Top Ten Ladies Of The Evening

The world's oldest profession is making quite a lot of noise these days. To honor the working girls of the world, we've decided to pick our top ten women of ill repute in film. Sorry disgraced politicians, these ladies don't have MySpace pages.


10. The Happy Hooker Trilogy
A hooker so nice, they filmed her thrice! Based on the best selling novel, Xaviera (the Happy Hooker) was portrayed by Lynn Redgrave, Joey Heatherton, and Martine Beswicke.






9. Sin City
Rory Gilmore walking the mean streets of Basin City...what would Lorelai think? Hopefully she'd join her...at least, that's how my fan fiction always ends.


9. Crimes Of Passion
Kathleen Turner may have earned her sex symbol status in Body Heat, but she entered the Hall of Fame as China Blue in Ken Russell's steamy Crimes Of Passion.






7. Working Girls
Call girls for the art house set. Lizzie Borden's 1986 film is a realistic, sometimes comical look at the world of NYC prostitutes, a cinematic world probably closest to what Governor Spitzer was used to.





6. Pretty Woman
The classic Cinderella story...that is if Cinderella was turning tricks on Hollywood Boulevard instead of cleaning up for ungrateful step sisters.






5.Mighty Aphrodite
Mira Sorvino won an Oscar for her portrayal of a squeaky-voiced hooker whose son is adopted by Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter. Miraculously, her character never hooks up with Woody, somehow resisting the famous Allen charm.




4. Leaving Las Vegas
Going far beyond the call of duty, Elisabeth Shue stays by her john (Nicolas Cage) as he drinks himself to death. That kind of commitment's gotta look good on a resume.


3. L.A. Confidential
Pierce Patchett can offer you a call girl that looks like any celebrity you desire...including the lovely Kim Basinger as Veronica Lake. Strictly on the hush hush, of course.





2. True Romance
Any hooker than can take a beating from James Gandolfini and still have enough strength to stick him with corkscrew is a keeper in my book.






1. Risky Business
If all you think of is Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear when you think of Risky Business, you haven't seen the movie. The steamy subway sex scene alone is worth the price of admission. Rebecca De Mornay should receive a commission every time a kid from the suburbs hires a call girl.