A woman prepares instruments of her own death as her lover's 30th birthday arrives and a younger woman arrives to replace her.
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A transgender teen girl, relocated after her mother's death, is isolated and sexually controlled by her authoritarian stepfather who treats her as his personal servant.
A 16-year-old girl trapped in a group home is coerced by her caretaker into ongoing sexual abuse in exchange for shelter and food.
A 16-year-old girl in a run-down residence is coerced by the predatory manager into paying for her keep with sex.
A young woman in Buffalo, New York struggles with poverty and addiction while turning to street prostitution to survive harsh winter nights.
A young woman trapped in prostitution and addiction on the cold streets of Buffalo, New York, struggles to survive each day.
A female police lieutenant trapped on a rooftop in a storm-ravaged New York encounters an ominous approaching threat.
In an anarchist post-collapse America, a 33-year-old ex-soldier rescues a young teen and they form a romantic bond while navigating a dangerous warlord-ruled wasteland.
In a dystopian future, a brilliant student is condemned to the Human Cow program and forced into lactation servitude as her family's financial lifeline.
A trafficked call girl under her pimp's control struggles with isolation and resignation as she contemplates whether escape is even possible.
A WWII-era priest navigates occupied Paris and Berlin, confronting monsters—human and otherwise—while a family's dark legacy unfolds around him.
A shy, bullied high school nerd struggles with social anxiety and isolation until he connects with a similarly outcast girl named Barb.
A wounded young woman hides her worsening infection as her makeshift family treks through post-apocalyptic Oregon, searching for medicine that no longer exists.
A ragtag group of survivors evades hostile raiders while sheltering a desperate family in a post-apocalyptic wilderness.
A wealthy university student reluctantly drifts into prostitution while her working-class housemate watches helplessly.
An HIV-positive Irish girl is sent by her doctor to work as a prostitute in England to avoid infecting Catholic men back home.