Change a movie poster?

Thanks for the feedback guys. I must admit that I like certain movie posters on JustWatch much more. Perhaps there can be an option to change movie posters, for own usage. This feature would be nice to have if you're making a list of favorite movies.

But I still wonder why these posters are sometime changed, for example, what's going on with 2001 Maniacs? All of a sudden it has got this weird foreign poster, so something isn't quite right, who gets to decide this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264323/

https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/speelfilm-2001-maniacs/1002004004856595/

BTW, here are some of the other movie posters, I really think they look way better. Same goes for Ghoulies and Ghoulies II. The original posters as shown on imdb.com look ugly, the ones on themoviedb.org look way better.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8852-prince-of-darkness/images/posters

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/18498-ghoulies

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28605-ghoulies-ii

Hi Navin2000 -

The comment forthehorde mentioned above is correct,  for movies the primary image should be the most iconic and widely-recognized poster, and English language posters are preferred.

If you have observed titles listed on the site that are not displaying the most iconic poster for the film, I encourage you to request a new primary poster through our Report form. 

For detailed instructions on how to change the primary poster I encourage you to review our Help Guide (look under the "Modifying an existing primary poster" section).  Once a new primary is requested our editors will take a look.

Cheers!

With ”Prince of Darkness”, the first link (Justwatch) includes a new Blu-ray cover for the US release by Scream/Shout. Most of them (Scream/Shout Blu-rays) use the similar ”design” (drawing). Some like them, of course.

I would (also) say that IMDb should include the original movie poster, if possible. If several (movie posters) are available, then the most iconic.

Seriously, when are you guys planning to give an option to change movie posters on your own IMDB account? I just noticed that somehow the movieposter for Kidnap (2017) has been wrongfully changed, who is doing this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458169/

And I'm sad to say that I also don't like the change of movies posters for other movies. Like from Very Bad Things and License To Kill. And I think the movie poster from The Shining is just awful. Again, it would be so cool if you could change movie posters on IMDB, let's make it happen. :)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124198/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097742/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

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Hello, why has the original movie poster from this movie been changed, and who is doing this? This is a major blunder that needs to be fixed!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458169/

OMG, once again the movie poster from 2001 Maniacs has been changed, who is doing this? And why not give an option to use your own preferred movieposter when you're logged into your own IMDB account?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264323/

Is anyone actually reading this topic, where is Michelle at? I don't know how to PM her, thanks. 

Hi, I’m reading your topic and I also share the same outrageous think about this poster subject. Considering my experience here over the last months I started to think that this is the least subject taken seriously by the staff, not regarding only posters, but images in general. Take for example this two threads that I opened here recently: 

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/removal-of-the-godfather-fake-posters/62ddc408c998636027acf871

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/change-star-wars-1977-poster/62925e615c183c026e212804

I don’t know how this kind of trash still posted for so long without anyone of the staff or user complain. This is pure ugly. And my attempts to get this fixed always end up in “unable to verify” or “doesn’t meet with contributions guidelines” - when you get the last one as answer is that moment that you can put the clown make-up.

And this should be a problem that wouldn’t take 5 minutes to solve, but is now taking years.

Yes, I can understand what you are saying and I also think that mostly part of those problems are caused by users that are trying to personalize the website based on their own taste. But IMDb still have the guidelines to be followed, and this ideia that an user choose the image that will appear as the primary when logged could stimulate them to add even more fake images, fan arts and customizations.

An exemple, as everyone knows when a user changes the language of any movie page here, it not only changes the language, but the primary image too. At the Portuguese language version, when the poster doesn’t have a Portuguese version, some users are taking the English language poster, erasing the English title, then writing the Portuguese title over.

I mean, this idea of personalize the own account isn’t bad, but this can bring even more trouble. Specially if people still posting everything that they think they should, there is high possibility of the galleries turn into a big dump of fake info. Kinda like a collective Printerest or Behence.

Ironic, right now I realize that the Kidnap poster that you pointed earlier has been changed again from the distributor original to a customized one.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1458169/?ref_=tt_mv_desc 

Well, mostly part of those titles don’t have anything wrong, those are original US posters provided by the distributor/studio and belong to the original release year (excluding “2001 Maniacs” and few others in terrible low quality like “Ginger Snaps 2” that I never watched). They are totally into the guidelines. The IMDb pattern is that the most recognized and in the best possible quality, preferred in english, must be the primary, as it was said here before.

Now, regarding the personalization of the account I believe that the only remote possibility for this be implemented here would be if every regular user account had a storage space of X GB so any user could upload the image that he want. This uploaded image would be stored only inside his account at some kind of “private gallery” without appear in the movie general gallery. Then the user could choose the one he wants to see as the primary from his private collection when logged.

Considering the costs that would take to be implemented and the trend of the website in limited the user interaction, this idea can currently be considered science fiction.

Just have in mind that IMDb over the years turns to be more like a “Wikipedia with comments” than a social media (message boards, private messages, comments on lists and other stuff that may resemble a social media thing were wiped out from here long ago) and the general compromise must be always with authentic information.

Hi @Navin2000 -

My apologies for the delayed reply, IMDb staff is working through a backlog of older missed threads.

Are you still seeing instances where primary posters are being changed against our guidelines? If so, can you post some recent examples here for IMDb staff to investigate?