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Hardcore (1979)

★ 6.7 · 325 ratings on TMDB

“Oh my God, that's my daughter.”

Hardcore poster★ 6.7

A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.

DirectorPaul Schrader
CastDave Nichols, Dick Sargent, Gary Graham, George C. Scott, Larry Block, Leonard Gaines
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Hardcore keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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