Films That Feature Strippers: The Definitive List
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1. Stripped to Kill (1987)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. But the only way Cody can get the assignment is to go undercover - uncovered - at the club.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Kay Lenz, Greg Evigan, Norman Fell, Pia Kamakahi
Votes: 1,699
2. Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls (1989)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
When a sadistic slasher begins his reign of terror in the alleys behind Los Angeles' strip clubs, the hottest stripper in town must walk a tightrope between her own fragile sanity and the murderer's blade.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Maria Ford, Eb Lottimer, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Marjean Holden
Votes: 370
3. Striptease (1996)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames
Votes: 48,021 | Gross: $33.11M
4. Stripteaser (1995)
R | 74 min | Comedy, Thriller
When a blind vagrant enters nightclub Zipper's Clown Palace for a last call drink, pleasure turns to panic as he pulls a gun and holds exotic dancer Christina hostage. What follows is a deadly confrontation between madness and sanity.
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: Maria Ford, Rick Dean, Lance August, Nikki Fritz
Votes: 308
5. Hot Ticket (1995)
R | 81 min | Action
Two kidnapped strippers must perform erotic routines for their captors after their plane crashes near a mountain hideaway.
Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Maria Ford, Emile B. Levisetti, Kevin Contreras, Kevin Walker
Votes: 194
6. Naked Obsession (1990)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A city councilman explores the seedy side of town to help him decide how to approach an urban renewal project. Being obviously not from there, he is beaten in the street and his wallet ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: William Katt, Rick Dean, Maria Ford, Wendy MacDonald
Votes: 317
7. Naked Fear (1999)
Unrated | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Camden, who suffers from agoraphobia takes in Randy, who suffers from claustrophobia, as a roommate. Unfortunately, Randy turns out to be a serial killer, and Camden becomes a prisoner inb his own apartment.
Director: Gregory Lamberson | Stars: Craig Sabin, Tommy Sweeney, Peggy Crown, Terry Spivey
Votes: 125
8. American Nightmare (1983)
R | 88 min | Horror, Crime, Thriller
A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Lawrence Day, Lora Staley, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann
Votes: 569
9. Exotica (1994)
R | 103 min | Drama
A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Don McKellar, David Hemblen
Votes: 21,075 | Gross: $4.18M
10. Showgirls (1995)
NC-17 | 128 min | Drama
A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, Nevada, and begins working as a strip club dancer, and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer
Votes: 74,546 | Gross: $20.30M
11. Liquid Dreams (1991)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Eve Black finds a job as a dancer in a shady night club to find out more about the mysterious death of her sister, who danced there before she died. The club is using girls for a strange drug experiment, so she asks a cop for help.
Director: Mark Manos | Stars: Candice Daly, John Doe, Mark Manos, Karen Dahl
Votes: 250
12. Dance of the Damned (1989)
R | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A vampire follows his instincts to a strip joint where he focuses in on one of the performers. He picks her for his meal because she is contemplating suicide, but he wants to share her life... See full summary »
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Starr Andreeff, Cyril O'Reilly, Debbie Nassar, Maria Ford
Votes: 558
13. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,247 | Gross: $25.75M
14. Dance with Death (1992)
R | 90 min | Thriller
A beautiful society reporter goes undercover as a stripper to investigate a murderer stalking the girls at the strip club.
Director: Charles Philip Moore | Stars: Maxwell Caulfield, Barbara Alyn Woods, Martin Mull, Catya Sassoon
Votes: 415
15. Future Kick (1991)
R | 80 min | Action, Sci-Fi
On Earth in the future, Don "The Dragon" Wilson takes on a sinister corporation that trades in black market human body parts. He single handedly manages to restore law and order in a motion... See full summary »
Director: Damian Klaus | Stars: Don Wilson, Meg Foster, Chris Penn, Eb Lottimer
Votes: 604
16. Final Judgement (1992 Video)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hoping to catch the killer. The priest is ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Brad Dourif, David Ledingham, Maria Ford, Simone Allen
Votes: 252
17. Mind Twister (1993)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two former exotic dancers devise a plot to expose a physciatrist as the murderer of their friend.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Telly Savalas, Erika Nann, Gary Hudson, Suzee Slater
Votes: 255
18. Showgirl Murders (1999)
R | 82 min | Action, Thriller
Mitch and Carolyn run a bar that is not very financially stable. One day Jessica, a girl with a mysterious past, walks in and help turn the tables so to speak by dancing on them and taking ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Maria Ford, Jeffrey Douglas, Matt Preston, D.S. Case
Votes: 153
19. Vamp (1986)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two fraternity pledges travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
Director: Richard Wenk | Stars: Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer
Votes: 7,016 | Gross: $4.94M
20. La cage de verre (1965)
85 min | Drama
A study of conscience set against the trial of Eichmann in Israel.
