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1. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,640 | Gross: $26.40M
2. Pleasure (2021)
R | 109 min | Drama
Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.
Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock
Votes: 22,570
3. The Deuce (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 1,583 min | Drama
A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.
Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Margarita Levieva
Votes: 32,038
4. Hardcore (1979)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent
Votes: 13,986
5. Starlet (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
An unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Boonee, Stella Maeve
Votes: 8,702 | Gross: $0.09M
6. Adult World (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive college graduate, Amy, who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job in a shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Director: Scott Coffey | Stars: Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 18,712 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Sex Next Door (2020– )
Unrated | Documentary
A documentary on Quibi about sex workers in Seattle.
Votes: 171
8. Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary
Follow the rise of the most famous adult entertainment platform and the recent backlash it has received.
Director: Suzanne Hillinger | Stars: Noelle Perdue, Michael Stabile, Wolf Hudson, Siri Dahl
Votes: 5,008
9. Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story offers a glimpse into the lives of women involved in the sex industry through the interconnected stories of a teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts.
Director: Robin Bain | Stars: Dominique Swain, Cody Renee Cameron, Michelle Maylene, Moxie Owens
Votes: 9,618
10. Adults Only! (2020– )
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series meeting people making a living from selling sex in the UK. A spin-off series from The Sex Business (2018) re-visiting characters from that programme and introducing some new contributors.
Stars: Nimmy March, Fishnethousepet
Votes: 38
11. Karenjit Kaur - The Untold Story of Sunny Leone (2018– )
MA-17 | 25 min | Biography, Drama
The life story of Indian-Canadian actress and former adult film star, Sunny Leone.
Stars: Sunny Leone, Grusha Kapoor, Raj Arjun, Bijay Anand
Votes: 4,393
12. Greek Pete (2009)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A year in the life of a London rent-boy.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Peter Pittaros, Lewis Wallis, Tristan Field, Liam Thompson
Votes: 728
13. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.
Star: Charlie Meany
Votes: 5,588
14. Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2016)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington - Britain's most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s.
Director: Simon Sheridan | Stars: Dexter Fletcher, David Sullivan, Dudley Sutton, Pat Astley
Votes: 422
15. Fan Qiang De Ji Yi (2018)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
At their high school, a group of unruly teens wreak havoc, face bullies and navigate turbulent lives beyond school grounds.
Stars: Peter Ho, Jeanine Ching Yang, Tammy Chen, Ting-hu Zhang
Votes: 66
16. The Sex Business (2018–2019)
65 min | Documentary
Documentary series exploring aspects of the sex industry in the UK -looking at how people buy, sell and market sex. Not for the faint-hearted.
Stars: Nimmy March, Lisa Palmer, Kiki Minaj, Luke Hotrod
Votes: 36
17. The Mega Brothel (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary investigation into the new trend of chains of so-called mega brothels with several hundred girls, and the challenges of legalization of prostitution.
Directors: Gavin Searle, Edward Watts, Callum Webster | Stars: Michael Beretin, Lucy Briers, Felicia, Josie
Votes: 131
18. Mona Home Delivery (2019)
21 min | Drama
The plot revolves around a prostitute named Mona. Her encounters with people of various fields will bring in thrill, lust, joy and tears.
Stars: Kangna Sharma, Badrul Islam, Vijay Raaz, Ganesh Acharya
Votes: 63
19. Working Girls (2020)
91 min | Drama
Every day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.
Directors: Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Stars: Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky, Annabelle Lengronne, Nicolas Cazalé
Votes: 966
20. XXXmas (2020)
65 min | Documentary
Documentary strand in which each individual film examines an aspect of sex - from couples looking to spice up their sex lives to webcammers making money from their viewers.
Stars: Laura Howard, Sheena Rose, Sheena
Votes: 13
21. Ratri Ke Yatri (2020– )
27 min | Drama
Ratri ke Yatri, Hungama Play's latest original show, is an anthology that narrates 5 unique and thought-provoking stories set in red-light areas. The show features an ensemble cast ... See full summary »
Stars: Barkha Bisht, Shiny Doshi, Anju Mahendru, Reyhna Malhotra
Votes: 188
22. Date My Porn Star (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Three British porn addicts, Kevin, 20, Danny, 26, and Jonathan, 40, go to America to meet their favourite stars, and witness the harsh realities behind the factories of fantasy.
