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What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex

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Drag Kids

1 hr 20 mins

Feature length documentary of four preteens who enter the adult world of competitive drag queens.

Drag Kids
  • 2019

Welcome to Chechnya

1 hr 47 mins

Chechnya, there are no homosexuals. That is what the tyrannical leader Ramzan Kadyrov has decided. Here we follow a group of activists who risk their lives to save LGBTQ + people who are threatened, detained, tortured and executed. The characters in the film have had their faces digitally altered to remain anonymous.

Welcome to Chechnya

Stan

0 hrs 59 mins

This drama based on Neil Brand's critically-acclaimed radio play of the same name follows Stan Laurel's last visit to his dying comedy partner and friend Oliver "Babe" Hardy and his subsequent coming to terms with the ghosts of his past.

Stan
  • 2006

Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly

1 hr 22 mins

Like it or not, porn is here and it is harmful. In this controversial film, award-winning filmmaker Justin Hunt dissects the impact of pornography on societies around the globe, from how it affects the brain of the individual, to how modern technology leads to greater exposure to youth, to watching it literally tear a family apart. In what may well be one of the most devastating issues in modern culture, this film will break down the damage that porn is doing to us a human race and leave you thinking that it's clearly time that we start taking porn addiction a bit more seriously.

Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
  • 2017

Yogawoman

1 hr 24 mins

Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male teachers. Now there's a generation of women who are leading the way and they're radically changing people's lives. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya, from the golden beaches of Australia YOGAWOMAN uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever.

Yogawoman

Accused

1 hr 37 mins

A psychological thriller, based on one of the most controversial court cases in the Netherlands. Lucia, a nurse, is sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having killed at least seven babies and elderly people.

Accused
  • 2014

The Mysterious Monroe House

1 hr 20 mins

The Crypto Crew team investigates the famous Monroe House in Hartford City, IN . Can this Mysterious location live up to it's famous reputation? The team tries to uncover the secrets of the house and unlock some of the mysteries. Strange things occur as they delve into the history and the mysteries of the Monroe House. Some shocking revelations are unearthed.

The Mysterious Monroe House
  • 2019

Pippin: His Life and Times

1 hr 52 mins

At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.

Pippin: His Life and Times
  • 1982

Lads & Jockeys

1 hr 40 mins

A documentary that follows three 14-year-old boys training to become jockeys in a village near Paris.

Lads & Jockeys

Man in Camo

1 hr 25 mins

Man in Camo takes a close look at the life of visual artist, writer and filmmaker Ethan Minsker and his drive to create and crusade the making of art. Through the lens of old photographs and films, Minsker leads viewers on a journey through the hurdles that once held him back, from dyslexia to the violence of 1980s Washington D.C. It was these hurdles that forged his love of film and art, and his work now spans across three decades. Man In Camo brings forth not just the love of art, but the reasons for making it in the first place.

Man in Camo
  • 2018
  • 2003

Bigfoot Witness

0 hrs 54 mins

Bigfoot witnesses tell of their compelling brush with the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. There are numerous sightings all over the United States each year. Listen as these courageous individuals come forward to tell of their encounter. Listen as each person gives a detailed account of their eye opening experience. Bigfoot ! Oh yes! He's out there! part of the BIGFOOT WITNESS SERIES!

Bigfoot Witness
  • 2015

Dark Legacy

1 hr 11 mins

John Hankey sets out to establish his opinions as infallible fact. Making long leaps based on the thinnest thread of circumstantial evidence does not make it fact. It makes it one mans opinion. He is an absolute fruitcake with more accusations than evidence. In absence of any real fact do what Hankey does: lie and call it incontrovertible fact.

Dark Legacy
  • 2009

London: The Modern Babylon

2 hrs 5 mins

Julien Temple's decades-spanning personal look at the history of his hometown, London.

London: The Modern Babylon

Battle for Warsaw

0 hrs 48 mins

Using rare newly found footage and eye-witness accounts from survivors, 'Battle for Warsaw' tells the tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives.

Battle for Warsaw
  • 1978

No Place on Earth

1 hr 23 mins

While mapping out the largest cave system in Ukraine, explorer and investigator Chris Nicola discovers evidence that five Jewish families spent nearly a year and a half in the pitch-black caves to escape the Nazis. This is the story of the longest uninterrupted underground survival in recorded human history.

