Fleshbot’s Top Ten Porn DVDs Of 2006

As we bid a bittersweet farewell to 2006—it was, after all, the year that Britney Spears' crotch got us kicked off SiteMeter, surely one of our proudest achievements ever—we cast a jaded yet affectionate eye on the stacks of porn screeners towering atop every available level surface here at Fleshbot Central and remember that even if bald celebrity pussy makes our virtual turnstiles rattle, people still, by and large, prefer actually jerking off to DVDs. But how to best budget your precious masturbatory time when you have to choose from the squillions of series that have long since worn out their welcome ("Ball Licking Bitches #253" ) and ill-conceived novelty titles ("Insexts", anyone?) crowding the shelves of your local adult novelty emporium?

Join Fleshbot's Senior Erotic Consultant Gram Ponante after the jump for the ten titles that will remain in or near our DVD players long after all the other disks we have sitting around have been pawned off to porn-weary friends in birthday gift baskets, donated to local orphanages for craft use, or wound up in a landfill. (And in the meantime: if anyone's interested in our copy of "Insexts", it's yours for the asking.)

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Fleshbot's Top Ten Porn DVDs of 2006
by Gram Ponante

10.

The New Neighbors
SllabWurks

While the company seems to have imploded due to squabbling among its financial backers, the movie that took about a year to release is one of the most satisfying porn movies I have ever seen. It combines great performances from people like Randy Spears and Nikki Hunter while operating in a feature film-worthy storyline of succubi and open marriages. Of all the movies that came out this year that really could be edited up and down for maximum commercial exploitation, this is the one, and it is a shame that the company never got up on its feet. Director Frank Castle has indicated that he will put together a sequel with the right backing, so here's hoping he gets it.

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9

Ravenous
Anarchy Films

Director/Performer Nikki Hunter delivers a solid porn movie featuring women who know how to fuck, like Trina Michaels, Mika Tan, and Aurora Snow. Watching Nikki Hunter work is watching someone with her eyes on the prize; she understands the realities of what porn audiences seem to want and she delivers.

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8.

Hillary Scott: Cock Star!
JM Productions

Because the ubiquitous Hillary Scott has been in so many diverse movies this year, it is hard to say which one she was best in, and harder still to pin down which movie showed her in her best light. She showed great acting talent in "Corruption", but that movie left me a little cold, despite its technical and acting qualities. And the concept of "Britney Rears" always outstrips its execution. But "Cock Star!" shows off Scott, the way I've come to like her, as a firmly-tongue-in-cheek, level-headed pornstress with a dirty mind and a wicked sense of humor.

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7.

The Da Vinci Load
Hustler

Funny, smart, and irreverent, this movie didn't do nearly as well as it should have, easily walking the line between frat porn and Vivid-style high gloss features—and a rare instance of a porn spoof being better than the Hollywood movie it parodies

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6.

Gang Bang 5
Red Light District

Naomi and Sasha Grey each takes on several guys in this two-disc set that showcases, well, the way porn is looking lately. Naomi is—and has the looks of—a runway model. People wanting to see runway models swallow loads of cum from a roomful of dirty guys need look no further. But it is Sasha Grey who really means business. Grey's talent is that she is a wanton girl who doesn't end up looking used up at the end of her movie. In fact, she looks ready for second helpings. Naomi, on the other hand, appears ready to go home and cry.

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5

Island Fever 4
Digital Playground

What makes Digital Playground probably the most savvy company in porn is contained in this movie. Each of its contract stars is shown off in the best light, and each has her own separate personality. There really is something for everyone in this movie, and it is no mistake that there is no talking at all, just beautiful shots of sex-toned whippet-girls on a beach fucking in the sand—though it's a shame that Fleshbot Crush Object™ Sophia Santi was left off the cover because she looked too much like a normal woman. A normal, built-like-a-brick-house hotter-than-fire woman, that is. But still.

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4.

Avenue X
VCA

Maverick director Joe Gallant's loopy, smart, and dirty movie features Kimberly Kane, Trina Michaels, Tommy Pistol, and Brian Surewood chewing up the scenery in this trippy, Aquarian porn about Big Brother.

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3.

The ReBelle Rousers
Vivid-Alt

Glamour photographer-turned-pornographer Winkytiki's movie about pinup models gone bad features the delicious Page Morgan and Mysti May in a scene with Tyler Knight that makes porn seem fun. Shouldn't it be fun? Also delightful is Smokin' Mary Jane.

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2.

Girls Lie
Vivid-Alt

Director Eon McKai's best movie so far showcases Charlotte Stokely in a manner that was dirty, sexy, and sad at the same time. While McKai's style sometimes gets in the way of the story, he certainly cleaved to what has become the Alt signature by casting the likes of the juicy Dana DeArmond as well as Tom Byron, yet another move that should (but won't) quiet the McKai-haters who think he is an upstart, when in fact he has a capacious knowledge of the adult industry's history.

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1.

O: The Power of Submission
Adam & Eve

This movie had a hot all-star cast directed ably by Ernest Greene with standout performances from Nina Hartley, Adrianna Nicole, Kylie Ireland, and Carmen Luvana. It also had the most ambitious story, adapted from "L'Histoire d'O" by Greene. Top that, "Dirt Pipe Milkshakes".

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