The Oscars of Porn

Did you know that the adult industry has its own version of the Oscars? That's right—each year AVN (Adult Video News) hands out its own golden statuettes for categories like “well-performed sex acts” in addition to “best director” or “best starlet.”

2009 AVN Award Winners

Sin, redemption, and steaming hot sex performed every which way—Fallen brings us the classic tale of a fallen angel, but with a much-appreciated twist. Once a guardian angel for humanity, Angel now works to earn the forgiveness of those she’s harmed through a momentary lapse; in trying to avoid an eternity of punishment, she takes us on a journey of love, loss, and unforgettable anal sex. This is the kind of redemption tale we can get behind! Great for women and/or couples. Features Jessica Drake, AVN winner for Best Actress.

Is it any surprise that a filmed named “Squirtwoman 3” would win the 2009 AVN Award for Best Squirt Scene? Jada Fire, queen of orgasmic squirt eruptions, sprays and gushes all over her all-star castmates: Chelsie Rae, Britney Stevens, Angela Stone, Naudia Brown, and Jazmine Cashmere. And with intrepid, award-winning director William H. behind the camera, the drenched lens tells a story you won’t soon forget. You’ll be amazed by the sopping wet sights and sounds—make no mistake, these women are having the time of their lives. Includes a bonus scene, behind the scenes, and an interview with Jada Fire. BUY NOW!

Set four aspiring, insatiable starlets against the gritty backdrop of Hollywood’s seedy underbelly, and you’ve got the nonstop hotness of Bad Luck Betties. Their dreams of stardom dashed, these ladies become hardened, restless, and lustfully vengeful, and their antics are set to an AVN Award-winning soundtrack. This isn’t just another film noir-style porn, though; pinup photographer-turned-director Winkytiki brings grit, wit and style to scenes that already burst with sexual heat. You’ll be cheering (and panting) for sexy underdogs Mika Tan, Marie Luv, and Smokin’ Mary Jane as they have their way with men and women alike. BUY NOW!

Here at Babeland, we love—no, seriously, LOVE—Belladonna, and when you see Belladonna Girl Train, you’ll know why. Bella is perhaps porn’s dirtiest girl, and she shows us just about everything three girls (yes, three—every scene is a threesome) can do together. Anal? Absolutely. Toys? Totally. Screaming-hot orgasms?  Um, yes. The impressive cast, which won a 2009 AVN Award for Best All Girl, 3-Way Sex Scene,  includes Bobbi Starr, Sasha Grey, Dana DeArmond, Joanna Angel, Kimberly Kane, Jade Star, and Lexi Belle, all of whom bring a definite enthusiasm to their dalliances. And with Belladonna at the helm of this lesbian opus, the action never lets up. We challenge you to make it all the way through without being a very, very satisfied customer. Repeatedly. BUY NOW!

Finally, here’s your chance to be a fly on the wall in the girls’ locker room: Cheerleaders! Even if you weren’t a varsity player in high school, you can join in the high-budget fun now with these cheerleaders as they bargain for better grades, steal boyfriends, and much more. And they won’t stop at football players, as you’ll see in the incredibly hot 9-girl orgy scene (winner of the AVN 2009 Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene award); in fact, there doesn’t seem to be much these cheerleaders won’t do for a good time. Stars Brianna Love, Jesse Jane, Alexis Texas, Lexxi Tyler, Tommy Gunn, and James Deen. Features widescreen, HD, and behind the scenes. BUY NOW!  

2008 Winners

Upload is one of those high-budget adult films that comes out once in a blue moon that knocks all the competition on its ass. Something of a cross between Alias and Total Recall, Upload is a stylized futuristic tale featuring the heavenly Eva Angelina (who won Best Actress) as a security agent who’s addicted to the hardcore sex she’s supposed to police. The set design and acting compliment a plot that is so tightly wound, the sex almost seems secondary, proving that explicit sex and a great plot can co-exist in a porn movie.

Stop the presses! Renowned director Paul Thomas delivers a hilarious and sexy spoof of an adult magazine’s newsroom in Layout, which earned eight AVN Awards in the process (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Couple’s Sex Scene, and Best Oral Sex Scene). Porno meets journalism, so you get equal doses of hot sex, humor and romance as the intertwining stories reveal the sexual hijinks in the newsroom, including a recluse who hides in his bedroom during porn shoots in his living room, and an assistant director who bribes an aspiring porn starlet into a little sex in exchange for news coverage. Lots of anal sex and some bondage.

The much-awaited debut in the Femme Chocolat line features all the hallmarks of Candida Royalle’s Femme productions—natural bodies, no money shots, and plot-driven sex—plus a racially diverse cast led by the foxy Simone Valentino playing an up-and-coming hip hop star. Valentino’s playful style adds heat to sensual sex, especially in her solo masturbation scene and her passionate, affectionate interlude with the always-sexy Mr. Marcus. AVN Winner for Best Music.

Award Winners from Recent Years

FUCK

Top-shelf porn with a gorgeous cast and equally-gorgeous fucking—there’s something for everyone in this aptly named film, which won Best Group Sex Scene, Best All-Girl Sex, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 2007 AVN Awards. Though the faux-historical plot is silly, hit the mute and be dazzled by the high-budget sex: a medieval barbarian gets down with his warrior woman; the Indian goddess Kali takes on four men; a Versailles dinner party with four “tarts”’ as the main courses—and more. Directed by Brad Armstrong, 2-Disc Set.

