Can I get X-rated films on Netflix?

“Can I get X-rated films on Netflix?”

It depends on what era they are from.

X-rated used to mean an entirely different thing.

(kind of like our PG rating now)

For example, the (now) G rated The Black Cat was originally X.

This was some years before porn was popular. The

closest to anything considered porn was what they called

Grindhouse.

These were films that would travel, much like circuses

of the time, on tours and play in a variety of locations,

mostly Burlesque venues.

The infamous REEFER MADNESS was such a film.

Grindhouse included possible toplessness

from stripper shorts and “nudies” which were films from

nudist colony's.

Now, that was all after a Presbyterian elder and some pals

got The Hay’s Code installed.

Motion Picture Production Code - Wikipedia

Prima di allora, era comune vedere orge, topless,

e persino nudità, (di solito di ragazze schiave) anche in film di grande formato,

religiosi, con attori veri e filmati da registi veri come

Otto Preminger e Cecil B. Demille. Demille.

Hollywood Before The Code di Gary Couzens

Alcuni di questi film POTREBBERO finire su Netflix. Ma sarebbero

moderati per gli standard di oggi.

Quindi, NO. Nessuna vera roba X su Netflix, ma, se è ancora disponibile, potresti

prendere SENSE 8, che è piuttosto erotico.

Sense8 (Serie TV 2015-2018) - IMDb

A proposito, dopo il Codice Hay, per un breve periodo, X significava inadatto ai bambini. (di solito a causa di immagini "spaventose". Oggi alcune pubblicità sono più spaventose di qualsiasi cosa dell'epoca)

C'era un'industria del porno underground (molto piccola per gli standard moderni)

e differenziavano la loro roba con XXX.

The triple X lasted a bit but got dropped sometime in the 70’s.

This was a fascinating read, if you want to know more about the

Grindhouse era and how porn became mainstream.

Grindhouse

Thanks for the A2A!