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1. Unrest (I) (2017)
98 min | Documentary, Drama, History
When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
Director: Jennifer Brea | Stars: Jennifer Brea, Omar Wasow, Jessica l e Taylor, Ruby Taylor
Votes: 3,204 | Gross: $0.04M
2. Forgotten Plague (2015)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, News
A journalist afflicted with the underresearched debilitating condition known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome embarks on a quest to find out why the CDC and medical system have neglected his disease and left millions sidelined from life.
Directors: Nicole Castillo, Ryan Prior
Votes: 123
3. What About ME? (2020)
87 min | Documentary
A six year journey, investigating an illness 20 million suffer from, with no cure!
Director: Susan Douglas | Stars: Julie Hoult, Paul Atherton
Votes: 56
4. Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux documents some of the US's most bizarre happenings, events and rituals, by getting involved himself.
Stars: Louis Theroux, David Paul, J.J. Michaels, Randy James
Votes: 3,327
5. Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family (2019)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Fred Phelps, Bethany Hockenbarger, Chris Jakes
Votes: 953
6. Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies.
Director: Mark Casebow | Stars: Louis Theroux, Trudi Seneviratne, Katherine Bundle, Robin Schacht
Votes: 508
7. Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux heads to the USA to meet college students accused of sexual assault.
Director: Lottie Gammon | Stars: Louis Theroux, Saif Khan, Margaret Valois, Jordan Draper
Votes: 732
8. Louis Theroux's Altered States (2018)
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux explores the unusual ways modern America deals with birth, love and death.
Stars: Louis Theroux, Trina Williams, Isaiah Stuck, Ari Lund
Votes: 648
9. Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis meets different people suffering from anorexia and sees how it impacts their family as well as their personal health.
Director: Ellena Wood | Stars: Louis Theroux, Frances Connan, James Kelly
Votes: 771
10. Louis Theroux: Dark States (2017)
177 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux visits three American cities and examines a uniquely devastating human crisis in each - opioid and heroin addiction in Huntington, sex trafficking in Houston, and murder in Milwaukee.
Stars: Louis Theroux, Katillia, Nate Walsh, Gust Petropoulos
Votes: 1,172
11. Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux meets people living with the long-term effects of a brain injury.
Director: Jamie Pickup | Stars: Louis Theroux, Earl Linton, Yasmin Precious, Patricia Linton
Votes: 917
12. Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (2016 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux traces the fortunes of different people living in South London suffering from alcoholism.
Director: Tom Barrow | Stars: Pieter Swanepoel, Mariana, Ian Webzell, Aurelie Fonjo
Votes: 1,268
13. My Scientology Movie (2015)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux documents his investigation into what goes on behind the scenes of the infamous Church of Scientology.
Director: John Dower | Stars: Louis Theroux, Tom Cruise, Marty Rathbun, Paz de la Huerta
Votes: 13,518 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of doctors help kids who claim to be born in the wrong body.
Director: Tom Barrow | Stars: Louis Theroux, Camille, Casey, Eduardo
Votes: 1,304
15. Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity (2015– )
60 min | Documentary
Louis investigates Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes but have been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Stars: Michael G. Borack, Indre Rukseniene, Jonathan, Brian
Votes: 1,257
16. Louis Theroux's LA Stories (2014– )
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux explores three tales on different themes in the city Los Angeles.
Stars: Louis Theroux, Langston Jackson, Cornelius Austin, Heather Jones
Votes: 1,192
17. What!? Logo Documentaries (2012– )
60 min | Documentary
Set to engage and possibly enrage viewers, the 'What!? Logo Documentaries' explore unusual worlds, people, and experiences outside the everyday and sometimes outside our comfort zone. It's ... See full summary »
Star: Jane Horrocks
Votes: 20
18. Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
In 1997, Louis made a documentary on the booming Californian porn industry. In 2012, he returns to find an industry that has been decimated by illegal Internet tube sites.
Director: Jason Massot | Stars: Louis Theroux, Xander Corvus, Brad Armstrong, Alexa Nicole
Votes: 1,686
19. Louis Theroux: Extreme Love - Dementia (2012 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care.
Director: Dan Child | Stars: Louis Theroux, Janet Cottrell, Dawn Grant, Glenn Border
Votes: 984
20. Louis Theroux: Extreme Love - Autism (2012 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Louis travels to DLC Warren in New Jersey, an innovative autism school.
Director: Jamie Pickup | Stars: Louis Theroux, Josephine Engelhardt, Matt Fernandez, Mary Ingrassia
Votes: 1,436
21. Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail (2011– )
120 min | Documentary
Louis spends time in one of Miami County Jail's most notorious sections
Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,435
22. America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis returns to the Phelps family to find that several members have left the cult, and that they are being sued.
Director: Emma Cooper | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Betty Phelps
Votes: 2,708
23. Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux visits a small group of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers.
Director: Andy Wells | Stars: Louis Theroux, Yair Lieberman, Daniel Luria
Votes: 1,213
24. Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos (2010 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force.
Director: Jason Massot | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 795
25. Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Louis meets parents who have turned to medication to keep their children under control.
Director: Danny Horan | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,504
26. Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2009 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
British documentarian Louis Theroux examines the toll meth has taken on several addicts in Fresno, California.
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,326
27. Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Louis visits Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, home to over 500 convicted paedophiles, and spends some time with those undergoing treatment.
