Since sex began to be distributed and promoted as a film industry at the end of the 1960s, the cinema has experienced the transformation of erotic films towards those classified as pornographic.
Movies like 'Sodom and Gomorrah' and 'The Empire of the Senses', considered as art cinema, in some countries came to be classified as triple X films. Although titles like Marina Vice, Insatiable and Cleopatra are left out of this top there are others that are inevitable when it comes to naming the 10 most successful porn movies.
Although this is a top 10 porn movies, it is impossible to leave out the artistic life of the famous Cicciolina.
An actress born in Hungary under the name of Illona Starler who made her career in Italy and created a myth around porn cinema because apart from being the first woman to show her breasts on a television network, Cicciolina was also the first to expose the I publish fellatio on a horse in 'Cicciolina Number One'. In addition to posing for Playboy editions in five different countries, the actress had the luxury of abandoning her career to start a new stage as a politician and singer after making such famous films as 'Traseri Impulsive', 'The Rise and the Fall of the Roman Empress', 'Le Donne di Mandingo' and 'Cicciolina amore mio'.10. Three Daughters: It is famous for having very feminist themes, a story in which a mother and her three daughters enjoy sex at different stages of their lives and through various relationships. Published in 1986, it is named as the porn movie par excellence for women looking for something different within the triple X cinema.
9. Tabu I: It is about a recently divorced woman who after the abandonment of her husband who leaves with his secretary, feels attracted to her son and her desire is reciprocated, but at one point she decides to try a relationship with another person and they start a series of disputes with their son. The movie starring Kay Parker and Mike Ranger was released in 1980.
8. Shock: Released in Spain in 1996, Shock is one of the best movies of the pornographic industry of the 90s. Jeanna Fine and Jon Dough star in the story of sex and drug addiction in which the protagonist receives psychiatric treatment through shock therapies and meets his psychoanalyst's assistant who becomes a catalyst and enjoys the double rape to which she is subjected.
7. Sensual Afternoons with Pamela Mann: One of the first films with a production quality that approaches the Hollywood industry. Directed by the legendary Enrique Paris and produced by VCA Video, in 1974 Bourbon Barbara plays a housewife who is spied on by a private investigator at the request of her husband, a millionaire who abuses her power.
6. Misty Beethoven's Opening: Filmed in Italy and New York, this is one of the biggest budget movies in the porn industry, with longer dialogue and comedic details in which a sexologist, played by Jamie Gillis, falls in love with Dolores de Beethoven, a prostitute whom he trained to seduce a homosexual artist, although in the end he can make his wish come true.
5. House of Dreams: The film released in 1990 is based on a man who has the ability to turn his dreams into sexual experiences and stimulate his senses through fantasies and imagination. Directed by one of the most famous and talented directors in the porn industry, Andrew Balke.
4. Behind The Green Door: It premiered on December 17, 1972 directed by Jim and Artie Mitchell. It was the film that made Marilyn Chambers famous, in which she plays a woman who is kidnapped and has sex with her kidnappers and other men who were initially masked and watched what was happening. The film is the first to feature an African-American actor in its cast, Johnny Keyes, and is part of the Golden Age of Porn, between the late 1960s and early 1970s.
3. Ginger on the Rocks: It starred Ginger Lynn, one of the most recognized porn actresses in the world and who assured that one of her most unpleasant co-stars had been another famous triple X movie star, Ron Jeremies, who shares a cast with her. in 'Ginger on the Rocks' in addition to Tom Byron, one of the protagonist's favorites. The film is about a rich young woman who falls in love with a poor gardener, played by Byron, and whose relationship is rejected by her parents.
2. Emanuelle: One of the films with the most versions in the entire film industry, there have been about 36 productions derived from the book written in 1959 by Emmanuelle Arsan. One of the most successful versions starred Sylvia Kristel, which was followed by 'Emmanuelle: the joys of a woman in the USA' and 'Emmanuelle L'antivierge'. The film also gave way to television series and feature films of the seventh art. The story is based on a young model who lives in Bangkok with his wife, older than him, and who freely experience extramarital affairs with which they both agree.
1. Deep Throat: It premiered in 1972 and was directed by Garad Damiano. Linda Lovelace plays a woman who, after being diagnosed with having her clitoris in her throat as a result of a genetic mutation, decides to satisfy her sexual desire through fellatio, a practice of oral sex. The movie was shown in all kinds of movie theaters, it is the most successful and influential porn movie of all time. It is one of the most profitable movies in the history of cinema, considering its production budget ($47,000) and its box office, estimated at 50 million dollars.