Lists: Add people to lists directly from name pages

It’s sad that the folks who promote this website and want to draw patrons in don’t provide a quality product to them if they want to create lists to share with others.  I’ve got several lists on this site that I haven’t been able to edit, simply because the webmasters took away the ‘name’ sort on lists.  The only filter available in the drop down is ‘Date Added’.  The ‘View’ option only gives you ‘Grid’ and ‘Detail’ views.  And the ‘ascending’ and ‘descending’ arrows only sort the number assigned to the ‘Name’.   If a person wants to add an actor say, and don’t know if that person already exists on the list, the only way to determine that is to scan the entire list, which in some cases could be over a 100 names.  Sort by ‘Date Added’ provides no association to the alpha sequence to the file.  Restore the sort by ‘Name’ option!!!

I don’t know if anyone has suggested this edit option in the past, but someone did give me this procedure until such time IMDb provides a better method to adding/deleting from your lists.  It may seem a little tedious at first, but you’ll catch on.  It has worked for me.

1).  Sign into your IMDb account.

2).  Then go to https://www.imdb.com/search/?ref_=fn_asr  and choose the “Advanced Name Search” option.

3)  Scroll down to “Lists” and highlight the list you want to edit from the “Include” selection box.  Then go to “Display Options” and choose your preferred option.  Then from the “Sort by” picks, select how you want to display your entries from your list.  I would recommend “A-Z Ascending”.  You can review your entire list here.

4).  After you have reviewed your list(s), if you wish to make new additions to those list(s), go to your IMDb account name at top of the webpage and from the options, choose “Your Lists” and then choose the list to which you wish to add entries.  Once you have selected your list, click the vertical ellipsis button, and choose “Edit”.  Scroll to the bottom to the “Add a Name to this List” block.  After you have finished adding your new entries, go to the top of your list and click “Done”.

I hope this helps to manage your lists more effectively in the interim.

I know that with the mobile device IMDb app, I can very quickly add films, tv shows, or people to various lists.

I can't seem to find this easy functionality on the IMDBb website when browsing from a computer.

To do this from a computer, it seems that I have to go to my profile, lists, then edit list and so forth.  Many more steps.  Am I missing something simple on this?

Can you make a list like WATCHLIST to add people quickly? Favourites, a LIKE button or something like that?

It would be easier and not frustrating if we didn't have to create lists for people and type their names..

Me too. When I want to add an actor (while browsing on my computer) I have to grab my phone and search for them on the app and then add to favourites on there. Why is there still no option on the main webpage? I didn't realise this has been an issue from nine years ago. I'm sure back in the early 2000s you could do it.