Boogie Nights

1997 • 155 minutes
4.3
830 reviews
94%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler." Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality. Featuring an amazing, award-winning cast, including Mark Wahlberg ("The Departed," "We Own the Night"), Burt Reynolds ("Deliverance"), John C. Reilly ("Magnolia"), Julianne Moore ("Children of Men"), Philip Seymour Hoffman ("State & Main"), Don Cheadle ("Talk to Me"), William H. Macy ("Bobby"), and many more. MPAA Rating: R Copyright © 1997 New Line Productions, Inc.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.3
830 reviews
WA. A.S.N F A.
May 9, 2017
Time machine with adult results. This movie does great give a great insight into the adult industry during the mid seventies and early eighties. But it's also about a boy in a man's body who lacks the maturity to grow up in a normal environment, if it is such a thing. Great performances from Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore. Mark Wahlberg does shine with the boyish charm yet immature swag.
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Amanda “MommaBear” Boedker
May 15, 2015
This movie. The plot, characters, story line....the direction, everything was great!! I would highly recommend this movie, unless your a prude who feels that sex should be on a schedule and with the lights off.....all others you definitely should rent.....own this movie.
Jonkravis
May 15, 2016
From the beginning to the goodtimes and bad. This film holds a timeless depiction of the adult industry and great underdog story. Highly recommend.