Directors: Philippe Arthuys, Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès | Stars: Georges Rivière, Jean Négroni, Françoise Prévost, Maurice Poli
21. I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman who was missing reappears, but she claims to be someone else entirely.
Director: Chris Sivertson | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Bonnie Aarons
Votes: 30,879 | Gross: $7.50M
22. Planet Terror (2007)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rose McGowan, Freddy RodrÃguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton
Votes: 223,081
23. Powder Blue (2009)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four Los Angelenos, a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper, are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.
Director: Timothy Linh Bui | Stars: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta
Votes: 15,314
24. Sin City (2005)
R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller
An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.
Directors: Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
Votes: 793,438 | Gross: $74.10M
25. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 170,359 | Gross: $13.76M
26. Enter the Void (2009)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Fantasy
An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander
Votes: 87,965 | Gross: $0.34M
27. Fear City (1984)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 4,313
28. The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
X | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A young reporter enlists the help of a top notch private eye to solve the murder of a female stripper at a Chicago nightclub.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin, Henny Youngman
Votes: 2,800
29. Night and Day (1946)
Approved | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms
Votes: 3,203
30. Darling Lili (1970)
G | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Set during World War I, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival
Votes: 2,376 | Gross: $2.59M
31. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian
Votes: 2,776
32. The Stripper (1963)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley
Votes: 452
33. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,990 | Gross: $13.01M
34. Gypsy (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 153 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Edward Asner
Votes: 2,150
35. Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006 Video)
Unrated | 71 min | Horror
The gruesome tapestry of psychological manifestations of a nineteen year old bulimic runaway stripper-turned prostitute as she descends into a hellish pit of satanic nightmares and hallucinations.
Director: Lucifer Valentine | Stars: Ameara Lavey, Pig Lizzy, Maja Lee, Pam McCartney
Votes: 2,968
36. Succubus (1968)
X | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A performer at an S&M nightclub begins to lose her grip on reality, and is plunged into a nightmarish mental landscape.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Janine Reynaud, Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven, Howard Vernon
Votes: 1,239
37. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Comedy
Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow
Votes: 16,115
38. Naked Fear (2007)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
Diana arrives in a town to start a new job. She's threatened into working as an exotic dancer. She's later kidnapped and let loose naked in the wilderness as prey for the psycho hunter, like many women before her. Will she survive?
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Sonja Runar, Ronald Dunas, Arron Shiver, J.D. Garfield
Votes: 2,894
39. Father's Day (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A murderer, a priest, and a delinquent try to bring down a father-killing madman.
Directors: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, Conor Sweeney | Stars: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening
Votes: 3,357
40. Frankie & Alice (2010)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama
A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad, Chandra Wilson
Votes: 5,839 | Gross: $0.69M
41. Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery
A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Charlotte Ayanna, Daryl Hannah, Kristin Bauer, W. Earl Brown
Votes: 4,138 | Gross: $0.03M
42. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 822,298 | Gross: $32.87M
43. Midnight Tease (1994)
83 min | Mystery, Thriller
Between the realms of fantasy and reality lies Club Fugazi, a strip bar where the girls are being brutally murdered. The lead dancer dreams about killing the strippers each night before the... See full summary »
Director: Scott P. Levy | Stars: Lisa Boyle, Justin Carroll, Rachel Reed, Bob McFarland
Votes: 317
44. Midnight Tease II (1995)
R | 91 min | Thriller, Drama