Fame (1980)

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: 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

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

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

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

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

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Summary: As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Release Date: September 19, 1997

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Curtis Hanson

Writers: James Ellroy

, Brian Helgeland

, Curtis Hanson

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Regency Productions, The Wolper Organization, Warner Bros., Regency Enterprises

Distributor: Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS, VC4

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 64,616,940

International: $ 61,600,000

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

Summary: The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

Release Date: January 10, 1997

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Scott Alexander

, Larry Karaszewski

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Filmhaus, Illusion Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Video, Image Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 36,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,300,385

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

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

The Girl Next Door (2004)

Summary: A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.

Release Date: April 09, 2004

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Luke Greenfield

Writers: David Wagner

, Brent Goldberg

, Stuart Blumberg

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Regency Productions, Daybreak, Epsilon Motion Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,589,444

International: $ 15,792,278

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Summary: Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Release Date: March 06, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Sport

Directors: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

Writers: Ethan Coen

, Joel Coen

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films

Distributor: Image Entertainment, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Peacock, PolyGram Video, USA Network, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,301,403

International: $ 28,765,540

Jenny Lamour (1947)

Summary: A jealous husband intends to kill the man his wife is meeting for business, but arrives to find the deed already done.

Release Date: March 05, 1948

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Writers: Stanislas-André Steeman

, Henri-Georges Clouzot

, Jean Ferry

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Majestic Films

Distributor: Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 180,974

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

Things Are Tough All Over (1982)

Summary: Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs--Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.

Release Date: August 04, 1982

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: Thomas K. Avildsen

Writers: Cheech Marin

, Tommy Chong

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: C & C Brown Production, Columbia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,134,374