Jenny Lamour (1947)

Hammett (1982)

Summary: Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.

Release Date: September 17, 1982

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Directors: Wim Wenders

, Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Joe Gores

, Ross Thomas

, Dennis O'Flaherty

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Orion Pictures, Warner Bros., Zoetrope Studios

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Warner Bros., American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Manga Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 42,914

Last Resort (2000)

Summary: When a young Russian woman and her son leave Moscow to meet her fiancé, who fails to show up, she declares political asylum.

Release Date: March 16, 2001

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Writers: Rowan Joffe

, Pawel Pawlikowski

Runtime: 1 h 13 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: BBC Films

Distributor: Shooting Gallery

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 37,283

International: $ 41,955

The Amateurs (2005)

Summary: Citizens of a small town, under the influence of a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis, come together to make an adult film.

Release Date: April 28, 2006

Genre: Comedy

Director: Michael Traeger

Writer: Michael Traeger

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: First Look International, Qwerty Films, N1 European Film Produktions GmbH & Co. KG

Distributor: ContentFilm International

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 16,334

International: $ 86,530

Garden Party (2008)

Summary: April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-deal...

Release Date: May 30, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Jason Freeland

Writer: Jason Freeland

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Lookout Films

Distributor: Roadside Attractions

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 21,886

Inserts (1975)

Summary: A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.

Release Date: February 13, 1976

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: John Byrum

Writer: John Byrum

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: NC-17

Production: Film and General Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Paramount Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 350,000

My Father Is Coming (1991)

Summary: A immigrant's father is coming to visit from Germany. She has lied to him about her acting career, having looked unsuccessfully for parts for a year, and has also told him she's married. So she enlists her gay roommate to act as h...

Release Date: July 26, 1991

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Monika Treut

Writers: Bruce Benderson

, Monika Treut

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Hyena Films

Country: Germany

Language: English

Swordfish (2001)

Summary: A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help ...

Release Date: June 08, 2001

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Dominic Sena

Writer: Skip Woods

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hollywood Licensing Group, Jonathan Krane Group, NPV Entertainment, Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., CBS, HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 102,000,000

Domestic: $ 69,772,969

International: $ 77,307,444

Amateur (1994)

Summary: An amnesiac wakes up on an NYC alley. He meets Isabelle, an ex nun now erotic writer, at a diner and follows her home. She helps him find his identity. Then there's Sofia, the porn star.

Release Date: May 19, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Hal Hartley

Writer: Hal Hartley

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: American Playhouse, Channel Four Films, La Sept Cinéma, True Fiction Pictures, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Zenith Entertainment

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,300,000

Domestic: $ 757,088

Hustler White (1996)

Summary: Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.

Release Date: October 17, 1996

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: Rick Castro

, Bruce La Bruce

Writers: Bruce La Bruce

, Rick Castro

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Dangerous to Know Swell Co., Hustler White Productions, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: Canada, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 127,251

Orgazmo (1997)

Summary: Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.

Release Date: October 23, 1998

Genre: Comedy

Director: Trey Parker

Writers: Trey Parker

, Matt Stone

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: NC-17

Production: Kuzui Enterprises, MDP Worldwide, Avenging Conscience

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 602,302

Middle Men (2009)

Summary: Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of Internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of con men, mobsters, drug addicts, and porn stars.

Release Date: August 06, 2010

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: George Gallo

Writers: George Gallo

, Andy Weiss

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: Paramount Pictures, Mallick Media, Oxymoron Entertainment, Middle Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Vantage, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 754,301

The Big Sleep (1978)

Summary: A grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail-turned-murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer, and a gangster.

Release Date: April 07, 1978

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Michael Winner

Writers: Michael Winner

, Raymond Chandler

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Winkast Film Productions, ITC Entertainment

Distributor: United Artists, CBS, Avid Home Entertainment, Live Home Video, Timeless Media, Shout! Factory, The Criterion Channel, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Mope (2019)

Summary: The tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong, two low end porn actors who sought fame but gained infamy.

Release Date: June 15, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Lucas Heyne

Writers: Michael Louis Albo

, Lucas Heyne

, David C. Hill

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Parkside Pictures, Saxton Cinema, Uncooperative Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

One Point O (2004)

Summary: After receiving mysterious empty packages inside his apartment, a young computer-programmer begins a personal investigation into their origins.

Release Date: January 21, 2005

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Directors: Jeff Renfroe

, Marteinn Thorsson

Writers: Jeff Renfroe

, Marteinn Thorsson

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: VIP 2 Medienfonds, ZentAmerica Entertainment, Armada Pictures, Icelandic Film, Hakuhodo

Distributor: Armada Pictures International, THINKFilm

Countries: United States, Romania, Iceland

Language: English

The Ice Harvest (2005)

Summary: A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

Release Date: November 23, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Harold Ramis

Writers: Richard Russo

, Robert Benton

, Scott Phillips

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Focus Features, Bona Fide Productions

Distributor: Kino Lorber, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,016,782

International: $ 1,140,186

Silent Night (2012)

Summary: The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

Release Date: December 04, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Steven C. Miller

Writer: Jayson Rothwell

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Genre Co., Buffalo Gal Pictures, Ember Productions

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,567

International: $ 116,214

Dragnet (1987)

Summary: The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.

Release Date: June 26, 1987

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: Tom Mankiewicz

Writers: Dan Aykroyd

, Alan Zweibel

, Tom Mankiewicz

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Applied Action, Permut Presentations

Distributor: MCA Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA/Universal Home Video, Shout Select

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 57,387,516

International: $ 9,286,000