As the adult industry wraps up its 2020 awards’ season, the AVN and XBIZ award-winning movies, series, and scenes of the past year made history as the best-of-the-best in XXX. As we predicted, Drive and Teenage Lesbian swept both shows, getting an astounding number of accolades, including “Movie of the Year” and “Best Drama,” among other honors. While awards don’t account for every fans’ preferences, the trophies provide recognition to many performers’ and directors’ hard work in an entertainment field totally ostracized from mainstream show business. In a time where anyone can film and upload their homemade porn to the internet for consumption, dedication to the craft of creating actual inspired, quality content must be upheld. The glamorous affairs of AVN and XBIZ distinguish porn worth paying for from the infinite amount of low-resolution iPhone videos on tube sites. Continue reading to see what titles were deemed absolute must-sees!
Best Action/Thriller: |
Three Cheers for Satan, BurningAngel Entertainment |
Best All-Girl Gonzo/Anthology Production: |
Girlcore: Season 1, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: |
Riley Reid, Angela White & Katrina Jade, I Am Riley, Evil Angel Films |
Best All-Girl Narrative Production: |
Teenage Lesbian, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best All-Girl Series or Channel: |
Women Seeking Women, Girlfriends Films |
Best Anal Production: |
First Anal 8, Tushy/Pulse |
Best Anal Series or Channel: |
Tushy Raw, Tushy Raw/Pulse |
Best Anal Sex Scene: |
Emily Willis & Ramon Nomar, Emily Willis: The Anal Awakening, LeWood/Evil Angel |
Best Anthology Production: |
Sacrosanct Now, Deeper/Pulse |
Best Anthology Series or Channel: |
Future Darkly, Pure Taboo/Pulse |
Best Art Direction: |
Drive, Deeper/Pulse |
Best BDSM Production: |
School of Submission: Kristen Scott, Kink/Digital Sin |
Best Big Bust Production: |
Bra Busters 9, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Big Butt Production: |
Big Anal Asses 8, Hard X/O.L. Entertainment |
Best Blowbang Scene: |
Angela White, Angela White: Dark Side, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: |
Gianna Dior & Mick Blue, Unlocked (Relentless | DVD), Deeper/Pulse |
Best Cinematography: |
Winston Henry & Set Walker, Drive, Deeper/Pulse |
Best Comedic Screenplay: |
Will Ryder, Love Emergency, Adam & Eve Pictures |
Best Comedy: |
Love Emergency, Adam & Eve Pictures |
Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene: |
Riley Reid, Markus Dupree & Ramon Nomar, I Am Riley, Evil Angel Films |
Best Drama: |
Drive, Deeper/Pulse |
Best Dramatic Screenplay: |
Bree Mills, Perspective, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Ethnic Production: |
Porn’s Top Black Models 5, Elegant Angel Productions |
Best Ethnic/Interracial Series or Channel: |
Interracial Icon, Blacked/Pulse |
Best Featurette: |
Valley of the Fuck Dolls (Sordid Stories | DVD), Deeper/Pulse |
Best Female Mixed-Age Production: |
Lesbian Seductions 66, Girlfriends Films |
Best Foreign Production – Open Genre: |
Elements, Evil Angel Films |
Best Foreign-Shot All-Girl Sex Scene: |
Misha Cross, Amirah Adara, Anna de Ville, Sophie Sparks & Tiffany Tatum, Bacchanalia, Evil Angel Films |
Best Foreign-Shot Anal Sex Scene: |
Misha Cross & Ramon Nomar, Elements, Evil Angel Films |
Best Foreign-Shot Boy/Girl Sex Scene: |
Liya Silver & Ricky Mancini, Liya 4 You, Marc Dorcel |
Best Foreign-Shot Group Sex Scene: |
Jia Lissa, Ella Hughes & Jason Luv, Double Dare (Blacked Raw V15 | DVD), Blacked Raw/Pulse |
Best Gangbang Scene: |
Angela White, Markus Dupree, Mick Blue, Steve Holmes, Prince Yahshua, Jon Jon, Jon Strong, Robby Echo, Eric John, Rob Piper, Mr. Pete & Eddie Jaye, Angela White: Dark Side, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: |
Aidra Fox & Kristen Scott, Teenage Lesbian, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Gonzo Production: |
Consent, Evil Angel Films |
Best Gonzo Series or Channel: |
Raw, Manuel Ferrara/Jules Jordan |
Best Group Sex Production: |
Blacked Raw V21, Blacked Raw/Pulse |
Best Group Sex Scene: |
Angela White, Autumn Falls, Alina Lopez, Lena Paul & Manuel Ferrara, Drive, Deeper/Pulse |
Best Ingénue Production: |
Slut Puppies 14, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Ingénue Series or Channel: |
Ripe, Jules Jordan Video |
Best MILF Production: |
40 Years Old, Temptations of a Married Woman, Marc Dorcel/Wicked |
Best MILF/Female Mixed-Age Series or Channel: |
Mother-Daughter Exchange Club, Girlfriends Films |
Best New Production Banner: |
Deeper |
Best Niche Production: |
