Reviewed 2025-04-04 l Last update on 2025-04-04
Private Classics first hit the shelves in Sweden, way back in 1965, and since then, has appeared as a glossy magazine, VHS tapes, DVDs, and a website. All the way through, it has been hardcore, showcasing top names in porn, with European and American stars, and it is still going strong today. This is an archive of the original porn, plus new releases from the Private studios, and week on week it becomes more packed with hot, downloadable, classic porn.
Private Classics is more than another porn site, it’s a collection of history. There are magazines here dating back to the 1960s, and there are HD movies dating back to last month. The site builds as it goes along, and since we last saw it a couple of years ago, it has grown even larger.
It’s made up of three main sections, if you like. First of all there are the Movies, the full-length videos that have been on celluloid, VHS, DVD and now online, and there are now 544 for them. Two years ago there were only 250. Then, you have the scenes, with some being taken from those full movies and others being standalone scenes. The total number of videos now stands at 3,421, an increase of 1,800 since our last visit. The third section is the magazine department where you can view copies from 1960 right up to the 2000s. The full collection comes from five mags, Private, Sex, Pirate, Triple X, and Special Editions. Together, they hold 262 copies containing photos and articles.
But what happens in this classic porn? Well, what you see depends on what era you are in. By which I mean, if you want hairy and natural, then try the 70s, and if you want shaved and empowered, then try the 2000s. Throughout, though, you find hardcore and solos, female masturbation, threesomes and group scenes, with the most recent updates offering glossy classic pornstar girls with shaved pussies devouring rock-hard guys with trimmed pubes, everyone has a great physique, the lads are muscled, the movies are shiny and the locations just as important as the action.
Head back in time and you find names from the past, and names from the present of course, like Silvia Saint, Cassandra Wild, Roxy Fox and Draguitsa. There’s a model index with 600+ models to check out, and they usually come with a good body shot and some information. You discover, for example, that the girls are from Hungary, Russia, the Czech Republic and other East European countries, and there is a mix of ages. You have 18 + teen first timers and Milfs, and they get up to all kinds of horny stuff in the complete collection of 3,421 movies.
Looking at these scenes, you often find only one option for downloading and streaming. I found the only way to download was to right click and save the link, and when I did this on the most recent scene, I found a quality of 720 x 404 resolution, and the file was in Mp4 format. The quality depends on the age of the video, and how well it has transferred from VHS or wherever, but overall, it’s perfectly acceptable, and you don't lose much to the age/quality of the original. You can bank on scenes running for a standard length of time, and full movies running for over an hour.
The site and its viewing are simple affairs. I didn’t find a photo section with videos, simply a description, the stream and some links to other similar scenes. Where the fun lies beyond this is in the magazine section where you have a large collection of classic mags to browse. To do this, you have to ‘download’ them in PDF format where they open first on your screen, and from there, you can save them if you want to. These are the original mags scanned and posted, and not necessarily written in English.
What’s nice about this members’ area (apart from the vast collection of content) is that it looks and feels like a magazine site. The colour, design and overall atmosphere reminds you of the top-shelf magazine, and that really works. You still have a simple menu and easy navigation, with links to the videos, full movies and magazines, but also with ways to filter and search. You can, for example, search the magazines individually, or you can run a whole porn flick with no breaks. You can see what the top movies are and arrange content in date order, or you can view content by decade. There is also the model index to browse and select from, and a basic search engine.
Viewing pages are also simple and there isn’t much interactivity. You can give scenes a like, but there are no comments. You can, though, add things to a favourites area. I found no technical issues with the site, it all worked just fine, and what you find in the members’ area is very much what you see on the tour.
Accessing the members’ area will cost you $29.95 per month, or $59.95 for three months which saves you a little. The best option for long-stayers, though, is the annual signup at $149.95 which is the equivalent of $12.50 per month. Whichever you take, watch out for the additional cross sale that’s already selected for you when you reach the details page, and uncheck it if you don't want a second membership (to Private Castings).
The last time we visited Private Classics we had good things to say about its layout, content and style, and there is no reason to change any of that. It continues to be a good resource for older porn and newer movies, and a great way to see how hardcore porn has changed over the past 60 years. Now, though, it is bigger than ever, holds more hot porn models and videos, more magazines and therefore is better value than it has ever been, and remains a stunning collection of classic porn.
