Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)

God Loves Uganda (2013)

Summary: An account of the American Evangelicals' attempts to indoctrinate their Christian Right beliefs in Uganda.

Release Date: October 11, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Director: Roger Ross Williams

Writers: Benjamin Gray

, Richard Hankin

, Roger Ross Williams

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Full Credit Productions, Motto Pictures

Distributor: First Run Features, Variance Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,300,000

Domestic: $ 51,229

The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

Summary: The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.

Release Date: May 05, 2006

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Mary Harron

Writers: Mary Harron

, Guinevere Turner

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: HBO Films, Killer Films, John Wells Productions

Distributor: Picturehouse, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,415,082

International: $ 362,924

Urinal (1988)

Summary: A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists have seven days in which to report on the ethics of police tactics. The artists inf...

Genre: Drama

Director: John Greyson

Writer: John Greyson

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

Production: Greyson Productions, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Film Development Corporation, The Gay Community Appeal, Téléfilm Canada

Country: Canada

Language: English

Pleasure (2021)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: May 20, 2022

Genre: Drama

Director: Ninja Thyberg

Writers: Ninja Thyberg

, Peter Modestij

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Plattform Produktion, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television (SVT), Lemming Film, Logical Pictures

Countries: Sweden, Netherlands, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 106,789

International: $ 287,035

Answers to Nothing (2011)

Summary: Against the backdrop of a missing girl case, lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don't always see.

Release Date: September 22, 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Matthew Leutwyler

Writers: Ric Barbera

, Matthew Leutwyler

, Gillian Vigman

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Ambush Entertainment, Cold Iron Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 22,029

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)

Summary: The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.

Release Date: October 13, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Angela Robinson

Writer: Angela Robinson

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Strongman, Opposite Field Pictures, Boxspring Entertainment, Stage 6 Films, Topple Productions

Distributor: Annapurna Pictures, Stage 6 Films, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,584,759

International: $ 314,856

Sex Is... (1993)

Summary: Marc Huestis edits interviews with 15 men, including himself, around a set of topics starting with "what is sex?" The men are gay, living in or near San Francisco. They talk about their first sexual experiences, the gay scene in S...

Release Date: April 30, 1993

Genre: Documentary

Director: Marc Huestis

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 530,833

Artemisia (1997)

Summary: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity...

Release Date: May 08, 1998

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Agnès Merlet

Writers: Patrick Amos

, Agnès Merlet

, Christine Miller

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: 3 Emme Cinematografica, Première Heure, France 3 Cinéma, Schlemmer Film, Dania Film, Mediaset, Eurimages, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo, Black Forest Films

Distributor: Miramax

Countries: France, Italy, Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 356,749

Hate Crime (2005)

Summary: Robbie and Trey are gay, middle-class, suburban professionals. Life is good. Until the son of a fundamentalist preacher moves in next door.

Release Date: January 14, 2005

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Tommy Stovall

Writer: Tommy Stovall

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Pasidg Productions Inc.

Distributor: Kinonation

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Domestic: $ 40,758

Hard Candy (2005)

Summary: Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a sur...

Release Date: April 28, 2006

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: David Slade

Writer: Brian Nelson

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lions Gate Films, Vulcan Productions, Launchpad Productions

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 950,000

Domestic: $ 1,024,640

International: $ 5,997,569

Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)

Summary: The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.

Release Date: November 22, 2013

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Director: Mark Mori

Writer: Douglas Miller

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Single Spark Pictures

Distributor: Single Spark Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 108,118

Variety (1983)

Summary: A woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patron of the Times Square porn theater called Variety where she works selling tickets. This awakens her sexuality, which confuses her worried boyfriend.

Release Date: March 08, 1985

Genre: Drama

Director: Bette Gordon

Writers: Kathy Acker

, Bette Gordon

, Jerry Delamater

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Variety Motion Pictures, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Channel Four Films

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 80,000

Absolute Beginners (1986)

Summary: In London in 1958, a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.

Release Date: April 18, 1986

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Director: Julien Temple

Writers: Colin MacInnes

, Michael Hamlyn

, Richard Burridge

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Goldcrest Films International, Palace Pictures, Virgin

Distributor: Cannon Home Video, HBO/Cannon Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Orion Home Video, Twilight Time

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 930,211

My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Summary: Tank faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend out on a lousy date in order to make her realize how great her former boyfriend is.

Release Date: September 19, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Howard Deutch

Writer: Jordan Cahan

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lionsgate, Entertainment 360, Terra Firma Films, New Wave Entertainment

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,219,250

International: $ 22,405,437

The Nice Guys (2016)

Summary: In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Release Date: May 20, 2016

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Shane Black

Writers: Shane Black

, Anthony Bagarozzi

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Waypoint Entertainment, Bloom, Lipsync Productions, Misty Mountains

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max, Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,261,763

International: $ 35,000,000

Boogie Nights (1997)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: October 31, 1997

Genre: Drama

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Runtime: 2 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company

Distributor: New Line Cinema, HBO Max, Image Entertainment, New Line Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 26,416,349

International: $ 16,700,954

Taxi Driver (1976)

Summary: A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

Release Date: February 09, 1976

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Paul Schrader

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Bill/Phillips, Italo/Judeo Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Fathom Events, Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Netflix, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,300,000

Domestic: $ 28,262,574

International: $ 310,749