What Documentary Shows and Movies to watch on Plex
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Africa Fusion
From the breathtaking orange granite of Namibia to the lush red sandstone of South Africa, Africa has some of the most remarkable and death-defying climbing routes in the world. Beautiful and at times nail-bitingly dramatic, Africa Fusion follows professional free-climbers Alex Honnold and Hazel Findlay as they travel around the continent tackling some of the largest and most challenging rock faces the continent has to offer.

- 2016
Prince William & Prince Harry: The Next Royal Generation
Prince William and Harry along their circle of friends gain as much profile in the press as today's pop idols, fashion icons and film stars. How does that affect their private lives and friendships? This documentary explores the lives of British princes William and Harry and, just like their royal relations, reveals the mix of fame and responsibility.
- 1998
Visitors
A wordless portrait of modern life, exploring humanity's trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. Comprised of seventy-four shots, Visitors takes viewers on a journey to the moon and back to confront them with themselves.

- Metascore62
- 2013
Barista
Five top baristas find themselves pushing the limits of coffee perfection to win the National Barista Championship - a surreal competition where even one mistake is far too many. Once a year, thousands of baristas square off in competitions around the U.S., but only one will become the National Champion. BARISTA takes viewers on a humorous, emotional and enlightening look into the unimaginable world of coffee competitions and the passionate, lovable and quirky characters who devote their lives to them. If you think you know coffee - this film will make you think twice. These baristas take this universally beloved beverage seriously. Their passion for it can be felt through every frame of the film. BARISTA will take you beyond the drink and shine a light on a unique world very few of us ever knew existed.

- 2015
Run Boy Run
8-year-old Srulik flees from the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and attempts to survive, at first alone in the forest, and then on a farm as a Christian orphan named Jurek. Throughout his ordeal, he is in danger of losing his Jewish identity. Based on the bestseller by Uri Orlev.

- 2013
Desert Dancer
A film based on an incredible true story. Desert Dancer is a classic hero story about brave young people risking their lives to rebel against their government and fight for their dreams. Set in Iran, where dancing is currently forbidden, the story follows Afshin Ghaffarian and his friends who, despite the dangers, form an underground dance company where, via hacking into YouTube, they learn from the very best: Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, Gene Kelly, and Rudolf Nureyev. Reveling in the freedom of expression that dance gives them, they plan to put on a performance deep in the desert, away from the watchful eyes of the military police.

- Metascore49
- 2014
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde
Dayton O. Hyde is one of the last great American cowboys - a rugged adventurer with a spiritual connection to the frontier. Though heroic determination, he is single-handedly rescuing the wild mustang from government slaughter on his breathtaking 12,000-acre Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary. An epic story of an epic life, Running Wild, showcases one great cowboy's quest to save the American West.

- Metascore74
- 2013
Rewind This!
Home video changed the way the world consumed films. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. REWIND THIS! is a documentary that traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of art,technology, and societal perceptions that were altered by the creation of videotape.

- 2013
Rise of the Superheroes
This is the story of how superheroes from Tim Burton's prototype blockbuster Batman, Blade, X-Men, Spiderman to Iron Man and the Black Panther brought to life from the pages of comic books, first took over Hollywood and then conquered the world through action films with larger-than-life characters.

- 2018
Under Our Skin 2: Emergence
In this dramatic follow-up to UNDER OUR SKIN, EMERGENCE takes the viewer on a journey from horror to hope. We witness the emerging epidemic of Lyme disease as infection and education spread globally. We watch as the truth emerges about the disease's persistence and reach, about promising new research, and about medical collusion and conflicts of interest that continue to impede progress. We revisit the characters from UNDER OUR SKIN as they emerge into better health, reclaiming their lives and dignity, and offering hope to the legions now suffering. As Lyme disease surges, EMERGENCE shines a probing light on the issue and becomes a beacon in the dark.

- 2014
120 Days
120 Days captures an intimate look at the lives of one family of undocumented immigrants who have lived and worked in the United States illegally for twelve years. Father and husband, Miguel Cortes, could be forced to leave the country in four months as a result of his immigration status. In exchange for Miguel agreeing to leave the country voluntarily, and paying a $5000 bond, the judge offers him 120 days to get his affairs in order before leaving his wife and two daughters in the U.S. to continue their education. Miguel has 120 Days to work hard, save money, and weigh his options about returning to Mexico alone, or changing his name and disappearing back into another U.S. city illegally with his family.

