Is Plex's movie catalog free?

Yes. The streaming side of Plex is ad-supported and costs nothing beyond a free Plex account. The paid Plex Pass only matters for personal media server features, not for these movies.

How is Plex different from Tubi or Pluto TV?

Same free-with-ads model, different library. Plex's licensing deals pull in their own rotation of studio films and international titles, so it is worth checking alongside the bigger names.

What's the easiest way to choose a Plex movie as a group?

Make a PickFlix room with Plex selected and pass the link around. Everyone swipes through the same well-rated picks, and the highest vote settles it without a debate.

Why do movies come and go on Plex?

Ad-supported catalogs run on shorter licensing windows than subscription services, so the lineup turns over constantly. That churn is why this page refreshes instead of staying frozen.

Best movies on Plex (September 2026)

01

Dark Nuns

2025 · 6.2 ·Drama · Horror · Thriller

Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the dangerous forbidden rituals themselves, putting their immortal souls in grave danger. They must confront the terrifying cost of their sacrilegious actions, but one goal remains: the boy must be saved at all costs.

02

Halloween

1978 · 7.6 ·Horror · Thriller

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

03

Graphic Desires

2023 · 6.9 ·Thriller · Crime

When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.

04

Prison on Fire

1987 · 7.0 ·Drama · Crime

A veteran inmate takes a newcomer under his wing as the pair confront both other violent inmates and the prison's corrupt wardens.

05

Jungle

2017 · 6.7 ·Adventure · Thriller

In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.

06

Door

1988 · 6.1 ·Horror · Thriller · Mystery

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

07

Night of the Living Dead

1968 · 7.6 ·Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

08

Apocalypse Now

1979 · 8.3 ·Drama · War

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

09

Heat

1995 · 8.0 ·Drama · Action · Crime

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

10

The Intouchables

2011 · 8.3 ·Drama · Comedy

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

11

Ghost in the Shell

1995 · 7.9 ·Animation · Action · Science Fiction

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

12

Apocalypto

2006 · 7.7 ·Drama · Action · History

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.