The AVN awards are notorious for giving out trophies in every conceivable category (i.e. Best Animated Release, Best Fem-Dom Strap-On Release, Clever Title of the Year...). While this is an exhausting list, when reviewing the winners, certain titles keep popping up, suggesting that these films may actually be worth checking out by those of us who are not porn connoisseurs.

The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody won 9 awards: Best Art Direction, Best Director, Best DVD Extras, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Non-Sex Performance, Best Overall Marketing Campaign — Individual Project, Best Screenplay — Parody, and Best Parody - Comedy.

Asa Akira is Insatiable 2, won 7 awards: Best Director — Non Feature; Best Double-Penetration Scene; Best Group Sex Scene; Best Tease Performance; Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Boy/Boy/Girl; Best Anal Sex Scene; and Best All-Sex Release

Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Missy Martinez, Zoey Holloway, Diamond Foxxx & Brooklyn Lee, Cherry 2, Jewelbox/Digital Playground

Best All-Girl Series: Women Seeking Women, Girlfriends Films

Best All-Sex/Vignette Series: The Bombshells, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Amateur Release: Dare Dorm 4, RK Netmedia/Jules Jordan

Best Amateur Series: The Dancing Bear, Morally Corrupt/Jules Jordan

Best Anal Series: Evil Anal, Manuel Ferrara/Evil Angel

Best Animated Release: Alice in Wonderland: A XXX Animation Parody, Adult Source Media

Best Art Direction: The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best BDSM Release: Disciplined, Anastasia Pierce/Pulse

Best Big Bust Release: Big Wet Tits 10, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Big Bust Series: Big Tits in Uniform, Brazzers

Best Big Butt Release: Kelly Divine Is Buttwoman, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Big Butt Series: Phat Bottom Girls, Manuel Ferrara/Evil Angel

Best Cinematography: Axel Braun & Eli Cross, Spiderman XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Director — Feature: Graham Travis, Portrait of a Call Girl, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Director — Non Feature: Mason, Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Director — Parody: Brad Armstrong, The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Double-Penetration Scene: Asa Akira, Mick Blue & Toni Ribas, Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best DVD Extras: The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Editing: Scott Allen, The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Educational Release: Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Fellatio, Wicked Pictures

Best Ethnic-Theamed Release — Asian: Asian Booty 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Ethnic-Themed Release — Black: Big Wet Black Tits 3, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Ethnic-Themed Release — Latin: Escaladies, Digital Playground

Best Ethnic-Themed Series: Big Ass Brazilian Butts, Reality Kings/Pulse

Best Fem-Dom Strap-On Release: Beggin’ for a Peggin’, Reality Blue/Vouyer

Best Foot/Leg Fetish Release: Nylons 8, Third Degree Films

Best Foreign All-Sex Release: Ink, Daring Media Group

Best Foreign All-Sex Series: Young Harlots, Harmony Films

Best Gonzo Series: Raw, Manuel Ferrera/Evil Angel

Best Group Sex Scene: Asa Akira, Erik Everhard, Toni Ribas, Danny Mountain, Jon Jon, Broc Adams, Ramon Nomar & John Strong, Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Internal Release: Internal Damnation 4, Jules Jordan Video

Best Interracial Series: Lex the Impaler, Jules Jordan Video

Best Makeup: Shelby Stevens & Melissa Makeup, The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best MILF Release: Seasoned Players 16, Tom Byron/Evolution

Best MILF Series: Seasoned Players, Tom Byron/Evolution

Best Music Soundtrack: Elvis XXX: A Porn Parody, Axel Braun/Vivid

Best New Line: Extreme Comixxx, Exquisite Multimedia

Best New Series: The Bombshells, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Non-Sex Performance: James Bartholet, The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release: Mother-Daughter Exchange Club 17, Girlfriends Films

Best Oral Release: American Cocksucking Sluts, Mike Adriano/Evil Angel

Best Oral Series: Face Fucking Inc., Joey Silvera/Evil Angel

Best Orgy/Gangbang Release: Gangbanged, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Original Song: “Stuck in Your Crack,” Elvis XXX: A Porn Parody, Axel Braun/Vivid

Best Overall Marketing Campaign — Company Image: Digital Playground

Best Overall Marketing Campaign — Individual Project: The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Packaging — Video: This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX 3D, Hustler Video

Best POV Release: Double Vision 3, Erik Everhard/Jules Jordan

Best POV Series: POV Pervert, Mike John/Jules Jordan

Best POV Sex Scene: Andy San Dimas, Bobbi Starr & Erik Everhard, Double Vision 3, Erik Everhard/Jules Jordan

Best Pro-Am Release: Breakin' 'Em In 14, Vince Vouyer Unleashed/Jules Jordan

Best Pro-Am Series: Brand New Faces, Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Screenplay: Jacky St. James, Dear Abby, New Sensations Romance

Best Screenplay — Parody: Brad Armstrong & Hank Shenanigan, The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Solo Release: All Natural: Glamour Solos, Girlfriends Films

Best Solo Sex Scene: Asa Akira, Superstar Showdown 2: Asa Akira vs. Kristina Rose, Reality Blue/Vouyer