Fashion Underground

Tera Patrick is smoking-hot in this tale of fashion and fucking about a model who sleeps with men other than her husband. The male stars—Jean Val Jean (2007 AVN male foreign performer of the year) and Tommy Gunn (AVN male performer of the year)—are delicious, and there are threesomes galore in this flick directed by Paul Thomas.

Jenna’s Provocateur

You’ll find ass and class in the directorial debut of porn babe extraordinaire Jenna Jameson, which brings her most explicit fantasies to the screen. Jameson stays behind the camera, but the sexy starlets seem to channel her no-holds-barred enthusiasm in all six scenes: you’ll find skilled oral sex, some stellar dirty talk, enthusiastic girl/girl strap-on sex and Sophia Rossi fucking the daylights out of a sex machine. The music video-styled look and high budget (complete with couture lingerie) make this an excellent couples' pick. 2007 AVN Award-winner for Best Editing.

Chemistry

This is the tale of seven porn stars picked to live in a house for 36 hours with no plot, no script, and no restrictions. Former Babelander Tristan Taormino knows a thing or two about creating a hot flick, and she shows it in this sex-positive fuckfest. We believe Chemistry is one of the best DVDs we have ever seen, and were pleased to see it win a 2007 AVN Award for Best Gonzo Release. A diverse cast stars in this intimate look at porn stars' lives and stories, spliced between passionate and sexy scenes.

Neu Wave Hookers

An excellent, provocative, and intelligent re-invention of the classic New Wave Hookers, thanks to the stylish direction of trashy-classy film-school graduate Eon McKai. Fast-forward through three scenes of hookers with a disturbing trick, and you'll be hugely rewarded by lots and lots of hot sex, a great electro-clash soundtrack, an extremely appealing, diverse cast and a reenactment of the famous blow-job scene featuring a young Traci Lords. Winner of the 2007 AVN Award for Best All-Sex Release.

Joanna's Angels

Joanna Angel (a neighbor and friend to Babeland New York) directs and stars in this campy sequel featuring local, natural-bodied tattooed lasses and hot boys. The plot: A bodacious blonde chick, Charlotte Stokely, has kidnapped the President's daughter, Dana Dearmond, and she's holding her for ransom until everything "alt" is outlawed. Can these sex-crazed superheros put their raging hormones aside and concentrate on their jobs? Featuring toys all donated by Babeland, and winner of the 2007 AVN Award for Best Sex Comedy.

Pirates

Swashbuckling ladies give “walking the plank” a whole new meaning in this pirate-inspired, high-seas adventure, which won several 2006 AVN Awards, including Best Actor, Best All-Girl Scene, and Best Special Effects. The feisty performances by Janine, Carmen Luvana, and others intersperse swordplay with cockplay, and sea battles with fierce girl-girl skirmishes.

The New Devil in Miss Jones

It would take porn legends Paul Thomas, Jenna Jameson and Georgina Spelvin (the original “Miss Jones”) to do the superlative porn classic one better. And they were well-rewarded for their efforts, winning 2006 AVN Awards for Cinematography and Best Screenplay, among others.  Savanna plays Miss Jones, a virgin suicide granted extra time on earth by the devil to indulge in all the dirty pleasures she missed the first time around.

Jenna Loves Pain

Bossy porn superstar Jenna Jameson receives a long-overdue comeuppance—and she loves every minute of it. SM filmmaster Ernest Greene creates an instant classic, as Jenna reveals her darkest fantasies, gets tied up in knots, and grovels under a whip. Winner of 2006 Best Specialty Release, BDSM.

Jenna Jameson is The Masseuse

Winner of Best Adult Film of 2005, along with Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Couple’s Sex Scene. Starring Jenna Jameson as a masseuse whose client is a socially awkward virgin male (played by real-life husband Justin Sterling). A great couples' flick with a compelling plot, veteran director Paul Thomas pairs hardcore with bondage in this remake of the original.

Stuntgirl

Stuntgirl was the debut adult film by director Jack the Zipper, but it cleaned up in 2005, winning awards for Best Director, Best Couples' Sex Video, and Best All Sex Video. Peter Warren reviewed Stuntgirl for Adult Video News:  “Like a fever dream dredged from the brainpans of David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Darren Aronofsky and Gerard Damiano, Stuntgirl is, unequivocally, a work of pure art. Jack the Zipper is the new Wunderkind of Porn.”

Insatiable

This adult video earned a Best Classic award in 2004. Marilyn Chambers’s performance as a poor little rich girl with only one thing on her mind was memorable enough to inspire a sequel and a special 20th anniversary edition of the original. This is the film with the oh-so-memorable pool table scene that wowed reviewers then, and still does today.

Fashionistas

This lengthy X-rated video combined fetish, fantasy, and BDSM play, earning it Best Film in 2003 after receiving a record 22 nominations for different categories. With its gorgeous costumes and high production values, Fashionistas resembles a high-budget Hollywood extravaganza.

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