pornographic film

Explicit adult entertainment

A pornographic film is a movie depicting explicit sexual activity, produced primarily to sexually arouse viewers.

The genre ranges from amateur recordings to professional productions with budgets, scripts, and performers.

Often shortened to porn or porno: They found a stash of pornographic films in his closet.

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Opposites
sexual explicitness

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Motion picture for learning

nature documentary · Sesame Street · instructional video · news broadcast

audience and social acceptability

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Amusement appropriate for children and adults

prime-time television · theatrical release

artistic/commercial intent

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Cinema prioritizing aesthetics

arthouse cinema · classic cinema · documentary film · literary adaptation · theatrical release

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated X