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MOVIES (in order of induction) ACTRESSES ACTORS
  • Deep Throat
  • Behind the Green Door
  • The Opening of Misty Beethoven
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
  • Story of Joanna
  • Honeypie
  • The Devil in Miss Jones
  • Femmes De Sade
  • Wet Rainbow
  • Naked Came the Stranger
  • 3 A.M.
  • Desires Within Young Girls
  • Barbara Broadcast
  • The Other Side of Julie
  • Take Off
  • The Candy Stripers
  • Sex World
  • Easy
  • Babylon Pink
  • The Ecstacy Girls
  • Pretty Peaches
  • Eruption
  • Baby Face
  • Jack & Jill
  • Insatiable
  • Talk Dirty to Me
  • Nightdreams
  • Nothing to Hide
  • Randy the Electric Lady
  • Cafe Flesh
  • Outlaw Ladies
  • Platinum Paradise
  • All American Girls
  • Roommates
  • Sexcapades
  • Bad Girls
  • Every Woman Has a Fantasy
  • Firestorm
  • New Wave Hookers
  • Night Hunger
  • Taboo
  • Little Girls Blue
  • Taboo American-Style
  • Dangerous Stuff
  • White Bun Busters
  • Loose Ends
  • Mary! Mary!
  • Dixie Ray Hollywood Star
  • Sensations
  • Her Name was Lisa
  • Aerobisex Girls
  • Anna Obsessed
  • The Catwoman
  • Buttman's Ultimate Workout
  • The Chameleon
  • Hot Pursuit
  • The Big Thrill
  • Night Trips
  • The Dancers
  • Wild Goose Chase
  • Chameleons - Not The Sequel
  • Amanda By Night
  • Buttman's European Vacation
  • Black Throat
  • Face Dance Parts I, II - Evil Angel - from '93
  • Justine - Nothing to Hide II - Cal Vista
  • Latex - Michael Ninn - VCA
  • Neon Nights - Command Video - from '81
  • '08: REEL PEOPLE - Movie. Arrow Film & Video, 1984, D. Anthony Spinelli
  • '08: CURSE OF THE CATWOMAN - Movie. VCA Pictures, 1991, D. John Leslie
  • '09: DOG WALKER - John Leslie Productions, 1994, D. John Leslie
  • '10: WHISPERED LIES - Peter Davy - LBO
  • '13 FASHIONISTAS - John Stagliano - 2002 - Evil Angel
  • '14 SLAVE TO LOVE - Alex DeRenzy - 1993 - Rosebud
  • '17 HOUSE OF DREAMS - Andrew Blake - 1990 - Caballero


    BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR

  • '84 Let Me Tell Ya About White Chicks
  • '85 Black Throat
  • '86 Edwin Durell's Dreamgirls
  • '87 Nightshift Nurses
  • '88 The Catwoman
  • '89 The Chameleon
  • '90 Buttman's Ultimate Workout
  • '91 Buttman's European Vacation
  • '92 Buttman vs. Buttwoman
  • '93 Takin' It To The Limit
  • '94 Pussyman
  • '95 Latex
  • '96 Buttman In The Crack
  • '97 The Psychosexuals
  • '98 Cafe Flesh 2
  • '99 Torn
  • '00 Buttman's Toy Stories
  • '01 Euphoria
  • '02 The Ass Collector
  • '03 Beautiful - Wicked Pictures
  • '04 In The Garden of Shadows - Ninn Worx/Pure Play


    BEST RELEASE OF THE YEAR
     
  • '06 Pirates - Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
  • '07 Curse Eternal - Wicked Pictures
  • '08 Babysitters - Digital Playground
  • '09 Cheerleaders - Digital Playground
  • '10 Flight Attendants – X-Play/Adam & Eve Pictures
  • '11 Speed - Wicked Pictures
  • '12 Pornstar Superheroes - Elegant Angel
  • '13 Lost and Found - New Sensations
  • '14 The Submision of Emma Marx - New Sensations
  • '15 Second Chances - New Sensations
  • '16 Being Riley - Tushy/Jules Jordan
  • '17 Preacher's Daughter - Wicked Pictures
  • '18 The Submision of Emma Marx: Evolved - New Sensations
  • '19 Abigail - Tushy


    BEST FILM OF THE YEAR

  • '84 Every Woman Has A Fantasy
  • '85 Taboo American Style I-IV
  • '86 Every Woman Has A Fantasy Part 2
  • '87 Pretty Peaches II
  • '88 (none awarded this year)
  • '89 (none awarded this year)
  • '90 Pretty Peaches III
  • '91 Wild Goose Chase
  • '92 Chameleons: Not The Sequel
  • '93 Justine - Nothing To Hide 2
  • '94 Dogwalker
  • '95 Borderline
  • '96 Sex Freaks
  • '97 Bad Wives
  • '98 Masseuse 3
  • '99 The Awakening
  • '00 Les Vampyres
  • '01 Fade To Black
  • '02 The Fashionistas
  • '03 Compulsion - Elegant Angel


    BEST EPIC OF THE YEAR
      (big budget production - usually 2+ discs)
  • '06 Pirates - Digital Playground/Adam & Eve
  • '07 Corruption - Sex Z Pictures
  • '08 Upload Sex Z Pictures
  • '09 Fallen (Wicked Pictures) - tie
  • '09 Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge (Digital Playground) - tie
  • '10 2010 - Wicked Pictures
  • '11 Speed - Wicked Pictures
  • '12 Portrait of a Call Girl - Elegant Angel
  • '13 Voracious - The First Season - John Stagliano/Evil Angel
  • '14 Underworld - Wicked Pictures
  • '15 Wetwork - Vivid Entertainment Group
  • '16 Wanted - Wicked Pictures/Adam and Eve
  • Georgina Spelvin
  • Tina Russell
  • Rene Bond
  • Marilyn Chambers
  • Sharon Thorpe
  • Annette Haven
  • Lesllie Bovee
  • Sharon Mitchell
  • Colleen Brennan
  • Sharon Kane
  • Gloria Leonard
  • Kay Parker
  • Suzanne McBain
  • Seka
  • Veronica Hart
  • Erica Boyer
  • Vanessa Del Rio
  • Desiree Cousteau
  • Lisa DeLeeuw
  • Hyapatia Lee '93
  • Debi Diamond '93
  • Shanna McCullough
  • Ginger Lynn
  • Christy Canyon
  • Amber Lynn '95
  • Nina Hartley '95
  • Desiree West
  • Jeanna Fine
  • Bionca '97
  • Careena Collins '97
  • Kelly Nichols '98
  • Annie Sprinkle '98
  • Barbara Dare '98
  • Jesie St. James '98
  • Shauna Grant '98
  • Linda Wong '98
  • Tori Welles '99
  • Porsche Lynn '00
  • Tracey Adams '00
  • Teri Weigel '01
  • Ashlyn Gere '02
  • Tiffany Mynx '02
  • Selena Steele
  • Jenna Jameson '05
  • Keisha '06
  • Kylie Ireland '06
  • Janine '07
  • Serenity '07
  • Francesca Le' '07
  • Chloe '08
  • Jeanne Pepper '08
  • Stephanie Swift '08
  • Shayla LaVeaux '08
  • Nikki Dial '08
  • Jewel DeNyle '09
  • Leena '09
  • Stacy Valentine '09
  • Joanna Storm '09
  • Missy '09
  • Angel Kelly '09
  • Sunset Thomas '10
  • Inari Vachs '10
  • Jada Fire '10
  • Nikki Charm '10
  • Rayveness '11
  • Tricia Devereaux '11
  • jessica drake '11
  • Lynn LeMay '11
  • Juli Ashton '11
  • Aurora Snow '11
  • Jenna Haze '12
  • Jesse Jane '12
  • Julia Ann '12
  • Lisa Ann '13
  • Belladonna '13
  • Alexandra Silk '13
  • Rebecca Bardoux '14
  • Stormy Daniels '14
  • Tera Patrick '14
  • Taylor Wayne '14
  • Melissa Hill '15
  • Hillary Scott '16
  • Briana Banks '16
  • Ruby '17
  • Darla Crane '17
  • Raylene '17
  • Devon '18
  • Micky Lynn '18
  • Alexis Texas '18
  • Alana Evans '19
  • Brandi Love '19
  • Phoenix Marie '19
  • Tori Black '20
  • Kaitlyn Ashley '20
  • Asa Akira '20
  • Angela White '20
  • Sunny Lane '21
  • India Summer .21
  • Katie Morgan '21
  • Riley Reid '21
  • Ashley Blue '21
  • Heather Hunter '22
  • Dana DeArmond '22
  • Sasha Grey '23
  • Natasha Nice '23
  • Tanta Tate '23
  • Lexy Belle '24
  • Celeste '24
  • Felecia '24
  • Kagney Lynn Karter '24
  • Misty Stone '24

