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Thursday, October 31st, 2019 9:03 PM

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Add Language and Country Refine Options for Lists

Right now, I have a separate set of IMDB lists for the purpose of distinguishing between native films (English) and non-native films (other languages). Ideally, I would prefer to have a Refine option that would allow me to filter lists based on language and/or country instead of having to maintain this separate set of lists.

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5 years ago

You could keep just 1 list and use Advanced Title Search to split the contents:https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?languages=en&lists=ls060663034versushttps://www.imdb.com/search/title/?languages=!en&lists=ls060663034(where the ! was inserted in the url manually to indicate I wanted no English titles).HOWEVER, the problem is, languages are attached to films when there is just a little in the film. The first entry in the English list is The Wages of Fear (1953), which is a French film (and I don't remember any English dialog, signs, etc., but it's been a while since I watched it.)In fact, there are 10 films on that list which have both English and French designations (and now I'm seeing British films where I don't remember French.)https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?languages=en,fr&lists=ls060663034So instead let's use the Country designation.On that particular list, that looks much cleaner:https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?countries=fr&lists=ls060663034But in the modern era, with many production companies and funding sources, that gets complicated.For instance, this filmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6428150/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1seems very American when you watch it. But it will come up on a search of Romanian films too, because it was partially filmed/financed there.So really, your separate lists of films by how YOU feel each film should be classified are really best for you.

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5 years ago

Thank you for your insight (and sorry for the slow reply!).That makes sense. I had a feeling such overlaps could pose a problem, which isn't necessarily IMDB's fault. Still, ideally, there would be a way to filter by original language, as I always prefer to listen to them with subtitles. Until then, I will likely take your suggestion. In the end, it's not a big deal anyway.