# Organizing movies question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093 "2017-09-21T18:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteveG144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SteveG144](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SteveG144)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/1 "2017-09-21T18:38:59Z")
I’m starting to collect some documentary movies. Would you add them to the same directory as other films and create a playlist based on movie type or would you create a new library for documentaries? ---
**Author:** ![HappyPig0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/happypig0/32/16921_2.png) [@HappyPig0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HappyPig0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/2 "2017-09-21T18:43:49Z")
Personal choice, but it’s something I do… I prefer to keep them separate, easier to find when I fancy a documentary but not sure which. Just like my Fitness Library, Cartoons etc. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/3 "2017-09-21T21:31:22Z")
I have them in a separate library. You might even have to create 2 libraries for documentaries: one for ‘movies’ and one for ‘series’. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SteveG144](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SteveG144)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/4 "2017-09-21T21:43:06Z")
And you can’t nest libraries can you? ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/5 "2017-09-21T21:48:02Z")
> @144steve@gmail.com said: > And you can’t nest libraries can you? You can, but it won’t help - Plex will have no idea they’re nested. You can’t do \*\*\*\* with a nest in a TV Show Library - period. I have a Documentaries movie library and a Documentaries TV Show Library. If a Doc really belongs in a TV Show Series I put it there. If it’s a one off job that happens to be in some off the wall TV Series I go to TMDB and make a movie out of it (if I want to keep it). If I just want to watch it I stick it in an Other Videos Library - watch and delete. After you add a few to TMDB you can do that quicker than you can futz with it in Plex doing something else. You also build your Gimp/Poster skills and become a Pro! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/organizing-movies-question/207093/6 "2020-01-07T23:51:29Z")