WATCH: 26 Hustlers on Film

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Close your office door. Put your out-of-office notification on. Watch filmdom's superstars (and a few long-forgottens) portray working boys in these gritty films.

Paul America -- My Hustler (1965)

Joe Dallesandro -- Flesh (1968)
Below: A tribute video to Joe Dallesandro in Flesh

Jon Voight -- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Below: A montage of scenes

Peter McEnery -- Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

Robert La Tourneaux -- The Boys in the Band (1970)

Kevin Bacon -- Forty Deuce (1982)

Robert Downey Jr. -- Less Than Zero (1987)

River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves -- My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Mike Dytri -- The Living End (1992)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg -- The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Tony Ward -- Hustler White (1996)

David Arquette, Lukas Haas -- Johns (1996)

Michael Imperioli, James Duval -- River Made to Drown In (1997)

Jesse Bradford, Jonathan Taylor Thomas -- Speedway Junky (1999)

Paul Dano, Billy Kay -- L.I.E. (2001)

Nick Stahl -- Twist (2003)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- Mysterious Skin (2004)
Tribute video:

Kevin Zegers -- Transamerica (2005)

Cillian Murphy -- Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

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