Louis Theroux
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Filmography
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Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Louis Theroux puts life in Los Angeles under the microscope.

Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
Louis Theroux meets the inmates locked up in Miami's mega jail.

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
(2011)Louis Theroux heads for the Middle East to join an extreme subculture of Jewish settlers who have set up home on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, examining how they live amid constant tension and conflict.

My Scientology Movie
(2016)Documentarian Louis Theroux’s quest to reveal the inner workings of the Church of Scientology takes a strange turn when the Church targets him.

Louis Theroux: The Settlers
(2025)Louis Theroux travels to the West Bank to meet some of the large and growing community of religious-nationalist Israeli settlers based there. Since the Hamas-led attack on October 7th, 2023, when around 1,200 Israelis were killed, the settlers have been emboldened to expand their areas of control. Louis travels throughout the territory to understand the consequences of their activity.

Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
Louis Theroux returns to the USA to explore the impact of the internet and social media on some of the most controversial corners of American society. Travelling throughout the country, Louis meets an assortment of content creators: young and inflammatory far-right streamers, rap stars who share their chaotic and violent lives with their online fans, and porn performers who earn a living via online subscription services using their power to call out the behaviours of alleged industry predators.

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
(2016)Louis meets patients at a specialist liver centre struggling with alcohol addiction.

Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
(2007)Louis Theroux travels to California, the birthplace of plastic surgery, to observe a sweeping obsession with beauty and self-image.

Louis Theroux: Dark States
Louis Theroux visits three American cities and examines a uniquely devastating human crisis in each - heroin addiction, sex trafficking and murder.

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
(2021)Louis travels to America to investigate the story of a man who has become one of the most controversial and captivating icons of recent times: the gun-toting, self-described 'gay hillbilly' and 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic.

Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
(2020)Louis Theroux meets women in the UK legally participating in the new sexual economy, exploring whether selling sex can ever be a healthy way to make money.

Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
(2019)Louis Theroux heads to US college campuses and comes face-to-face with students accused of sexual assault.

Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
(2017)Louis spends time in two of London's largest eating disorder facilities to meet women with anorexia - a mystery illness with the highest death rate of any psychiatric disorder.

Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
From UFO hunting to nattering with Neo-Nazis, filmmaker Louis Theroux has become synonymous with stories involving extreme subcultures and people on the fringes of society. Now, Louis is looking back on 25 years in the TV trenches, reflecting on and reconnecting with some of his most fascinating subjects from the past. Have any of these radical personalities changed their approach to life?