# iTunes-Style Smart Playlists **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024 "2020-01-24T14:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteveGreen80132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SteveGreen80132](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SteveGreen80132)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024/1 "2020-01-24T14:37:17Z")
I switched all my movies and TV shows to Plex after 15 years with iTunes, because Apple’s new TV app is Just. That. Bad. But with a really large movie collection (about 2,700 titles) Smart Playlists made it really easy to have the computer sort my stuff for me, into my movies, my wife’s movies, new movies, not-as-new movies, whatever. Static playlists are fine, but they’re a lot more work to set up and maintain. So how about old-school iTunes Smart Playlists for Plex? ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024/2 "2020-01-24T16:15:17Z")
I’ve never used iTunes, so I don’t know how close this comes, but Plex does have its own version of smart playlists: > [@\[HowTo\] Create Playlists](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-create-playlists-updated-for-new-ui/146040): > > Please don't report problems in replies to How To posts. They don't get noticed. If you want to report a bug or ask a question, please post it in the appropriate forum, where it will have the best chance of being seen. Replies to How-Tos should be in reference to the article itself (typos, clarifications, etc.). Creating Playlists This article refers to Music playlists, but the instructions apply to Movie libraries as well. Photo playlists may be created as well, but some of the Selection pr… ---
**Author:** ![SteveGreen80132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SteveGreen80132](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SteveGreen80132)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024/3 "2020-01-24T16:26:33Z")
Thanks! I’d looked into that but the UI wasn’t very intuitive for a newbie like myself. Not quite as flexible as iTunes used to be, but still a huge step up from static playlists. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024/4 "2021-01-16T13:03:20Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/itunes-style-smart-playlists/532024/5 "2021-06-10T00:56:30Z")