Hardcore
Directed by Paul Schrader
Jake VanDorn is a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen. When his teenage daughter goes missing from her church youth convention, VanDorn hires a private investigator to find her, and the investigator spots the girl in a cheap X-rated movie. VanDorn decides to bring her back personally and during the quest he becomes familiar with the pornographic underworld.
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Hardcore Ratings & Reviews
- cultfilmliker10 February 2026An exceptionally “holesome” Christmas movie Was tired of having the neighbors complain about all my sexually deviant films so I watched this one at 1 AM just to be safe Pretty spicy content for 1979! Peter Boyle sure can leer! The fight on the hill was dope
- parcolan5 August 2025Very good movie for its age and it is still actual for how trend is moving even to now..
Hardcore Trivia
Hardcore was released on 9 February 1979.
Hardcore was directed by Paul Schrader.
Hardcore has a runtime of 1h 48m.
Hardcore was produced by Buzz Feitshans.
Jake VanDorn is a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen. When his teenage daughter goes missing from her church youth convention, VanDorn hires a private investigator to find her, and the investigator spots the girl in a cheap X-rated movie. VanDorn decides to bring her back personally and during the quest he becomes familiar with the pornographic underworld.
The key characters in Hardcore are Jake VanDorn (George C. Scott), Andy Mast (Peter Boyle), Niki (Season Hubley).
Hardcore is rated 18.
Hardcore is a Crime, Drama, Thriller film.
Hardcore has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.