Jessica Drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex: Senior Sex, Wicked Pictures |
Best Niche Series or Channel: |
Shape of Beauty, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Oral Production: |
My Wife’s First Blowbang 3, New Sensations |
Best Oral Sex Scene: |
Adriana Chechik, The Adriana Chechik Experience (Swallowed.com 29 | DVD), Swallowed/Stepped Up/Evil Angel |
Best Parody: |
Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix |
Best Polyamory Production: |
Hotwife Tales: Proud Stag of a Sexy Vixen, New Sensations |
Best POV Sex Scene: |
Karma Rx & Manuel Ferrara, Manuel’s Fucking POV 12, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Pro-Am/Exhibitionist Production: |
Amateur POV Auditions 31, Amateur Allure/Jules Jordan |
Best Romance: |
Love Song, Wicked Passions |
Best Sexual Barter Production: |
Girls Under Arrest 2, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Solo/Tease Performance: |
Angela White, Angela White: Dark Side – Scene 4, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Star Showcase: |
Angela White: Dark Side, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Taboo Relations Production: |
Dysfucktional 3, PornFidelity/Kelly Madison/Juicy |
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl: |
Autumn Falls, Jules Jordan & Markus Dupree, Jules Jordan’s Three Ways, Jules Jordan Video |
Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy: |
Maitland Ward, Ivy Lebelle & Manuel Ferrara, Drive, Deeper/Pulse |
Best Transgender Group Sex Scene: |
Chanel Santini, Lance Hart, Will Havoc, Dante Colle, Pierce Paris & Wolf Hudson, Chanel Santini: TS Superstar, Evil Angel Films |
Best Transgender One-on-One Sex Scene: |
Aubrey Kate & Kenzie Taylor, Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix |
Best Transgender Production: |
Transfixed: Natalie Mars Showcase, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Transgender Series or Channel: |
Transfixed, Adult Time/Pulse |
Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene: |
Kenzie Reeves, Sofie Reyez, Jillian Janson, Gina Valentina & Tommy Gunn, The Wanking Dead: Doctor’s Orders, WankzVR.com |
Clever Title of the Year: |
I’m Not That Kind of Girl Unless You’re My Brother, Blazed Studios/Pulse |
Most Outrageous Sex Scene: |
Cherie DeVille & Michael Vegas, The Ghost Rocket (Future Darkly: The Complete Second Season | DVD), Pure Taboo/Pulse |
Movie of the Year: |
Teenage Lesbian, Adult Time/Pulse |
Performer Showcase of the Year: |
I Am Riley (Evil Angel) |
All-Girl Feature Movie of the Year: |
Teenage Lesbian (Adult Time) |
All-Girl Non-Feature Release of the Year: |
The ‘We Like Girls’ Project Vol. 2 (Girlsway) |
All-Girl Series of the Year: |
Girlcore (Adult Time) |
Best Sex Scene — Feature Movie: |
Ivy Lebelle, Maitland Ward & Manuel Ferrara, Drive (Deeper) |
Best Sex Scene — Erotic-Themed: |
Abella Danger & Small Hands,Her & Him (Pornhub Premium) |
Best Sex Scene — Comedy: |
Jane Wilde, Kenzie Reeves, Kira Noir & Small Hands, Three Cheers for Satan (Burning Angel) |
Best Sex Scene — Vignette: |
Jane Wilde, Emily Willis & Prince Yahshua, Disciples of Desire: Bad Copy – Bad City (Jules Jordan Video) |
Best Sex Scene — Gonzo: |
Bridgette B, Jax Slayer & Rob Piper, Bridgette B Spanish Fuck Doll (Evil Angel) |
Best Sex Scene — All-Sex: |
Teanna Trump & Jason Luv, Blacked Raw V19 (Blacked) |
Best Sex Scene — Taboo-Themed: |
Bridgette B, Ivy Wolfe & Tyler Nixon, The Rules (MissaX) |
Best Sex Scene — All-Girl: |
Charlotte Stokely & Kenna James, Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona (Sweetheart Video) |
Best Sex Scene — Virtual Reality: |
Adria Rae, Alex Blake, Gina Valentina, Lexi Lore, Maya Bijou, Taylor Blake & Tommy Gunn, Santa’s Naughty List (WankzVR) |
Best Screenplay: |
Teenage Lesbian (Adult Time) |
Best Cinematography: |
Teenage Lesbian (Adult Time) |
Best Art Direction: |
Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures) |
Best Special Effects: |
Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures) |
Best Editing: |
Teenage Lesbian (Adult Time) |
Studio of the Year: |
Gamma Entertainment |
Best New Studio: |
Deeper |
Marketing Campaign of the Year: |
I Am Riley (Evil Angel) |
Amateur Release of the Year: |
Tattooed Girls 3 (James Deen Entertainment) |
Fetish Release of the Year: |
Joanna Angel is Kinky (Kink) |
Foreign Movie Release of the Year: |
The Heist (Jacquie et Michel) |
Foreign Studio of the Year: |
Marc Dorcel |
Trans Movie of the Year: |
Transfixed: Natalie Mars Showcase (Adult Time) |
Trans Studio of the Year: |
Evil Angel |