Jake Van Dorn is een oerconservatief, gelovig mens. Op een dag verdwijnt zijn dochter tijdens een jeugdbijeenkomst in Californie. Hij geeft een prive-detective de opdracht haar terug te vinden, en die stuit op een porno/snuff-movie waarin ze de hoofdrol speelt.
Nee, helaas is Hardcore nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Paul Schrader | Director |
| Writing | Paul Schrader | Writer |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | William Dear | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Walter Goss | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Rob Miller | Music |
| Sound | Jill Fraser | Music |
| Production | Buzz Feitshans | Producer |
| Production | John Milius | Executive Producer |
| Art | Paul Sylbert | Production Design |
| Art | Edwin O'Donovan | Art Direction |
| Art | Bruce Weintraub | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Acevedo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Gordon Daniel | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gilbert D. Marchant | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ian MacGregor-Scott | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Shinichi Yamazaki | Music Editor |
| Production | Vic Ramos | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivian McAteer | Hairstylist |
| Production | John G. Wilson | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Kim C. Friese | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Richard Hashimoto | Assistant Director |
| Art | Joe Acord | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Edward Aiona | Property Master |
| Art | Kevin Chambers | Swing |
| Art | Paul De Santis | Props |
| Art | Jerry Luthart | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Daniel Loren May | Leadman |
| Sound | Bud Maffett | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Fletcher Bryant | Stunts |
| Crew | Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Camera | Alan S. Blauvelt | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dustin Blauvelt | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Doug Dale | Electrician |
| Camera | Bob M. Farnsworth | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Robert E. Gaynor | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Cary Griffith | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Bill Krattiger | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Joe R. Marquette Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | John Seckar | Electrician |
| Lighting | Don Stott | Gaffer |
| Camera | Bob West | Grip |
| Camera | Wynn Hammer | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Tony Rivetti Sr. | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Production | Nancy Pulk McTyre | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Tina Real | Extras Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alice Rush | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Tony Scarano | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Jacqueline Cambas | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Paul Pav | Location Manager |
| Directing | Betsy Norton | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul Casella Jr. | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Saul Kahan | Publicist |
| Production | Dianne E. Collins | Publicist |
