
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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Top Contributor Leaderboard - October 2025
Hi IMDb Contributors! We've just released the October 2025 Top Contributors Leaderboard! Check out who made the rankings here: https://www.imdb.com/contribute/leaderboard/2025/10/ As a reminder, anyone who contributed more than 100 items last month will see their total and ranking at the top of the
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credit order
I know that IMDb prefers to use the "most complete on-screen listing" as the reference for credit order, and that's "usually the end titles." Does this mean the main titles at the end of the film, or just the end credit crawl?The main titles at the end of the film often have an order dictated by con
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Missing Information of a Deceased Actor Brian McCardie
Hi,Prior to his death, the late actor Brian McCardie seemingly had chosen to remove his age, and his birth year still hasn't been made public on IMDb despite his death last year.Why is this still a recurring issue? I mean, once the person dies, isn't every available information supposed to be made p
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Suggestion for New feature: Voice Actors
It is common that movies, cartoons and tv series are dubbed (have the original voice, in the original language is replaced by a local actor voice in the local language) in other countries with a different language. Here in Brazil dub companies tries to keep the same local voice to each actor, so som
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Can't delete photos I own from project page I created
Our distributor has requested that photos be removed from our IMDB page. I made the page, own the photos and cannot delete them! They are concept illustrations. On my personal page there IS a "delete" option on my photos. On this film page there is not. Only 2 options appear: "edit tags" and "report
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Date of death rejected with "cannot verify" even though I have cited an obituary - yet again!
Yet another date of death has been rejected as "unable to verify your contribution" even though I have given the URL of a newspaper obituary and have quoted the supporting text. Can an admin please submit this data for me.I'd be interested to know if there is something I could do differently which w
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I'd like to remove a trailer from the primary position on my account thanks :)
The trailer for "Strongarm" a short film I produced and played a role in appears as the main video on my IMDB name page. I would love to have this one removed if possible? I don't need to have the trailer removed from IMDB as such, just from coming up on my personal page. I won't be able to access S
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Contributions need approval
Two declined contributions from this title need approval:#251104-160426-138000One from this title:#251104-234831-455000And one from this title:#251104-173705-721000Thank you in advance!
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! According to IMDb, Carol Burnett’s “Cinderella” is NOT a Comedy!
251104-155926-665000Track Contribution2025-11-04 15:59:26 The Carol Burnett Show: Chinderella (1971) (V)Genres - 1 item added
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Proposal: Add “Vertical Short Drama” as a New IMDb Category
I’d like to propose that IMDb introduce a new category/format designation—“Vertical Short Drama”—to recognize and differentiate the rapidly growing vertical, short-form narrative format. Why this matters: 1. **Clarity for Users & Industry** – Currently, vertical series are categorized under “TV Movi
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