dirty movie

Explicit theatrical release

A dirty movie is a film with explicit sexual content—either softcore erotic fare or hardcore pornography.

The term is slightly coy, the kind of phrase someone might use to avoid saying "porn": We found a stash of dirty movies in Dad's closet.

It can also describe mainstream films with unusually graphic sex scenes.

Related

sexual liberation · sensuality · age restriction · parental advisory · hardcore · taboo-breaking · counterculture · stigmatization · intimacy · peep show · back room · red light district · plain brown wrapper · adults only · smut · fetish · softcore · passion

Opposites
content appropriateness

dirty movieeducational film

Motion picture for learning

Sesame Street · family movie · nature documentary

moral/ethical framing

dirty moviemoral tale

Story conveying ethical instruction

Hallmark movie · clean comedy

moral/cultural valuation

dirty movieHallmark movie

Formulaic festive romance film

morality tale · prestige film

Family

dirty, dirt, dirtier, dirtiest, dirtily, dirtiness, movie, movies

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13