X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time (2015)

One of my all time favorites.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time is a rather flimsy look at the classic porn films from Deep Throat to the more recent output which tends to be parody films like that of Star Wars.The documentary is presented by porn actress Chanel Preston is more interesting when it discusses the movies of the 1970s and 80s. We even get to hear from some of the performers from that era, Johnny Keyes and Georgina Spelvin. Sadly some of the stars from that era such as Jamie Gillis are no longer with us and not featured here although their behaviour is discussed. Some like Annette Haven have turned their back on the industry.I did it find it amusing to hear modern porn stars talking in depth about movies such as The Devil in Miss Jones. I doubt they have even seen these classic movies never mind analyse them.The film lost interest for me when it came to the recent era where the definition of classic porn is how many Adult Video awards it has won. It was interesting to see how many of these newer films use green screen and claim to have higher budgets and more shooting days at a time when the pron films are easily torrented. However the Star Wars parody was rather well done.It was all rather gossamer thin which probably should had concentrated more on porn until the year 2000.

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time (2015) *** (out of 4)Chanel Preston hosts this documentary that takes a look at the greatest porn movies ever made. Interviews include Sharon Mitchell, Kay Parker, Jacky St. James, Jenna Jameson, Georgina Spelvin, Marilyn Champbers (archival), David Bertoloino and various others.If you're looking for a hard hitting and critical look at the genre then this here really isn't that. What the film works best as is a check-list so those who do enjoy the genre can check out some titles that you might not already be familiar with. "Classics" like DEEP THROAT, THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES, TABOO and DEBBIE DOES DALLAS are all discussed as is more current films like PIRATES, STAR WARS XXX: A PORN PARODY, DARK ANGELS, LOOKER and countless others.Again, there's not really anything ground-breaking here but it at least gives you a good selection of titles that you can check out. There are some stories shared about the making of the film and this is especially true and nice in regards to the classics from the 1970s.

I saw this last week, and didn't review it until now due to the fact I forgot the name- probably because it's so generic-?? LOL Not sure if this was a Showtime original or what-not, but this doc. goes through what are supposedly the greatest adult movies of all time, starting with the "golden age of porn" in the early '70s, and going all the way to the recent years of big-budget extravaganzas. Of course it goes into the early classics like "Deep Throat", "Behind the Green Door", "The Devil In Miss Jones", etc.. But I think once you get past a certain point in the "video age", the market was flooded with so many titles, it's hard to pin point so few-?? A couple I was very disappointed they left out were 1997's "Bad Wives", which was penned by a TV writer who always wanted to write a big-budget porno, and "Zazel: The Scent of Love" (I think released the same year- ??), which is one of the most amazing, beautiful and glorious pieces of filmmaking, adult or mainstream, I think I've ever seen-?? Lots of interviews are also conducted with those from earlier works, as well as present-day performers discussing the classics. Overall, an interesting documentary, and definitely worth watching for porn enthusiasts and just general movie-goers...

If you fancy "adult entertainment" (as "art", as "erotica", as "cinema"...whatever), and aren't a "pervert", then you'll like this doc. It's hosted by the vivacious (great 'word for the day') Chanel Preston, and basically plots the evolution/transformation of feature-length sex movies since the early 1920s. NOte: this is an R-rated documentary about the X-rated film industry. Several directors and actors from the best known of the movies since the 70s are interviewed (along with a few contemporary performers), and the interviews are enlightening if for no other reason than that they show people who had/have fun doing what they did/do, and who are sincerely trying raise their genre of movies to another level.