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The following is a list of television series that have been broadcast by the American pay television channel Cinemax.. Although the large majority of Cinemax's programming consists of feature films, the network has produced and broadcast, either in first-run form or as secondary runs, a limited number of television series over the course of the network's existence.
In his book Hollywood's Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir, Robert Barton Palmer claimed "perhaps the most popular genre in the 1990s, the so-called erotic thriller [...] is a direct descendant of the classic film noir". [6] Many films of the 1960s and 70s also provocatively mixed noir themes with softcore sex, erotic fantasy, and voyeurism. [7]
Cinemax's late-night block, Max After Dark, featured softcore pornographic films and original series with TV-MA or R ratings, primarily for strong sexual content and nudity. This block, which began on May 4, 1984, as "Cinemax Friday After Dark," expanded to seven nights a week by the late 1990s. [ 19 ]
1990 First film to be rated NC-17. [52] [18] [53] Hell's Belles: 1997 Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexuality and nudity. [54] The Hottest Bid: 1995 Rated NC-17 for strong, graphic sexuality; kept rating after the MPAA upheld an appeal to overturn it. [55] In the Cold of the Night: 1990 Rated NC-17 in 1990. Edited version rated R in 1990. [56]
Early 1990s horror series were based on classical horror figures such as a blond-haired Count in Dracula: The Series and She-Wolf of London. [5] Series in the 1990s were often either based on their locations such as Shades of LA , Eerie Indiana , and Twin Peaks or focused on vampires with Geraint Wyn Davies playing an undead cop in Forever ...
Emmanuelle in Space is an American erotic science-fiction television series produced for cable and syndication in 1994. It is loosely based upon the character Emmanuelle created by Emmanuelle Arsan in the 1960s and featured in dozens of softcore films over the years. The series was produced by Alain Siritzky, whose production company proceeded ...
Forbidden Science is a science fiction television series that aired on Cinemax from January to March 2009. It is set in a near-future world in which people fulfill erotic desires with virtual reality and androids. The 13-episode series is a combination of film noir and erotic thriller, focuses on the lives of the 4Ever Innovations staff.
1990: After Dark, My Sweet: James Foley: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern: United States: Psychological thriller [1] The Ambulance: Larry Cohen: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons: United States} [2] Bad Influence: Curtis Hanson: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Lisa Zane: United States [3] Blue Steel: Kathryn Bigelow