History
After the formation of the MPAA rating system in the United States and prior to the 1980s, numerous softcore films, with a wide range of production costs, were released to mainstream movie theatres, especially drive-ins. Some, such as Emmanuelle and Alice in Wonderland, received positive reviews from noted critics such as Roger Ebert. Since the rise in popularity of home video in the 1980s, however, most softcore films have been restricted to home video releases or overnight timeslots on premium channels such as Cinemax, Showtime, and Multipremier, and production values have dropped.
American softcore pornography production companies include METart and Perfect 10. In Japan, the softcore theatrical pink film has been a major cinematic genre since the early 1960s.
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