
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
This category is managed by our IMDb Content team. IMDb Content is the team that collects and manages the content that makes IMDb authoritative & accurate. We depend upon our users to supply the majority of our content, and will use this space to both answer questions and collect ideas for how to make IMDb more authoritative, accurate, and easy to add to.
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Adding Blu-ray / Ultra HD Blu-ray to media list
When adding/correcting distributors for a film/TV show, you can select the type of media the company is involved in (theatrical, TV, DVD...). However, the possible selections haven't been updated in a long time. Newer media formats like Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray are not available. This sometimes
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Film not showing up in award lists
My short film Bound (2020) is not showing up in the award list no matter what I type in. Can anyone help me make sure the page is posted or tell me how to find it on the award list so I can update the page with wins? Below is the link to the film. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14642124/?ref_=nm_flmg_
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getting added to the cast lists
I have been approved on 4 different titles for the cast lists. I currently am not listed on the lists unless you go into the edit/correct lists of these cast lists. meanwhile people i worked with that worked on the same titles with but were never used on camera are on the cast lists on the movie tit
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What is wrong with the Genre list manager?
Again and again, accurate, objective genres are being denied. This is an ongoing problem that has not been resolved. Among problems is the denial of Comedy and Drama for Horror films. For example, there is a great difference between “The Fearless Vampire Killers” (Horror/Comedy) and Rosemary’s Baby
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Duplicate Keywords - List #21 (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. I am posting this for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least seven days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb staff
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Film listed on IMDb is not available to choose for awards
This film, "Stranded", won an award at a qualifying festival, but I cannot add it because the film is not on the list to choose from. Here is the film listing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18747630 Please make it available from the pick list so that I may add awards.
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Adding my name to the cast list of a production
I've been trying to include my name as part of the cast for several vertical web series that I've worked on and is listed on IMDb. The first two productions I was able to add my name without a problem. But IMDb consistently rejects my request for one vertical series, even though I've provided defini
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Add Ottoman Empire & Navajo Nation to list of countries
There are a few movies produced by the Navajo Nation, considered an autonomous country, and several silent movies produced in the Ottoman Empire, yet neither of these countries are listed in the pull-down menu. Please add them, so the movies can be listed correctly. Navajo films currently have the U
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What is going on with the Cast list manager(s), anyway?
Since January, I have been doing many audits of on-screen credits (three or four a week), which is very time-consuming and often tedious. Every addition, detention and correction (ALL from on-screen credits) have been accepted EXCEPT for the Cast section. What is going on? I am beginning to think th
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Person with speaking role missing from movie cast list
I was recently browsing IMDb, looking at the page for the Robert Altman movie 'Brewster McCloud' (one of my favorite movies). I remember watching it many years ago and there was a black actor playing Weeks' chauffeur in it. I believe his character's name was Norwood. It was a small role but the acto
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