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Movies: Best "exploitation" Movies

An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become historically important, and even gain a cult following. ()

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The Help(2011)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 26min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 3,547 votes)

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

Mad Max(1979)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.3/5 (with 1,909 votes)

In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!

Mad Max 2(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 1,567 votes)

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Women's Prison Massacre(1983)

1h 29min | Action, Crime
2.2/5 (with 22 votes)

Emanuelle, a reporter, comes just a little too close to exposing a corrupt official, and is sent to prison on trumped-up charges. In the prison, the inmates are constantly humiliated and tortured by the prison staff. Overly affectionate prisoners are forced underwater, while others are obliged to look on. Emanuelle finds an enemy in the deranged Albina, who "runs the prison." For the pleasure of the warden, Emanuelle and Albina are forced to fight each other with knives. Bad becomes worse when four men awaiting execution escape and take over the prison. Gore flows like water.

The Elephant Man(1980)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 4min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 1,490 votes)

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

I Spit on Your Grave 2(2013)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 46min | Thriller, Horror, Crime
3.2/5 (with 552 votes)

Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge….

Directed by Steven R. Monroe - With Aleksandar Aleksiev, Valentine Pelka, Mike Dixon, Kacey Barnfield, Terra Vnesa

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)(2015)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 43min | Horror
1.9/5 (with 328 votes)

Taking inspiration from The Human Centipede films, the warden of a notorious and troubled prison looks to create a 500-person human centipede as a solution to his problems.

To Be Twenty(1978)

1h 34min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 29 votes)

Lia and Tina are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find Nazariota's commune, a place to stay for free and have all the sex they want... or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become involved in prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang.

Death Proof(2007)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 53min | Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 2,223 votes)

Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

Upside Down(2012)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 44min | Romance / Love, Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 1,141 votes)

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

Hannie Caulder(1971)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 25min | Drama, Western, Crime
3.1/5 (with 49 votes)

Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.

The Devil's Rejects(2005)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Horror, Crime
3.4/5 (with 597 votes)

The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding out in a backwater motel, the wanted siblings wait to rendezvous with their errant father, Captain Spaulding, killing whoever happens to stand in their way.

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Emanuelle and the Erotic Nights(1978)

1h 23min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

Emanuelle hosts this peculiar sexploitation Mondo film that looks at several examples of bizarre sexual behavior.

Grindhouse(2007)

FSK: 18+ years
| 3h 11min | Thriller, Action, Horror
3.5/5 (with 738 votes)

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Dogville(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 58min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 1,034 votes)

A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals(1977)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 25min | Adventure, Horror
2.5/5 (with 41 votes)

While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly extinct tribe of cannibals is still very much alive.

High Art(1998)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.

The Vampire Lovers(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 84 votes)

In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.

Ebola Syndrome(1996)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 38min | Horror, Crime
3.2/5 (with 48 votes)

A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.

Directed by Herman Yau - With Anthony Wong

The Big Doll House(1971)

1h 35min | Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 28 votes)

Female prisoners in a Phillippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women--along with the help of two men--plot an escape.

Directed by Jack Hill - With Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Christiane Schmidtmer, Jack Davis, Pat Woodell, ...

The Mighty Peking Man(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
2.7/5 (with 25 votes)

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.

Directed by Ho Meng Hua - With Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, Ku Feng

EO(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 26min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 92 votes)

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

Nude Nuns with Big Guns(2010)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 30min | Thriller, Action, Comedy
2.3/5 (with 57 votes)

Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and also drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of her own death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on all those who did wrong to her. Armed with God's will and an arsenal of big guns, she dispenses Judgment Day on her former tormentors. When the church hires the merciless motorcycle gang "Los Muertos" to track down and to kill her they soon realize that this sister is one bad mother.

Directed by Joseph Guzman - With Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco

Escape from Hell(1980)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 33min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is dealt with swiftly and savagely. The camp doctor is horrified at what he sees happening, and drinks heavily to push the horror away. Finally the inmates have had had enough, and they enlist the help of the doctor to try and escape.

The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime(2014)

1h 38min | Drama, Crime
3.9/5 (with 42 votes)

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.

It's a Free World...(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 42 votes)

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.

Mad Heidi(2022)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 32min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
3.0/5 (with 44 votes)

In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of an evil cheese tyrant, Heidi lives the pure and simple life in the Swiss Alps. Grandfather Alpöhi does his best to protect Heidi, but her yearning for freedom soon gets her into trouble with the dictator’s henchmen. The innocent girl transforms herself into a kick-ass female fighting force who sets out to liberate the country from the insane cheese fascists.

Directed by Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein - With Alice Lucy, David Schofield, Casper Van Dien, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Katja Kolm, Max Rüdlinger, ...

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park(1984)

1h 23min | Drama
1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Hanna is a girl completely abandoned to herself, is not at all inhibited sexually, and is attracted to the attention of unscrupulous people like Miguel, who takes advantage of Hanna, turning her to prostitution to obtain her drug fix. Until she meets Alex, a young man with a sincere affection for Hanna.

The Big Bird Cage(1972)

1h 36min | Action, Crime, Drama
2.9/5 (with 29 votes)

Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.

The Devils(1971)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 143 votes)

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.

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