Popular Documentary Movies on Plex - Page 118

Young Turks

2013

Young Turks

2013
From 1977 to 1981, multimedia artist Stephen Seemayer shot a Super-8mm movie of his creative friends in their unnatural habitat: the deserted industrial buildings of Downtown Los Angeles. His camera captured them at work and at play. - The Light Bob, Linda Frye Burnham, James Croak
Motherload

2020

Motherload

2020
Atlantis: The Beginning of Civilization

2014

Atlantis: The Beginning of Civilization

2014
Startling evidence that Atlantis not only existed but was highly advanced by even today's standards. Modern archaeologists have claimed a link with the remote island of Thera. Explore the mystery of Atlantis and discover the enigma that has captivated the world since the time of Plato.
The Achievers: The Story of the Lebowski Fans

2009

The Achievers: The Story of the Lebowski Fans

2009
5.7
From the producers of Dogtown & Z-Boys and Riding Giants comes "The Achievers: The Story Of The Lebowski Fans", the long-awaited documentary based on the fans of Joel and Ethan Cohen's THE BIG LEBOWSKI, the first cult film from the digital age.
Fittest on Earth: The Story of the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games

2016

Fittest on Earth: The Story of the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games

2016
7.1
The fittest athletes on Earth take on the CrossFit Games, the ultimate test of fitness to prove that they are the fittest on Earth.
It's Criminal

2017

It's Criminal

2017
8
A documentary about privilege, economics, justice and injustice via a class taught at Dartmouth College that mixes students and incarcerated women.
Finnish American Chip Woodcarvers

2019

Finnish American Chip Woodcarvers

2019
The deep northern forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are home to small villages of Finnish Americans—communities carved out from the forest where Finnish language, cultural worldview, and traditional arts remain crucial to social life more than a century after immigration. In this beautiful and rugged north country, the extraordinary, ordinary descendants of Finnish immigrants still eke out modest lives to this day on old farmsteads, working with the resources they have available to them, showing their creativity and ingenuity in simply getting by and making do, and living in ways not dissimilar from their ancestors who migrated three or four generations ago.
Aliens Uncovered: Borrowed Time

2023

Aliens Uncovered: Borrowed Time

2023
With the recent release of Alien bodies at the Mexico disclosure event, we have to revisit the questions of alien visitation and the Mayan civilization. This doc explore an avenue you don't see on the popular shows.
The Mad Pole

2023

The Mad Pole

2023
The horrors of the Holocaust and World War II as experienced by energetic Polish survivor Dan Romay.
Ce Qui Nous Lie

2023

Ce Qui Nous Lie

2023
Like the Wind

2021

Like the Wind

2021
Celebrated Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Rabbit-Proof Fence) talks about his adventurous life and career in this frank and insightful documentary.
Arangol

2016

Arangol

2016
Arangol, the life of an anonymous hero who becomes the Cid Campeador of soccer in a country that plays baseball. A story that reflects the constancy, struggle and perseverance of Juan Arango, who with his talent and a blind faith in himself achieves his goals. Conquering the world thanks to soccer has been his best example of personal improvement that expresses what the Venezuelans are made of.
Pablo's Winter

2012

Pablo's Winter

2012
5.7
Pablo needs to stop smoking. Why? Because his wife, family and doctor say he should. But Pablo is a stubborn man. He has worked in the mercury mines of Almadén, Spain, risking his life daily. He has had five severe heart attacks and smoked 20 Winston's a day since he was 12. Now in his seventies, Pablo spends most of his day in front of the TV, surrounded by a cloud of smoke, with his back turned firmly towards a village that has lived through better times. Pablo represents the last generation of Almadén mercury miners, an age-old profession with over 2,000 years of history. Through a straightforward depiction of life's everyday moments, Pablo's Winter explores the decay of the local mining culture, but above all, pays homage to its real protagonists: the miners and their families.
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future

2018

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future

2018
8
Sometimes it can feel like the environmental, economic and social issues the world is currently facing are too big, too overwhelming, to be dealt with by individuals. Climate change, resource limits, economic downturn, social disconnection. Surely these issues can only be properly managed by our governments? Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.
NoBody's Perfect

2008

NoBody's Perfect

2008
6.2
German filmmaker Niko von Glasow embarks on a very personal project with this documentary that profiles thalidomiders: people born with malformed or missing limbs because their mothers took thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy.
9/11: The Day the World Stood Still

2025

9/11: The Day the World Stood Still

2025
8.4
It had been a crisp September morning like so many others. And then it was not. An explosion of evil would carve a path of death and destruction. The untold stories of resilience and unity from survivors pay tribute to hope amid tragedy.
Tribal

2023

Tribal

2023
First-hand accounts by enlisted Army veterans candidly address suicide, PTSD, and intimate stories and feelings about the challenges of loss, reintegration, and the need for community, brotherhood, and overall purpose after serving.
Os Irmãos Roberto

2012

Os Irmãos Roberto

2012
10
Icons of the Brazilian modernist movement in architecture, with vast production such as the award-winning ABI building and Santos Dumont Airport, the Roberto Brothers receive their well-deserved retrospective in this work.
The Van Halen Story - The Early Years

2003

The Van Halen Story - The Early Years

2003
7.2
Chronicles the rise of four young musicians from their formative years to their transformation into a worldwide phenomenon. Witness the group's tale told by the people who were there when it began - the childhood friends, fellow musicians, roadies, bodyguards, producers, and the band themselves. Covers all the years with David Lee Roth, and concentrates mostly on the club days and the first world tour. Includes interviews with many people who were very close to the band.
The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters

2015

The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters

2015
9
Filmed in Netherlands and London this special commemorates 70 years since Anne Frank's death. With unique interviews with Anne's step sister, Eva Schloss and Gillian Walnes, a survivor from Auschwitz who now runs the Anne Frank Trust in the UK and Ronald Leopold, the Director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1933, the Nazis rose to power. Five years later, in 1938, Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and then she and her family fleeing and settling in Amsterdam the same year. They found they were in the same residential square as the Franks with their young daughter, Anne. Anne and Eva found a bond from the shared experience of being displaced by the Nazis.