No Place on Earth

Generation Baby Buster

1 hr 31 mins

Documentary feature following one woman's quest to uncover why her biological clock hasn't started ticking, before she runs out of time. Armed with insight from those that write and think about the current state of affairs for mothers, Terra, 32, confronts her own ambivalence towards children head on and offers up some baby food-for-thought to a new generation of women: the baby busters.

Generation Baby Buster
  • 2012

Following in Felix's Footsteps

0 hrs 53 mins

For 5 years, Felix Opatowski suffered the horror of the Holocaust. When Felix found himself in Auschwitz, he dared to join a covert uprising with a desperate goal - blowing up the infamous crematoriums.

  • 2013

Charmed by Darkness

1 hr 18 mins

The real-life story of Roger Morneau, a demon worshiper who became a Christian author and prayer warrior. As a young lad, Roger can't harmonize the teachings of his Church with those of the Bible. He comes to the conclusion that God is a tyrant and walks away from religion completely. Later, his affiliation with a secret society of spirit worshipers is arrested when he makes an unlikely friend. Told by eyewitnesses Cyril and Cynthia Grossé who risk their lives to help him. Set in 1946 and featuring gripping reenactments, flashbacks to World War II, Roger's childhood home and never-before-seen pictures and documents. The film also explores Roger's worldwide prayer ministry which included a list of over 25,000 names. True stories are told by actual people whose lives changed when Roger prayed for them and feature dramatic reenactments. A hard-partying young man is lost and looking for hope. A woman has multiple heart attacks, and the doctors don't know why. Interviews with Roger's family and friends testify that the battle with fallen angels is real, that the Bible is true and that prayer really can change things.

Charmed by Darkness
  • 2019

Nureyev

0 hrs 47 mins

Nureyev is a unique dance drama created for the screen. Combining original choreography with dramatic monologues, the film presents a multi-faceted portrait of the great Rudolph Nureyev - one of the seminal performing artists of our time.

Nureyev
  • 2009

Weed

1 hr 37 mins

Documentary about the prevalence and popularity of marijuana in the early 1970's. Featuring interviews with customs agents, a drug dealer, a law professor, and marijuana smokers, such subjects as the growing, smuggling, smoking, selling, and legalization of marijuana are all addressed. The filmmakers take us on a tour around the world to various places that include Mexico, Canada, Cambodia, Nepal, and Saigon, Vietnam in order to show the ubiquity and availability of marijuana all over the globe.

Weed
  • 1972

Over America

0 hrs 55 mins

Celebrate the scenic differences of the country in Over America, a spectacular visual essay on the beauty and grandeur that is America. Every detail, from wave-swept coasts to majestic mountains, was brilliantly captured by high-definition cameras.

Over America
  • 2008

Poured in Pennsylvania

1 hr 30 mins

Poured in PA follows the Commonwealth's storied beer past, delves into recent growth, and aims to capture the full tale of the beer industry in the Keystone State. This documentary features interviews with many industry pioneers like Dick Yuengling, Carol Stoudt, and Harris Family Brewery as they set out to be the first black-owned brewery in Pennsylvania. We also get to see how this industry has created opportunities for hop farmers, maltsters, and keg manufacturers to flourish in the state.

Poured in Pennsylvania
  • 2018

Sissi

1 hr 42 mins

The young Emperor Franz Joseph is on his way to his summer residence at Ischl, where his birthday will be celebrated with a big party. His mother, Archduchess Sophie, has decided that he shall marry her niece Princess Helene of Bayern, and that the engagement shall be proclaimed at the ball. Franz Joseph doesn't know Helene yet, but his mother has already prepared everything. To avoid suspicions of what is going on, her sister, Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria, brings not only Princess Helene, called Néné, to the ball, but also the younger Princess Elisabeth, called Sissi. Archduchess Sophie is particular about strict etiquette at the court, and dislikes her niece Sissi, who is a free spirit, just as her father, Duke Max of Bavaria. To keep Sissi inactive, her room in Ischl is locked from outside, but Sissi escapes through a window. She goes to the woods, and when she is fishing in a river, Emperor Franz Joseph passes by in his royal carriage. He is immediately enamored by Sissi, who doesn't reveal her true identity. When Franz Joseph recognizes Sissi at the ball the same evening, he defies his mother and proclaims that Sissi will become his wife and the new Empress of Austria.

Sissi
  • 1955
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