Director: Moby Longinotto | Stars: Noah Huntley, Danny Austin, Alexa Cruz, Porno Dan
Votes: 121
23. Student Sex Workers (2019)
60 min | Documentary
Two-part documentary looking at the growing phenomena of British university students working in the sex industry to pay for their education as they attempt to pay off their student debt by stripping, escorting and filming pornography.
Stars: Janet Dibley, Ella Hughes, Carly Rae, Jasmine 'Loretta' Gordon
Votes: 21
24. Fluffy Cumsalot, Porn Star (2003)
57 min | Documentary
Fluffy Cumsalot, Porn Star is an extraordinary documentary about porn stars and their stage names. Featuring Ron Jeremy, Marilyn Chambers, Jenna Jameson, Seymore Butts and over 70 more of ... See full summary »
Director: Nathan S. Garfinkel | Stars: Ron Jeremy, Jenna Jameson, Briana Banks, Marilyn Chambers
Votes: 334
25. Beyond Fantasy (2022–2023)
Documentary
A documentary miniseries that exposes how the mainstream porn industry creates provocative content in a landscape of abuse, coercion, and ethical violation.
Votes: 100
26. Shin'ai naru boku e satsui wo komete (2022– )
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Urashima Eiji is a university student and his father is a serial murderer. One day, he realises that he is suffering from a dual personality disorder and worries that his other personality may have committed murder.
Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Rina Kawaei, Ken'ichi Endô, Mugi Kadowaki
Votes: 40
27. Raised on Porn (2021)
36 min | Documentary
"Raised on Porn" exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon.
Director: Benjamin Nolot | Stars: Ernie Allen, Dan B. Allender, Bella Altamura, Aubrey Bader
Votes: 203
28. Sex in the Ancient World: Prostitution in Pompeii (2009 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, History
The excavations of Pompeii reveal a thriving sex industry with prostitutes ranging from female slaves to male celebrities. But like today sexual promiscuity was not considered proper or ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Sayenga | Stars: Anthony Velazquez, Angelina Bulygina, Tiffany Lauren Bennicke, Mariann Gavelo
Votes: 107
29. Verified Couple (2022)
73 min | Documentary
Andreea and Nico made a fortune as "Verified Couple" on porn websites. Now they live their dream under palm trees in the tax haven state of Cyprus. But how does it look off the stage?
Director: Joscha Bongard | Stars: Nico Nice, Jamie Young, Sylvia Sadzinski, Andreas Baranowski
Votes: 147
30. My Daughter, My Angel (2007)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As he navigates through porn sites without the knowledge of his wife, Germain comes across a video of his only daughter announcing her impending live performance. The political advisor of ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Durand-Brault | Stars: Michel Côté, Karine Vanasse, Dominique Leduc, Laurence Leboeuf
Votes: 1,050
31. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A documentary exploring the sex-trade.
Directors: Benjamin Nolot, Matt Dickey | Stars: Christian Simpson, Jon Morgan Woodward, Chad T. Wood, Sarah Agor
Votes: 550
32. Scouting for Girls: Fashion's Darkest Secret (2022)
139 min | Documentary
The modeling world is known for its ability to catapult a young female to the dizzying heights of fame and transform her into a household name. However, while this modeling industry has ... See full summary »
Stars: Carré Otis, Shawna Lee, Marianne Shine, Michael Gross
Votes: 108
33. Seattle's Bikini Baristas (2019)
10 min | Short
Take a deep dive into the booming, scantily-clad barista coffee shop scene in Seattle where sex sells - your morning coffee. But behind the intrigue of lingerie and java lurks a darker side... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Nolot | Stars: Lori Bowden, Paul Coate, Alan Tagle
Votes: 40
34. Remedy (I) (2013)
120 min | Drama
A young woman must confront her physical and emotional boundaries as she enters the world of professional domination and submission.
