japan
2005
110 Minutes
Matthew Smiley Tatsuya Fuji Kazuko Yoshiyuki Lisle Wilkerson Naho Watanabe Chris Heyerdahl
uncle mother suicidal person young woman love interest student engaging touching melodramatic japan house canada countryside suicide attempt depression unusual friendship bereavement family relationships discovery
Ken, a 23-year-old, is devastated at the death of his father. He decides to commit suicide by jumping into the near-freezing river, but somehow miraculously survived. His mother thinks that... See full summary »
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
Belgium|Germany|Luxembourg|UK|France
2007
103 Minutes
Marianne Faithfull Miki Manojlovic Kevin Bishop Siobhan Hewlett Dorka Gryllus Jenny Agutter Corey Burke Meg Wynn Owen Susan Hitch Flip Webster
prostitute grandmother sick person son owner grandson somber amusing endearing london sex shop hospital prostitution illness money mother/son relationship surgery desperation sacrifice love
Maggie, a 60-year-old widow, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson, Olly. After one attempt at trying to find a job, she finds herself roaming the... See full summary »
5.6/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada|USA
2000
95 Minutes
Cybill Shepherd Peter Outerbridge Alexandra Purvis Gabrielle Miller Michael Hogan
lounge singer mother boyfriend daughter young woman teen girl somber disheartening emotional canada nightclub household midlife crisis family dysfunction divorce alcoholism career aging fall transformation
Marine Life revolves around the choatic family life of June, a middle-aged lounge singer and mother. June is trying to hold on to her career, her beauty, her children and her most recent ... See full summary »
Drama, War
2014
108 Minutes
Mark Stanley David Elliot Scott Kyle Benjamin O'Mahony Bryan Parry Liam Ainsworth Andy Gibbins John Doughty Paul Luebke Thomas Davison Grant Kilburn
soldier tense striking sultry somber raw gripping afghanistan river minefield war mission dangerous assignment overcoming the odds quest pursuit 2000s
During the war in Afghanistan, British soldiers embark on a mission to save their trapped comrades after one (Benjamin O'Mahony) loses a leg to a land mine.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
1952
143 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Miki Odagiri Kyôko Seki
bureaucrat co-worker writer mayor prostitute sad emotional dark office japan illness politics death alcoholism loneliness meaning of life transformation fall 1950s
A rigid clerk (Takashi Shimura) resolves to do something of lasting importance after learning that he is dying of cancer.
6.0/10
Romance, Drama
USA|Italy|Hong Kong|France|Luxembourg|UK
2004
109 Minutes
Gong Li Michelangelo Antonioni Chang Chen Feng Tien Robert Downey Jr. Alan Arkin Ele Keats Christopher Buchholz Regina Nemni Luisa Ranieri
tailor prostitute advertising executive therapist boyfriend girlfriend sultry melodramatic hong kong new york city tuscany, italy beach house restaurant sex dreams obsession marital problems prostitution therapy
Three short films, one each from Directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Wong Kar Wai, address the themes of love and sex.
7.3/10
Drama
UK
1993
130 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Debra Winger Edward Hardwicke Michael Denison Joseph Mazzello John Wood Robert Flemyng Peter Howell Peter Firth
writer poet son professor wife tender endearing sad oxford university pub england tragic death illness writers marriage may-december romance c.s. lewis discovery love transformation
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
2007
90 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Katherine Waterston Cynthia Nixon Spencer Treat Clark Andy Comeau Lauren Birkell Ann Dowd Jason Dubin Alexie Gilmore Halley Wegryn Gross Louisa Krause
teen girl father madam prostitute babysitter teacher crafty quirky house car cabin affair prostitution sex marriage baby-sitting business scheme forbidden love transformation 2000s
Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.
6.3/10
Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK
2017
115 Minutes
Rea Lest Jörgen Liik Arvo Kukumägi Katariina Unt Taavi Eelmaa Heino Kalm Meelis Rämmeld Dieter Laser Jette Loona Hermanis Jaan Tooming Klara Eighorn
baron daughter young woman young man villager somber intense brooding suspenseful disturbing village castle cabin dark arts desperation poverty epidemic survival winter mystery
An ex-C.I.A. operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level C.I.A. officials and the Russian President-elect.
7.6/10
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Canada
2007
80 Minutes
filmmaker fan mother winsome offbeat canada small town family home winnipeg, canada film historical events nostalgia loyalty discovery love growing up 2000s
Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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