Here we've displayed a list of the best Courtesan films : Moulin Rouge(2001), Pakeezah(1971), Camille(1936), The Tales of Hoffmann(1951), Dangerous Beauty(1998), Dedh Ishqiya(2014), La Traviata(1982), Moulin Rouge(1952), Young Bess(1953), Forever Amber(1947), Vatel(2000), Royal Flash(1975) ... ...
Musical, Drama
Australia|USA
2001
126 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Ewan McGregor John Alberto Leguizamo Jim Broadbent Richard Roxburgh Garry McDonald Jacek Koman Matthew Whittet Kerry Walker Caroline O'Connor David Wenham
poet duke courtesan singer dancer creative quirky frenetic hedonistic nightclub theater paris love triangle romance song and dance poetry illness deception forbidden love rivalry
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.
Drama
India
1971
125 Minutes
Meena Kumari Raaj Kumar Ashok Kumar Veena Kashif Rasheed Siddiqui Altaf Chandabai Pratima Devi Lotan Nadira Praveen Paul
courtesan prince husband ranger mother madam melodramatic powerful dark passionate india brothel palace secret past family troubled childhood romantic dilemma prostitution song and dance underdog
The story of a prostitute, with a pure heart (PAKEEZAH), and grand dreams...
Romance
USA
1936
108 Minutes
Greta Garbo Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Elizabeth Allan Jessie Ralph Henry Daniell
courtesan young man love interest father baron maid melodramatic emotional passionate paris chateau apartment opera house countryside forbidden love scandal love triangle wealth father/son relationship tuberculosis
A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.
Musical, Fantasy
UK
1951
138 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Robert Rounseville Robert Helpmann Ludmilla Tcherina Ann Ayars Pamela Brown Leonide Massine Frederick Ashton
poet doll friend singer courtesan enemy dreamy outlandish tavern fantasy world lost loves deception magic ballet performance love adventure unknown era
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.
Drama, History
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Catherine McCormack Rufus Sewell Jacqueline Bisset Oliver Platt Moira Kelly Fred Ward Naomi Watts Jeroen Krabbé Joanna Cassidy Daniel Lapaine Jake Weber
aristocrat courtesan mother lover wrongly accused zealot powerful fiery passionate sultry venice, italy old city palace beauty poverty love power play suspicion book transformation
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
India
2014
148 Minutes
Madhuri Dixit Arshad Warsi Naseeruddin Shah Huma Qureshi Vijay Raaz Manoj Pahwa Shraddha Kapoor Amrita Puri Ravi Gosain
uncle nephew con man poet courtesan amusing hilarious bleak gripping intense india village bungalow mansion criminals cheating robbery theft love interest love
Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
Musical
Netherlands|Italy
1982
105 Minutes
Teresa Stratas Placido Domingo Cornell MacNeil
gentleman courtesan maid father rival friend passionate powerful sad rousing paris salon country house bedroom doomed romance social customs reputation dueling misunderstanding love
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1952
123 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Colette Marchand Suzanne Flon Katherine Kath Claude Nollier Muriel Smith Georges Lannes Walter Crisham Mary Clare Harold Kasket
poet courtesan duke toulouse-lautrec emotional powerful uplifting paris illness forbidden love theater production death love discovery quest 1890s
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Drama
USA
1947
140 Minutes
courtesan soldier king charles ii earl highwayman privateer emotional passionate england farm prison london theater court social climbing nobility marriage rebellion survival loss
In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.
Drama, Romance, History
France|UK|Belgium
2000
117 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Uma Thurman Tim Roth Julian Glover Julian Sands Timothy Spall Arielle Dombasle Hywel Bennett Richard Griffiths Murry Lachlan Young Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
steward prince courtesan king louis xiv brother costume designer emotional sultry amusing spirited france countryside chateau dinner party royalty financial crisis political intrigue sexual advances class distinctions war
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
Comedy
UK
1975
98 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Alan Bates Florinda Bolkan Oliver Reed Britt Ekland Lionel Jeffries Tom Bell Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Christopher Cazenove
captain count courtesan duchess politician amusing unrestrained boys school london germany battlefield church military life war seduction mistaken identity ambition adventure wretched excess 1840s
Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.
Drama, History
USA
1934
79 Minutes
Dolores del Río Reginald Owen Victor Jory Osgood Perkins Verree Teasdale Henry O'Neill Anita Louise Ferdinand Gottschalk Maynard Holmes Dorothy Tree Joan Wheeler
louis xv courtesan king countess adviser marie antoinette cheeky incredible hedonistic emotional versailles, france palace paris abbey madame du barry french history royal life international conflict political intrigue mentorship
Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Italy
2007
104 Minutes
Asia Argento Fu'ad Ait Aatou Roxane Mesquida Yolande Moreau Michael Lonsdale Anne Parillaud Amira Casar Lio Caroline Ducey Isabelle Renauld Jean-Philippe Tesse
young man fiancée courtesan grandmother aristocrat mistress hedonistic shocking witty sad paris desert church spain bedroom commitment marriage love triangle obsession sex
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
Romance, Gay & Lesbian
USA|India|UK|Japan|Germany
1996
114 Minutes
Indira Varma Sarita Choudhury Ramon Tikaram Naveen Andrews Rekha Ranjit Chowdhry Pearl Padamsee
princess maid king brother sculptor courtesan sultry melodramatic tense india palace bedroom river sex marriage adultery jealousy palace intrigue royalty love
Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.
Crime, Drama, Romance
India
2010
112 Minutes
Himesh Reshammiya Amrita Singh Sara Loren Gulshan Grover Javed Sheikh
young man young woman singer courtesan prostitute friend passionate emotional endearing heartwarming moving jordan town city house brothel club love interest prostitution true love
A popular singer with two identities falls in love with a prostitute.
Romance
1990
97 Minutes
Sarah Miles Lysette Anthony Oliver Reed Christopher Plummer Samantha Eggar Fiona Fullerton
courtesan niece countess suspenseful tense rousing incredible paris monte carlo, monaco fresh start new identity revenge underdog 19th century
A woman manipulates her niece in a deadly game of revenge aimed at the aristocrats she blames for her sister's death.
Romance
1988
98 Minutes
courtesan heir newspaper reporter lover outlandish moving melodramatic eerie hong kong brothel newsroom opera house love afterlife ghosts fantasy suicide class conflict forbidden love sacrifice
A ghost (Anita Mui) returns to Hong Kong in 1900 to search for her lover (Leslie Cheung) from years ago.