# SUGGESTION for Plex

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659 "2017-07-30T15:15:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kradnam2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kradnam2/32/23794_2.png) [@Kradnam2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kradnam2)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659/1 "2017-07-30T15:15:22Z")

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When clicking on the movie folder, there is play all, shuffle add to playlist and more, for days when I just want to watch something and don’t know what to watch, I wish there was a PRM “play random movie” option, when clicking on PRM, you would have multiple choice options, 2 for example would be, PRM \> ALL or Unwatched, depending what you select, it would randomly choose a movie based on the selection you choose.  
If you chose “ALL”, then it would randomly choose from any 1 title from ALL movies, watched or unwatched, if you choose “Unwatched” it would choose a random title only from the titles you have yet to watch.  
Example: [Plex with PRM option](http://i.imgur.com/F6Etsyp.png)

This would be great for those days you are bored and not sure what to watch.

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**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:** [July 30, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659/2 "2017-07-30T15:28:09Z")

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go into your movie library  
filter for unwatched movies only  
press ‘shuffle’

done.

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**Author:** ![Kradnam2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kradnam2/32/23794_2.png) [@Kradnam2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kradnam2)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659/3 "2017-07-31T11:57:25Z")

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> @OttoKerner said:  
> go into your movie library  
> filter for unwatched movies only  
> press ‘shuffle’
> 
> done.

That works, still would be great to just have a single button to press, thanks for the reply, it choose a kids movie as the first random thing to watch… sigh

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**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:** [July 31, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659/4 "2017-07-31T13:44:53Z")

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> @Kradnam2 said:  
> That works, still would be great to just have a single button to press, thanks for the reply, it choose a kids movie as the first random thing to watch… sigh

You can make a custom filter which not only excludes all watched movies but also excludes some genres or age classifications.  
Then you could turn that into a ‘smart’ playlist.  
Afterwards, you only need to call up this playlist and hit ‘shuffle’.

 ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/5136c3cc4331ac5bf64ed262dece4fd1921d2c16.jpg)

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**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/suggestion-for-plex/200659/5 "2020-01-07T23:35:30Z")

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