    FILM PIONEERS

  • George S. McDonald
  • Sandi Carey
  • Sandy Dempsey
  • Ric Lutze
  • Jesse Adams
  • Serena
  • Darby Lloyd Rains
  • C.J. Laing
  • Cyndee Summers
  • Johnny Keyes
  • Richard Mailer
  • William Margold
  • Bob Vosse
  • John Seeman '93
  • David Christopher '93
  • Michael Morrison '93
  • Roy Karch
  • Jim Malibu '98
  • Juliet Anderson '98
  • Bobby Astyr '98
  • George Payne '98
  • Dean Roberson '00
  • Richard Pacheco '06
  • Loni Sanders '07
  • Mai Lin '07
  • R. Bolla '08
  • Marc Stevens '08
  • Lysa Thatcher '08
  • Abigail Clayton '08
  • Kandi Barbour '09
  • Mike Ranger '10
  • Rhonda Jo Petty '12
  • Brigitte Lahaie '14
  • John Seeman '15
  • Lasse Braun '15
  • Karen Summer '15
  • Constance Money '16
  • Vanity '20
  • "Long" Jeanne Silver '21



  • SPECIAL AWARDS

  • Michael Cates '95
    for achievement in
    videography, cinematography,
    and editing
  • Carl Esser '95
    (in memorium)
  • Anna Malle '07
    (in memorium)
    the Ultimate Party Animal
  • Christi Lake '07
    for achievement in
    Free Speech support
  • Asia Carrera '08
    XRCO Members Choice Award
  • H. Louis Sirkin, ATTY '09
    for Xcellence in
    Free Speech and
    First Amendment
    cases and litigation.
  • Phil Harvey '10
    First Amendment
  • Seymour Satin '15
    Sardo's Grill and Lounge
  • Jeff Vanzetti '16
    for IAFD.com
  • Houston Don '16
    for superior reviews
  • Steve Hirsch '16
    for Industry Xcellence!
  • Steve Orenstein '16
    for Industry Xcellence!
  • James Bartholet '24

    OUTLAWS OF PORN
  • '09 Max Hardcore

  • John C. Holmes
  • Harry Reems
  • Jamie Gillis
  • Eric Edwards
  • John Leslie
  • Paul Thomas
  • Herschel Savage
  • Jon Martin
  • Joey Silvera
  • Randy West
  • Ron Jeremy
  • Mike Horner
  • Tom Byron
  • Marc Wallice
  • Peter North
  • Buck Adams '95
  • Don Fernando '97
  • Steve Drake '98
  • Sean Michaels '99
  • T.T. Boy '99
  • Rocco Siffredi '00
  • Jake Steed
  • Billy Dee '01
  • Randy Spears '02
  • Mark Davis '06
  • Jon Dough '06
  • Blake Palmer '06
  • Steven St. Croix '07
  • Mr. Marcus '07
  • Christoph Clark '08
  • Lexington Steele '09
  • Erik Everhard '10
  • Evan Stone '10
  • Dave Cummings '11
  • Manuel Ferrara '11
  • Vince Vouyer '12
  • Mark Wood '14
  • Tony Montana '14
  • Eric Masterson '17
  • Kyle Stone '18
  • Mick Blue '18
  • Brandon Iron '18
  • Jay Crew '19
  • Ramon Nomar '19
  • Steve Holmes '19
  • Bill Bailey '20
  • Vanity '20
  • Mike Quasar '22
  • HeaRobby D. '22
  • Westley Emerson '22
  • Tommy Pistol '23
  • Michael Stefano '23
  • Chris Streams '23