Director: Cheyenne Picardo | Stars: Kira Davies, Ashlie Atkinson, Julia Ubrankovics, Melissa Roth
Votes: 214
35. Dorothea's Rache (1974)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dorothea, a 16-year-old bourgeois girl from Hamburg, plays with her friends of both sexes, imitating the production of adult movies. In the end, pretending to make sex-scenes is not ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Anna Henkel-Grönemeyer, Alexander von Paczensky, Gerhard Gommel, Henry Beuck
Votes: 285
36. Pleasure for Sale (2008– )
Not Rated | 26 min | Documentary
Pleasure for Sale is a six-part documentary series that follows the prostitutes and family members connected to the Chicken Ranch, the legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada. It is produced by ... See full summary »
Stars: Ocean, Chyna, Kitty, Gabby
Votes: 42
37. Hard Trip (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Director: Alberto D'Onofrio | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Candy Apples, Sharon Mitchell, T.T. Boy
Votes: 163
38. Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions (1980)
39 min | Short, Drama
A tawdry tribute to Britain's number one sex symbol of the 1970's - Mary Millington. The film (made only a year after her tragic suicide) is a mixture of archive footage, interviews and new sex scenes.
Directors: Nick Galtress, John M. East | Stars: Mary Millington, John M. East, Faith Daykin, Mike Gallagher
Votes: 96
39. Sex/Life (1998– )
60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Tottie Goldsmith, Alyssa-Jane Cook, Cindy Pan, James Howarth
Votes: 29
40. Hollywood (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama
Hollywood. A place of dreams. A place of refuge for dreamers from all over the world. Enter a small town girl from Kansas who comes to LA to hit it big....and a jaded Detective who's ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher L. Golon | Stars: Kevin Michael Turner, Alexis Ostrander, Julia Melim, Samuel Morris
Votes: 37
41. Drying Up the Streets (1978)
90 min | Drama
''They're drying up the street'' is a slang term wich means that the police are stopping the supply of heroin from reaching street addicts. A heroin addict, while in hospital after a severe... See full summary »
Director: Robin Spry | Stars: Don Francks, Len Cariou, Sarah Torgov, Calvin Butler
Votes: 67
42. First Time Call Girl (2018 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
Documentary exploring the clandestine world of escorting as well as trying to understand why women from all different walks of life have chosen this career.
Director: Miriam Lyons | Star: Janet Dibley
Votes: 16
43. Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano (2010)
105 min | Drama
A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Tomori Abe, Hirofumi Arai, Toyotaka Hanazawa, Natsumi Kamata
Votes: 136
44. Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns (1993)
75 min | Documentary
An exploration of New York's prostitution scene in the early 90s.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Richard Chilmaza, AdamM. Deskey, Michael Gray, Fiona James
Votes: 92
45. Exit (I) (2022)
Documentary
EXIT follows three impoverished women ensnared in human trafficking rings, depicting their harrowing experiences, struggles to escape, and efforts to reclaim their lives amidst adversities and societal challenges.
Director: Alison Jayne Wilson | Stars: Sarah Lynn Dawson, Leticia Dolera
46. Lost in Las Vegas (2001)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Jay | Stars: Don Burton, Felicia Campbell, Wayne Catania, Kurt Coleman
Votes: 16
47. True Skin (2012)
6 min | Short, Sci-Fi
The story takes place in a not-too-distant future in which humans regularly augment their bodies with robotic parts. Our hero comes into possession of a mysterious chip that gets him into hot water with some nefarious forces.
Director: Stephan Zlotescu | Stars: Stephan Zlotescu, Jen Oda, Omar A. Said
Votes: 398
48. Begging Naked (2007)
PG-13 | 70 min | Documentary
This is a story of survival and self-undoing. Against an unforgiving backdrop of homelessness and madness, Begging Naked shows the endurance of the human spirit at its most extreme.
Director: Karen Gehres | Stars: Elise Bainbridge Hill, Sally Roth
Votes: 51
49. Sauna on Moon (2011)
95 min | Drama
In Guangdong, the forefront of China's reform and opening-up, the business of a sauna is fairly flat. The boss, Wu, together with his team, pursuits his dream and constructs a entertainment... See full summary »
Director: Zou Peng | Stars: Chunchun Pan, Lei Ting, Xiaomin Yang, Zhan Yi
Votes: 34
50. I Am a Sex Worker (2020)
Documentary, Short
Two foreigners meet in Barcelona and become friends after discovering that they both work in the same business: sex work. Their conversations offer an insider's view into the differences between women and men in the sex industry.
Directors: Jorge Pérez Aldana, Ferran Cosculluela, Daniela Reyes Gutiérrez, Jocelyn Hardman, María Prada