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Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux

Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British documentary filmmaker and broadcaster. He is best known for his documentary series, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends,When Louis Met..., and his BBC Two specials. His career started in journalism and bears influences of notable writers in his family, such as his father Paul Theroux and brother Marcel. He works with the BBC producing his documentaries and television series.

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Movies Starring Louis Theroux (34)

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)

This special sees Louis travel 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. ...

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Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (2020)

Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour. ...

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Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)

Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader. ...

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Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019)

Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies. ...

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Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)

Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault. ...

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Louis Theroux: Take My Baby (2018)

Louis heads to California, the US adoption capital, where the majority of newborn adoptions are carried out privately, creating a multimillion dollar industry. Agencies, facilitators and lawyers can earn thousands of dollars per baby. ...

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Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me (2018)

Documentary fans are in for a treat as renowned documentarian Louis Theroux dived into the BBC Archives and selected his favourite documentaries. Each of them had an impact on Louis. They cover a range of styles - some vérité-driven, others told more thr ...

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Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)

Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women. In this film, Louis Theroux embeds himself in two of London's biggest adult eating-disorder treatment fa ...

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Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)

Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend. ...

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Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)

Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK's premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury. Earl's personality and interests have radically altered since he was involved in a car crash, whil ...

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My Scientology Movie (2016)

Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won't take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church's headquarters ...

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Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (2016)

Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better. ...

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Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015)

Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transition from boy to girl or girl to boy at ever younger ages. ...

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Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life (2014)

Louis is at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in L.A to learn about the American way of death. ...

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Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)

In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contrib ...

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Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011)

The programme follows Theroux as he travels to the United States to meet people who own animals normally found in Africa and Asia, including big cats and dangerous primates. In the programme, Theroux visits GW Exotic Animal Foundation in Oklahoma. ...

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Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)

Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antag ...

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Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank ...

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Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2010)

Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley. ...

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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos (2010)

Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force. ...

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Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial. Louis travels to one of America's leadi ...

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Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)

Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Ins ...

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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg (2008)

Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder. ...

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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (2008)

Louis visits one of America's most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder. ...

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Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (2008)

Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves. ...

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Louis Theroux: Behind Bars (2008)

For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison. ...

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Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007)

Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery operations. Filmed mostly in the USA, in the programme, Louis himself ends up getting liposuction. ...

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Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)

Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is ...

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Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas (2007)

Louis heads to Las Vegas, to reveal the world behind the myths of casino culture. Among the people he meets are two of the casino's 'high-rollers' and an employee who looks after them as well as a retired doctor who says she has gambled away $4million in s ...

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The Weird World Of Louis Theroux (2007)

Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries. ...

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Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)

Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico. ...

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Louis, Martin & Michael (2003)

Louis Theroux sets out on a personal quest to meet the ultimate pop idol - Michael Jackson - and examine the often bizarre world that surrounded him and those that worshipped at his altar. The journey began in the summer of 2002 with a simple phone call to ...

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Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003)

Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks. ...

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Living with Louis (2002)

The people profiled by Louis Theroux in the documentary series "When Louis Met..." reflect on their time with Louis and he gives his thoughts on them. ...

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Movies Made By Louis Theroux (33)

Tell Them You Love Me (2023)

A true crime documentary inspired by one of the most polarising criminal trials of recent history. It explores themes including disability, race, sex and perception of consent by looking back on the controversial case of philosophy professor Anna Stubblefi ...

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David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)

The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot with Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Gaiman. ...

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Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)

This special sees Louis travel 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. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (2020)

Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)

Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019)

Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)

Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)

Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women. In this film, Louis Theroux embeds himself in two of London's biggest adult eating-disorder treatment fa ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)

Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)

Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK's premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury. Earl's personality and interests have radically altered since he was involved in a car crash, whil ...

Watch Now

My Scientology Movie (2016)

Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won't take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church's headquarters ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (2016)

Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015)

Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transition from boy to girl or girl to boy at ever younger ages. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life (2014)

Louis is at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in L.A to learn about the American way of death. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)

In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contrib ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011)

The programme follows Theroux as he travels to the United States to meet people who own animals normally found in Africa and Asia, including big cats and dangerous primates. In the programme, Theroux visits GW Exotic Animal Foundation in Oklahoma. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)

Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antag ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2010)

Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos (2010)

Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial. Louis travels to one of America's leadi ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)

Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Ins ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg (2008)

Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (2008)

Louis visits one of America's most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (2008)

Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Behind Bars (2008)

For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007)

Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery operations. Filmed mostly in the USA, in the programme, Louis himself ends up getting liposuction. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)

Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas (2007)

Louis heads to Las Vegas, to reveal the world behind the myths of casino culture. Among the people he meets are two of the casino's 'high-rollers' and an employee who looks after them as well as a retired doctor who says she has gambled away $4million in s ...

Watch Now

The Weird World Of Louis Theroux (2007)

Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries. ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)

Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico. ...

Watch Now

Louis, Martin & Michael (2003)

Louis Theroux sets out on a personal quest to meet the ultimate pop idol - Michael Jackson - and examine the often bizarre world that surrounded him and those that worshipped at his altar. The journey began in the summer of 2002 with a simple phone call to ...

Watch Now

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003)

Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks. ...

Watch Now