    FILM CREATORS/DIRECTORS/ETC.

  • David F. Friedman
  • Gerard Damiano
  • Radley Metzger
    (Henry Paris)
  • Alex deRenzy
  • Anthony Spinelli
  • Howard Ziehm
    (Linus Gator)
  • Bob Chinn
  • Harold Lime
  • The Mitchell Brothers
  • Cecil Howard
  • Henri Pachard
  • Robert McCallum
  • Erik Anderson
  • Chuck Vincent
  • F.J. Lincoln '93
  • Bobby Hollander '93
  • Bruce Seven '93
  • John Stagliano
  • Gregory Dark '95
  • Michael Carpenter
  • Candida Royalle '97
  • Ed Powers '98
  • Damon Christian
  • Patrick Collins '00
  • Jim Enright '00
  • Kirdy Stevens '01
  • Andrew Blake '02
  • Seymore Butts
  • James Avalon
  • Michael Ninn '06
  • Rinse Dream '07
  • Suze Randall '08
  • Richard Mahler '08
  • Brad Armstrong '09
  • Jules Jordan '09
  • Miles Long '12
  • Luc Wylder '12
  • Jonathan Morgan '13
  • Christian Mann '13
  • Rodney Moore '13
  • Axel Braun '14
  • Jeff Mullen '15
  • Stoney Curtis '15
  • Mason '16
  • Joanna Angel '16
  • Raven Touchstone '16
  • Robby D '22
  • Mike Quasar '22
  • Cass Paley/Westley Emerson '22
  • Kayden Kross '22
  • Mike John '24


    FIFTH ESTATE
    & Auxiliary Fields

  • Reb Sawitz '93
  • Jim South '95
  • Al Goldstein '93
  • Larry Flynt
  • William Rotsler '93
  • Jeremy Stone '97
  • John Rowberry
  • Susie Bright '02
  • Bill Liebowitz '04
  • Jim Holliday '04
  • Jared Rutter '04
  • Doug Oliver '06
  • Danni Ashe '07
  • Mark Kernes '07
  • Paul Fishbein '08
  • Roger T. Pipe '09
  • Peter Van Aarle '11
  • DEN Recob (CAVR.com) '12
  • Tristen Taormino '12
  • Art Koch '19
  • Mark Spiegler '21




We put out a request for any "early years" award winners which may have been lost over the years. A special thank you to "Charles" who recently sent this e-mail with award info previously unknown to us:


In response to your appeal regarding prior year awards, here's some information regarding awards given for gay films, performers, and directors. I don't know if you'll want to include this on your website as these are awards that are no longer given, but here's the information, nonetheless. Good luck with your search for the other information.

The information is from the 1999 Adam Gay Video Directory, Knight Publishing Corporation.

"Primarily composed of journalists for straight publications, the XRCO included a gay awards section in its Valentine's Day shows for six years. This section was discontinued after 1989 as gay interest in this show gradually withered and a sufficient number of gay critics and reviewers could not be assembled to maintain a presence. Best Actor awards were given for work during the year rather than for a specific production."  After this AVN continued the gay awards at their GAYVN Awards Show.

