What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

Narrated by John Waters, Wall Writers is a documentary about graffiti in its innocence. Through unprecedented access to TAKI183, CORNBREAD, and other legendary writers, Wall Writers features photographs and archival footage from the late 1960s and early 1970s, a time when underprivileged city kids refused to remain in the shadows.

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

After the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, there are a limited number of doctors left in the country who provide third-trimester abortions for women. AFTER TILLER moves between the rapidly unfolding stories of these doctors, all of whom were close colleagues of Dr. Tiller, and are fighting to keep this service available in the wake of his death. These four people have become the new number-one targets of the pro-life movement, yet continue to risk their lives every day to do work that many believe is murder, but which they believe is profoundly important for their patients' lives. AFTER TILLER shows them confronting harassment from protesters, challenges in their personal lives, and a series of tough ethical decisions.

Filmed over 10 years, Magical Universe is a strange and inspiring portrait of Al Carbee, an 88 year old eccentric artist who spends all his days making Barbie art. The documentary chronicles the decade-long relationship between artist and filmmaker Jeremy Workman, who became Carbee's closest friend and only link to the outside world. At its core, Magical Universe is about wonder, friendship, and the transcendent power of creativity, and it culminates with Al Carbee's greatest triumph as an artist and man.

One week after a seemingly harmless car accident, a 45-year-old man suffers total amnesia. Christening himself the "New Richard," he embarks upon a new life with a new wife far away from his family. Sixteen years later, his oldest son returns with a camera to investigate why his father's memory never returned.

A documentary on the love affair between the city of Chicago and its baseball team, the Cubs.

Documentarian Christopher Hines illustrates the varying degrees of masculinity in contemporary gay male culture by posing specific questions, and studying the variety of lifestyles of the gay community. The film offers an alternative and new look at masculinity and homosexuality as interpreted by the members of the gay community. There are interviews with rugby players, rodeo riders, writers, teachers, historians, and psychologists, who draw a rich portrait of masculinity and how gay men see themselves and others.

"Marwencol" is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp. After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark's homemade therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's avoided since the attack.

Songwriter Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over a period of 10 years, "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields" explores his friendship with his longtime bandmate and manager Claudia Gonson. Through his recording and songwriting process, the film traces a 20-year career that has yielded one of the most engaging bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook.

The Legacy Project tells the fate of the World War II heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis using exclusively first-person accounts. The last crew and their families share gripping stories of kamikaze attacks, invasions, a secret mission, and ultimately a devastating torpedo attack that killed three fourths of the crew. The survivors recall the 5 days they spent floating alone in the Pacific Ocean, their miraculous rescue, and how they fought together to clear their captain's name. Start to finish, this feature-length film flows from survivor to survivor as they finish each other's sentences. Set to a completely original score, the incredible story unfolds while rare WWII footage, a collection of previously unpublished photographs, open-ocean reenactments, and new footage from one of the last WWII era heavy cruisers in existence.

Theodore Brasmer, a 2nd generation Truck Driver takes us through his world of long haul truck driving. The film follows Theodore throughout the journey of one assignment where he is dispatched to pick up and drop off a load starting in the historic city of Rock Island Illinois and ending in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

An introspective look at the artist T.Cooke during the making of his debut '7 Cities' album. Interviews from family, friends, and influencers from the Hampton Roads area, allow the viewer to get and intimate never-before-seen look at who he is not only as an artist, but as a person as well. Follow along as T.Cooke uses the umbrella of the 757, to tell a greater much-needed story of his childhood upbringing and how it has shaped his artistry today.

The Royal Family is a beloved, yet controversial staple of the United Kingdom. From the beloved Queen, to Prince Harry and Meghan choosing to live in another country, to the acrimonious divorce of Charles and Diana, to Prince Andrew's sex scandal, this cheeky documentary covers it all.

Follow renowned Didge-Maker, Noah Frisch, as he sets off exploring the world with a custom-made, travel-ready didgeridoo.

Three men travel to the Philippines to search for the love of their lives. But find that their lives are not important to the woman they find.

Uncle Art tells the story of the man behind some of the most memorable gaming music of the 80's and 90's - Starglider, Carrier Command, Beneath a Steel Sky, After Burner and more. Dave Lowe broke technological boundaries of the period and inspired legions of gamers worldwide with his music.

The Dubai CrossFit® Championship was a four-day CrossFit Sanctioned competition that took place in Dubai. Produced by Dubai Film LLC, and with the goal of bringing together the top individual athletes from around the world to compete in the spirit of fitness, "Fittest in Dubai" is a 60 min documentary film of the first CrossFit Sanctional event in the world. First place male and female competitors qualify for a position to the CrossFit Games in the United States.

The story of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella, whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January of 1958.

Using interviews with experts and first-hand witness accounts, this fearless doc explores the truth about mankind’s contact with aliens. Countless individuals have very real memories of being taken secretly against their will by aliens. Are we being taken by beings from outer space or another dimension? Just how deep does this conspiracy go and what do the government and military really know?

It is one of the most volatile nuclear arms controversies in America's history: the mismanagement of the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Plant outside Aiken, South Carolina--mismanagement which has produced numerous reactor accidents, a general deterioration of the aging facility's cooling system, and the threat of nuclear waste to the area's drinking water. BUILDING BOMBS, the product of five years of research and filmed interviews by Atlanta filmmakers Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, is the first in-depth look at the social, emotional and moral impact of the nation's largest nuclear weapons manufacturing facility on the people of Aiken, South Carolina. But BUILDING BOMBS is more than just the facts--horrifying as they are. It is a powerful story of individuals whose lives and livelihoods were wed to the Savannah River Plant and of how those individuals faced complex personal and professional choices with touching courage and dignity.

Having moved across the globe, a group of expatriates living in a small town in South Korea adapt to life abroad and navigate relationships with their peers.

On the 10th of June, 1940. Benito Mussolini declared war on France and Britain. It brought the war to the Mediterranean. This was Mussolini’s war as Hitler was focused heavily on his ambitions in Eastern Europe

Following Francisco Franco's death in 1975, Spanish cinema saw censorship relax, leading to its full abolition in 1977. The "S" rating flagged films with sexual, violent, or political content, becoming a hit in a newly liberated society.

An eccentric Folk art collector attempts to find permanent homes for 5,000 pieces displayed in his Virginia house, before he dies.