Best Special Effects: Horizon, Wicked Pictures

Best Specialty Release — Other Genre: Bush, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Specialty Series: Buttman's Stretch Class, John Stagliano/Buttman/Evil Angel

Best Squirting Release: Lesbian Bukkake 17, JM Productions

Best Tease Performance: Asa Akira, Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Boy/Boy/Girl: Asa Akira, Mick Blue & Toni Ribas, Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Transsexual Release: The Next She-Male Idol 3, Joey Silvera/Evil Angel

Best Transsexual Series: America's Next Top Tranny, Goodfellas/Devil's Film

Best Young Girl Release: Cuties 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Young Girl Series: She's So Cute, Digital Sin

Clever Title of the Year: Beggin' for a Peggin', Reality Blue/Vouyer

Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Aleska Diamond

Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Rocco Siffredi

MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year: India Summer

Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Brooklyn Lee & Juelz Ventura in “Suck My Sack With a Straw,” American Cocksucking Sluts, Mike Adriano/Evil Angel

Transsexual Performer of the Year: Bailey Jay

Best 3D Release: This Ain’t Ghostbusters XXX 3D, Hustler Video

Best All-Sex Release, Mixed Format: Bobbi’s World, Bobbi Starr/Evil Angel

Best All-Girl Release: Cherry 2, Jewelbox/Digital Playground

Best Anal Release: Ass Worship 13, Jules Jordan Video

Best Celebrity Sex Tape: Backdoor to Chyna, Vivid Celeb

Best Comedy: Grindhouse XXX, Adam & Eve Pictures

Best Interracial Release: Lex the Impaler 6, Jules Jordan Video

Best Male Newcomer: Xander Corvus

Best Porn Star Website: Bobbi Starr, BobbiStarr.com

Best Supporting Actor: Xander Corvus, Star Trek: The Next Generation - A XXX Parody, Revolution X/Digital Sin

Best Supporting Actress: Jesse Jane, Fighters, Digital Playground

Best Vignette Release: Prison Girls, Elegant Angel Productions

Crossover Star of the Year: Ron Jeremy

Unsung Male Performer of the Year: Johnny Castle

Unsung Starlet of the Year: Bridgette B.

Best Oral Sex Scene: American Cocksucking Sluts, Mike Adriano/Evil Angel; Brooklyn Lee & Juelz Ventura

Best Three-Way Sex Scene, G/G/B: Ass Worship 13, Jules Jordan Video; Kristina Rose, Jada Stevens & Nacho Vidal

Best Boy/Girl Scene: The Bombshells 3, Elegant Angel Productions; Lexi Belle & Manuel Ferrara

Best Actress: Jessie Andrews, Portrait of a Call Girl, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Anal Sex Scene: Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions; Asa Akira & Nacho Vidal

Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Belladonna: Sexual Explorer, Belladonna/Evil Angel; Dana DeArmond & Belladonna

Best Gonzo Release: Dangerous Curves, Jules Jordan Video

Best Actor: Dale DaBone, Elvis XXX: A Porn Parody, Axel Braun/Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Mission Asspossible, Magik View/Private/Pure Play; Brooklyn Lee & Ian Scott

Best New Starlet: Brooklyn Lee

Male Performer of the Year: Manuel Ferrara

Best All-Sex Release: Asa Akira Is Insatiable 2, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Parody - Comedy: The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody, Wicked Pictures

Best Parody - Drama: Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment Group

Best Director - Foreign Release: Mission Asspossible, Magik View/Private/Pure Play; Ettore Buchi

Best Foreign Feature: Mission Asspossible, Magik View/Private/Pure Play

Female Performer of the Year: Bobbi Starr

Director of the Year (Body of Work): Axel Braun

Best Feature: Portrait of a Call Girl, Elegant Angel Productions

Best Boutique: Good Vibrations, San Francisco

Best Retail Chain: Hustler Hollywood

Best Adult Distributor: IVD/East Coast News

Best Fetish Product: Crystal Minx Plug With Tail, Crystal Delights

Best Lingerie or Apparel Company: Baci Lingerie

Best Overall Sex Toy Line: Bedroom Kandi, OhMiBod

Best Packaging — Pleasure Products: Big Teaze Toys

Best Party, Game or Gag Product: Adult Trading Cards, Adult Trading Card Company

Best Sex Accessory: Eyelash Collection, Baci Lingerie

Best Sex Toy Company — Large: Fleshlight

Best Sex Toy Company — Small: Big Teaze Toys

Best Sex Toy for Couples: We-Vibe II, Standard Innovation

Best Sex Toy for Men: Blade, Fleshlight

Best Sex Toy for Women: Intensity, Jopen

Best Affiliate Program: FameDollars

Best Alternative Website: Clips4Sale.com, Clips 4 Sale

Best Dating Website: Fling.com

Best Live Chat Website: IMLive.com

Best Membership Website: Brazzers.com

Best Photography Website: EarlMiller.com

Best Retail Website: AdultDVDEmpire.com

Best Solo Girl Website: Ariel Rebel, ArielRebel.com

Best Studio Website: Evil Angel, EvilAngelVideo.com

Best Web Premiere: Pictures at an Exxxhibition, EarlMiller.com

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