1984 Awards
Feature: Sailor in the Wild (Catalina Video)
Director: Matt Sterling (Sizing Up)
Actor: Michael Christopher

1985 Awards
Feature: Hot on the Trail (J.D. Cadinot)
Director: William Higgins (The Young and the Hung)
Actor: Ron Pearson
Newcomer: Cory Baker

1986 Awards
Feature: Bigger than Life (HUGE Video)
Director: Matt Sterling (Bigger than Life )
Actor: Jeff Stryker
Newcomer: John Davenport

1987 Awards
Feature: Big Guns (Catalina Video)
Director: Christopher Rage (My Masters)
Actor: Mike Henson
Newcomer: Kevin Williams
1988 Awards
Feature: Too Big for His Britches (Tyger/Sierra Pacific)
Director: Ronnie Shark (Too Big for His Britches)
Actor: Steve Hammond
Newcomer: Tim Lowe

1989 Awards
Feature: Heat in the Night (HUGE Video)
Director: Kristen Bjorn (Carnival in Rio)
Actor: Tim Lowe
Newcomer: Joey Stefano


THANKS TO MULTIPLE XRCO AWARD-WINNER COLLEEN BRENNAN FOR THIS FUN & INFORMATIVE E-MAIL:

Subject: Back in the old days we had to sand our own hearts.

Dear Mr. Bob, I understand the XRCO is hoping to identify pre-'93 winners. My hearts say:

Best Supporting Actress 1986, Colleen Brennan, Star Angel.
XRCO 1988 Hall of Fame, Colleen Brennan
And the little one just says," Thanxxxx to Colleen Brennan 1988"
(attachments are photos of the primitive hearts awarded in the era of porn predating the Great Mutating Cootie Pandemic of '93 that wiped pubic hair off the face of, ---oh drop it, Colleen, before you hear yourself testing out loud, "Ron Jeremy?" "John Leslie?"

I read about the origin of the hearts being the association with Valentine's day. I'm pretty sure that the untold half of that story has to do with the first year's event budget being somewhere in the neighborhood of six, eight dollars. More than likely Jim Dawson had some wood leaning against his stove and Margold was allowed to use a saw back then. Had to keep it simple, no one was willing to whittle a whole pile of buxom little lip-licking Pornettes.

My contribution to the first XRCO awards was introducing the guys to my friend, Bill Gazzarri. He was happy to have us, and the the XRCO kept the party there for several more years. I hosted a couple of the first ones, once with Ron Jeremy and once solo. Nina Hartley was among the first, if not the very first heart-on girl.

Damn, people, I figured you'd at least have the museum that would eventually house my trophy collection in it's planning stage. Come to find out you didn't even keep a copy of the program! My god, how will you devastate me next? Is someone going to tell me that Jared is no longer the cute young dude of the XRCO?

All the best,
------ -----,
AKA Colleen Brennan


HERE IS AN UPDATE from a person with the unlikely name of Mike Hunt regarding
the 9th Annual XRCO Awards held at FM Station, North Hollywood, CA on June 24, 1993:

Best Film: Chameleons: Not The Sequel
Best Video: Buttman vs. Buttwoman
Starlet of the Year: Nikki Dial
Female Performer of the Year: Ashlyn Gere
Male Performer of the Year: Rocco Siffredi
Actress (Single Performance): Ashlyn Gere (Chameleons: Not The Sequel)
Actor (Single Performance): Marc Wallice (House of Sleeping Beauties)
Director of the Year: John Stagliano
Best Amatuer or Pro-Am Series: More Dirty Debutantes
Unsung Siren: Debi Diamond
Woodsman of the Year: TT Boy
Worst Movie of the Year: Fag Hags
Best Couples Sex Scene: Ashlyn Gere and Rocco Siffredi (Chameleons: Not The Sequel)
Best Girl-Girl Scene: Ashlyn Gere and Deidre Holland (Chameleons: Not The Sequel)
Best Group Scene: Blindfold Orgy (Face Dance I)
Best Anal Sex Scene: Sierra and Rocco Siffedi (Face Dance II)
Hall of Fame: Desiree Cousteau, Lisa DeLeeuw, Tom Byron, Marc Wallice