hustling
9 movies and shows
Light
Fri, 13 Aug 2021
Haunted by trauma and trapped in sex work, Light meets Shuo, an undercover cop who offers him shelter. But healing isn’t easy—can Light choose a new path?
White Men Can't Jump
Thu, 11 May 2023
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.
White Men Can't Jump
Fri, 27 Mar 1992
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
Closing Dynasty
Wed, 08 Jun 2022
On a school day, a seven year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes ways to make money on the streets of New York City.
Ioana
Fri, 08 May 2015
Young Romanian Adrian works as a hustler in Zurich's underground in order to get his sister Ioana out of Romania and to Zurich, where they can both have a better future.
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Mon, 16 May 1977
In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away from home for being too sensitive and not helping enough on their farm. He goes to Los Angeles in hopes of going to art school, but when he can't find a job as a minor, he turns to prostitution. After being arrested, he wants to head to Arizona to marry Dawn, but he falls into a lucrative job/relationship with a gay football star.
Night Hustler
Fri, 08 Nov 1996
A young man prostitutes himself near the Bois de Boulogne (16th). A motorist stops; the young man rides and protects his client. Produced by Lesbian and Gay Pride Films, this film is part of a program of ten short films from a screenwriting competition launched in October 1995 on the theme of homosexuality in the time of AIDS.
Fish, Prawn, Crab
Thu, 26 Jun 2025
A gritty crime drama set in Oakland about a Vietnamese brother trying to throw a Tết (Lunar New Year) celebration for his little sister. But when life gets in the way, he turns a traditional dice game, Bầu Cua, into a street hustle and builds an underground gambling empire.
Been So Good
Wed, 02 Nov 2022
When Jay runs into her Broadway-star-ex on the subway home after a catering gig, she's thrust into a knot of heartache, envy, and the challenge of feeling like an artist when it's not being rewarded by capitalism.