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"Realistic" sex workers in film

Movies involving sex workers that are portrayed realistically and/or positively.
Check description of each film for more details, but be aware of vague spoilers.

TV shows:
Satisfaction (2007): Aussie soap set in a brothel. It is SO relatable as an Aussie broth worker.
Slutever (2018): Doco series about sex by SW icon Karley Sciortino.
The Girlfriend Experience (2016): TV version of the movie, encapsulates how boring this job can be.
Community (2009) - s1e11: Pierce dates a FSSW
Hacks - s5 e3: No New Tricks

The list is put together by a worker herself 💃
Featured in Showing the business: How Hollywood Sees Porn


Read notes
  • Cam
  • Jezebel
  • Deadpool
  • Planet Terror
  • The Girlfriend Experience
  • The Florida Project
  • Tangerine
  • Modern Whore
  • Nathan for You: Finding Frances
  • Antiporno
  • Working Girls
  • Starlet
  • Holy Trinity
  • Demolition Girl
  • Tokyo Decadence
  • Love & Pop
  • Adult Material
  • Magic Mike
  • Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
  • X
  • Pleasure
  • The Menu
  • Alanis
  • House of Whoreship
  • The Naked Bunyip
  • True Romance
  • Kokomo City
  • Poor Things
  • Zola
  • Anora
  • For a Good Time, Call...
  • Paris Is Burning
  • Shakedown
  • Sex Work: It's Just a Job
  • Remote Sex Work
  • I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
  • Mamu (and a Mother Too)
  • Bliss
  • A Very British Brothel
  • Call Me Chihiro