# Play random movie **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606 "2011-06-10T12:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adastrame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adastrame/32/95223_2.png) [@adastrame](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adastrame)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/1 "2011-06-10T12:50:21Z")
My boyfriend and I sometimes have endless discussions over which of the 100 unwatched movies we want to watch. Usually this ends in us watching an episode of a TV show instead because we can’t decide, but I do want to make progress on the unwatched movies someday too… What we really need is an option for Plex to decide for us, a button which plays one of our **unwatched** movies at complete random. Or suggests 3 random movies of which we then chose one. Would that be an option for the next release? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![subtledoctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@subtledoctor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/subtledoctor)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/2 "2011-06-10T17:08:24Z")
My installation can already do this. (I go to “all unwatched movies,” cover my eyes, and hold the down button for a random amount of time.) j/k, sorry, it’s actually not a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![tomnehek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tomnehek](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tomnehek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/3 "2011-06-13T16:05:40Z")
+1 This is something that has been requested many times and I can’t wait to see it come to fruition. Cutting the cord will be that much easier. ---
**Author:** ![tobeswsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tobeswsu/32/822_2.png) [@tobeswsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tobeswsu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/4 "2011-06-13T16:37:56Z")
Neat idea, I’m not sure how to add it to the GUI though and they’d probably want to fix the shuffling bug with music before tacking what’s effectively shuffle for video. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ethanferrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@ethanferrell](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ethanferrell)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/5 "2013-12-14T04:20:29Z")
Reviving this from the dead. Anyone know if this got implemented? ---
**Author:** ![supergreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@supergreen](https://forums.plex.tv/u/supergreen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/6 "2014-02-27T18:09:29Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![trapexit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/trapexit/32/78234_2.png) [@trapexit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trapexit)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/7 "2014-03-04T17:32:00Z")
Random movie and random TV show episode are both desired. SouthParkStudios.com does the latter and it's really convenient. ---
**Author:** ![pavlov71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@pavlov71](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pavlov71)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/8 "2014-03-06T02:43:52Z")
+1 I was going to suggest a button called "Movie Roulette" to do such a thing, but realized it could be applied to each media section as well to play a random song, show a random photo, etc.  Perhaps it could even be either section or non-section specific? ---
**Author:** ![calexander3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@calexander3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/calexander3)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/9 "2015-05-14T00:27:10Z")
+1 I would totally use this. Edit: It is mostly implemented in the Android client. There is a shuffle button when viewing movies that plays a movie at random but I don't know if it takes into account watched vs unwatched. ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/10 "2015-05-14T00:42:15Z")
This works strictly inside of plex/web on the chrome browser; this extension allows for random selections See: [Transmogrify for Plex](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/transmogrify-for-plex/jdogfefgaagaledbkgeffgbjlaaplpgo) ---
**Author:** ![computerkidt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@computerkidt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/computerkidt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/11 "2017-08-25T14:29:07Z")
Just incase anyone is wondering this has been added now into Plex its self in both the web browser and I see in android app (willing to bet its also in the iPhone and other clients) go to the movie or TV folder and at the top it will have a Shuffle button, click that and it will randomly play a movie. (Not sure if TV shuffle will pick a random tv show or a random episode of all the tv shows, hoping the 1st episode or the 1st unseen episode of a random tv show) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-random-movie/9606/12 "2019-12-20T21:21:35Z")
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