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AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN (Adult Video News) to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. The "Oscars of porn".
XMAs Awards
Formerly known as the XBIZ Awards, the top performers and personnel in the adult movie industry are honored.
Hollywood Demons
Six documentaries about Hollywood's darkest scandals with accounts from insiders, project collaborators, and survivors who endured harrowing abuse and struggles
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
The evolution of adult cinema through the most influential films in history, a journey that begins in the 1970s and ends nowadays. An in-depth analysis of the success of the most prestigious erotic films, their impact on industry and society, and their influence on cinema and contemporary culture.
Thinking XXX
For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
Documentary sequel that offers a close-up look into the personal lives of the legendary porn stars who've survived the test of time and influenced popular culture. Blends rare interviews with erotic clips and additional appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Soderbergh and a host of adult stars, directors and trendsetters.
Ron Jeremy: Life After the Buffet
Ron Jeremy is a cultural icon, known as the King of Porn. With his eccentric features that are not your typical chiseled look, somehow he is a sex guru to millions of fans, who feel if Ron can get laid, there's hope for them. Now age 60, Ron Jeremy, Life After the Buffet is an explosive film that exposes Ron in a surprising and very real way. In 2013 Ron made a different kind of headline. Death came knocking at his door when like a bolt of lightening he started experiencing pains in his chest. In this film Ron Jeremy takes us on a journey of his own spiritual awakening to understand that there is a greater power than what is here on earth.
After Porn Ends 3
After Porn Ends 3 continues to explore whether a career as an adult performer is inherently damaging to the balance of a perfomer's life once retired.
Playboy: The Story of X
The Story of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through the movie house years to the arrival of the home video business, and now the Internet. Meet the men behind the camera, such as "King of Sexploitation" Dave Friedman and the preeminent breast man Russ Meyer. Considered pariahs at the time, they're now hailed as pioneers in the fight against censorship. The Story of X visits the '60s when women's rights, not nudity, became the issue and recounts porn's arrival in Hollywood, led by director Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. In the '70s, several groundbreaking films, including Behind the Green Door featuring Marilyn Chambers and Deep Throat featuring Linda Lovelace, took the genre to a new level.
Porn King: The Rise & Fall of Ron Jeremy
The world's biggest porn star faces 34 counts of rape and sexual assault. This is the inside story of Jeremy's 40 year career and how his alleged crimes came to light.
Peter
Peter North became the most famous male adult film star in history, but before the fame he was Alden Brown, a young man from Halifax, Nova Scotia chasing Hollywood dreams. When mounting debts to organized crime pulled him into the adult film business, his life took an unexpected turn. For the first time ever, North shares his extraordinary story in his own words, alongside interviews with Jenna Jameson, Ginger Lynn, Christy Canyon and more who help reveal the man behind the legend.
Platinum Princess: The Story of Seka
Join us as we revisit the life of the adult film star best known for fighting the system and paving the way of the adult film industry. The first to gain popularity in both the taboo underworld and the world's mainstream stage, Seka's name was so big in the adult entertainment world that her name above the title was not enough-her name had to BE in the title!
Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler
The day-to-day life of the most influential agent in the adult film industry.
Sleaze Please: The World of Bill Margold
A look into the world of adult film legend William Margold as he struggles for his industry.
Christy Canyon...Live!
Documentation of a performance at a strip club, along with an autograph session and interview.