Director: Emma Cooper | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 2,264
28. Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg (2008)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary
One of the installments in the Louis Theroux Law and Disorder Series
Director: Paddy Wivell
Votes: 976
29. Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (2008)
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux visits a run down area of Philadelphia as part of his Law and Disorder Series.
Director: Emma Cooper | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,095
30. Louis Theroux: Behind Bars (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison.
Director: Stuart Cabb | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 2,129
31. Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux gets under the skin of the plastic surgery patients of Beverly Hills.
Director: Emma Cooper | Stars: Stuart Linder, Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,528
32. The Most Hated Family in America (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Fred Phelps
Votes: 4,834
33. Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas (2007 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux goes to the heart of gambling culture in Las Vegas.
Director: Stuart Cabb | Stars: Louis Theroux, Richard Wilk
Votes: 1,490
34. The Weird World of Louis Theroux (2007 TV Movie)
68 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries.
Directors: Helen Sage, Stuart Cabb, Daniel Elias, Guy Gilbert, Alicia Kerr, Geoffrey O'Connor, Ed Robbins, Catey Sexton, Kate Townsend, Will Yapp | Stars: Louis Theroux, Robert Black, DeWayne Bruce, Jessica Callan
Votes: 194
35. Louis and the Nazis (2003 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger, his family and his publicity manager. Louis also meets 'Prussian Blue' an American white-nationalist preteen musical sibling duo.
Director: Stuart Cabb | Stars: Louis Theroux, April Gaede, Bill Gaede, Lamb Gaede
Votes: 2,106
36. Louis, Martin & Michael (2003 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
In 2001, Louis Theroux decides to set out on a journey to interview Michael Jackson. When Michael comes to the UK, Louis approaches Uri Geller but gets turned down. He then finds out that ... See full summary »
Director: Will Yapp | Stars: Louis Theroux, David Blaine, Uri Geller, Terry George
Votes: 761
37. Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Star: Louis Theroux
Votes: 1,768
38. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)
111 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Oliver Sacks, Roberto Calasso, António Damásio, Kate Edgar
Votes: 558
39. Breaking and Entering (2006)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Robin Wright, Vera Farmiga, Martin Freeman
Votes: 23,228 | Gross: $0.93M
40. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
75 min | Documentary, History
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 2,351
41. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,363
42. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
60 min | Documentary
A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Stewart Brand, Al Gore, Alvin Toffler
Votes: 2,134
43. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,538
44. Bitter Lake (2015)
136 min | Documentary
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Joanne Herring, Hamid Karzai
Votes: 3,519
45. Newswipe (2009–2010)
29 min | Documentary, Comedy
Hosted and written by Charlie Brooker, this sardonic series follows and critiques both current news stories and the way television portrays them.
Stars: Charlie Brooker, Tim Key, Doug Stanhope, Adam Curtis
Votes: 1,627
46. Out in Nature: Homosexual Behaviour in the Animal Kingdom (2001)
52 min | Documentary
Can any of those who claim homosexuality is "unnatural" explain this beastly behaviour?
Directors: Stéphane Alexandresco, Bertrand Loyer, Jessica Menéndez
Votes: 70
47. Word Is Out (1977)
124 min | Documentary, Biography, History
26 diverse lesbian and gay people are interviewed about their lives and the challenges they experience in a homophobic culture. A groundbreaking documentary is now an artefact of a different time.
Directors: Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Rob Epstein | Stars: Pat Bond, John Burnside, Sally M. Gearhart, Elsa Gidlow
Votes: 537
48. Bridegroom (2013)
R | 80 min | Documentary
Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies and Tom's family refuses Shane from attending the funeral.
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | Stars: Cindy Bitney, David Crone, Jessica Mitchell, Lizzy Mohl
Votes: 4,629
49. The Out List (2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary about being among the LGBT community in modern society, told through interviews with LGBT celebrities and community leaders.
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Stars: Dustin Lance Black, R. Clarke Cooper, Wade Davis, Ellen DeGeneres
Votes: 685
50. Send Proof (2021)
95 min | Documentary
When his pastor leaves the faith, Elijah Stephens embarks on a journey to find proof for miracles. Along the way, he meets atheists and skeptics, medical researchers and academics, and those claiming to have experienced miraculous healing.
Director: Elijah Stephens | Stars: Elijah Stephens, Ché Ahn, Heidi Baker, Roland Baker
Votes: 30
51. The Reality of Me (TROM) (2011)
Documentary
From The Big Bang to The Monetary System, Religion, Human Behaviour, War or Slavery, to a new Global Social System, TROM Documentary tries to analyze the world we live in.
Stars: George Carlin, Richard Dawkins, Aubrey de Grey, Richard Feynman
Votes: 371
52. Scams, Schemes, and Scoundrels (1996)
95 min | Documentary, Crime
From the high-stakes world of fine arts forgery to the media hoaxsters who plant false ""news"" stories on the wire, examine the motives, methods and mayhem of these compelling tales.
Director: Aerlyn Weissman | Stars: James Randi, Mathew Affron, Bill Barlee, Barry Beyerstein
Votes: 11
53. The Truth About Houdini (1971 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
A documentary that examines the life and career of Harry Houdini. Houdini contemporaries and escape artist experts are interviewed in an attempt to learn the secrets of the magician's success.
Director: David C. Rea | Stars: Don Davis, James Randi
Votes: 9
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