- 2013
Flesh on Fire: Addicted to a Dream
"Flesh On Fire: Addicted To A Dream" is a feature documentary film that takes the viewer on an intimate roller coaster of pain and joy as actor River Faught, aka Donnie Faught, climbs his way out of the backwoods of Arkansas to success in the city of angels. Along this journey, passionate (and volatile) relationships are ignited, but some are agonizingly sacrificed, all for the ultimate dream of making it on the big screen. Faught's unwavering determination to succeed in an industry that swallows people whole and spits them out broken, is a testament to his burning passion that refuses to be extinguished.

- 2012
We Must Go
WE MUST GO is a feature documentary chronicling the journey of the Egyptian National Soccer team and coach Bob Bradley as they fight to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Egypt has one of the richest football histories in all of Africa, but despite its continental success, the team hasn't reached soccer's ultimate stage in 24 years. Now, the Pharaohs and their American coach, as unlikely a pairing as there ever was, have the chance to do more than realize their shared dream of World Cup qualification--they can unite a bitterly divided nation.

- 2014
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
In the tradition of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, director Liv Corfixen reveals an impossibly personal portrait of her husband, auteur Nicolas Winding Refn, as he struggles to complete the controversial and polarizing ONLY GOD FORGIVES.

- Metascore50
- 2014
Buscando a Larisa
A ton of lost souvenirs are sold to the highest bidder at an antiques market. A super 8 film collector finds ten years of family footage starring a girl whose name he only knows. Following Larisa's trail, Andrés Pardo constructs a documentary about the role that the record of the past plays in people's identity.

- 2012
42 Grams
Portrait of Jake Bickelhaupt from his underground restaurant, Sous Rising, to his 2 Michelin star winning restaurant, 42 Grams.

- 2017
The Final Member
Thirty miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern Icelandic town of Husavik, stands the Icelandic Phallological Museum - the world's only Penis museum. Over 40 years, the founder and curator has collected every specimen from every mammal except for one elusive penis needed to complete his collection: The Human Specimen. The film follows the curator's incredible, sublimely comic, often shocking quest to complete his eccentric collection, and the two intrepid men who have raised their hands to be the first human donor.

- Metascore67
- 2012
Semi Colin
Challenging all notions of genre, Semi Colin is a living, breathing art installation. Part performance, part art, part social comment, Colin philosophizes on his life's obsessive work as an erotic artist.

- 2012
No Way Out But One
In 1994, Holly Collins became an international fugitive, hunted by the FBI, for kidnapping her own children. She had been ordered to turn her two children over to live with the father who had been abusing them. Medical evidence of broken bones and domestic abuse just didn't matter to the court. Holly believed she had exhausted all legal options, and had no way out but one to keep her kids safe. Holly and the kids eventually made it to Amsterdam where they spent two years in and refugee camp and then became the first Americans to be granted asylum by the government of the Netherlands on grounds of domestic violence. Today, her now grown children call her their hero.

- 2011
Serena
North Carolina mountains in the 1920s - newly-weds George (Cooper) and Serena Pemberton (Lawrence) begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man - overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man's life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions.

- Metascore36
- 2014
The Dust on Our Feet
Born into a culture that is forced to collect trash for a living, three kids will attempt to graduate high school and attend university.

- 2013
The Look of Silence
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

- Metascore92
- 2014
Stage Brother
After his younger sister, Jennifer, reveals her not-so-average dream of breaking into the world of adult entertainment, filmmaker Richard Buonagurio decides to become her manager and the two of them, with a camera crew in tow, go on an unlikely journey together to document the progress of nude modeling and business of it all.
- 2011
Head Games
Head Games tells the story of football player and pro-wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to uncover the truth about the consequences of sports related head injuries. It includes relevant science on brain trauma, advice on how to better deal with concussions at all levels of sports, and some of the tragic stories from sports such as football, hockey and soccer that have now been determined to be due to concussions.

- 2012