
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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Reviews rejected without helpful explanation
I understand IMDb is a private company and they can do what they like. And like many, some of my reviews have been rejected. But what's frustrating is the lack of feedback. How hard is it to specify which word, sentence, paragraph or rules are the issue? Most of my reviews are accepted. I often writ
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Audiobook added as video type (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Somebody has added an audiobook and classified it as a video, this should be removed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32397726 unless this is some documentary video about the making of the audiobook which it doesn't seem to imply.
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IMDb Top Data Contributors for 2025 (and Happy New Year 2026 from IMDb)
Included below is our end-of-year message to IMDb's top data contributors for 2025. Welcome—I'm grateful for this opportunity to celebrate IMDb's incredible contributors and thank our customers worldwide for their continued trust! This is my first annual letter to IMDb's contributor community. As th
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Missing video game
title: « The Devil is in the Details » Released On: Sep 12, 2025
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Why was my review Declined!
I wrote a silly review for a silly film but said review was Declined! This isn't the first time I've hurt someone's feelings but I would like clarity on what words/sections caused the decline. 251222-202502-491021
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Awards Central: Oscar winners are a mess currently?
I was looking for info on some previous Oscar winners in the Awards Central, but had very strange listings, like Ray Milland winning Best Actor Oscar in 1998, 1997 and 1996, just to mention one example. All the listings seem totally messed up. What is happening here?
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Festival event wrong website
Hi IMDb team, wish you Happy New Year. Just to inform that festival named: Winter Film Festival (listed as Winter Film Awards) have different website now. Currently its https://winterfilmfest.org/ and at event page is www.WinterFilmAwards.com which doesnt work. It is the same New York festival, now
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Fake credits correction unable to verify although I added the movie with the ending credits
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Actor credit addition declined, please investigate
Back in September 2025, I tried to make an edit to the TV series The Chosen to add an actor that appeared in 4 episodes of the newest season and this was not reflected on the actor's IMDB page.My edit was declined with the reason being they could not verify it and that I should provide an image of t
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Hi is there a way to get my privileges back?
Hi, I lost my cast editing privileges (as in i cant edit IMDB cast lists) is there a way to get them back? Do i need to write an appolgy to the IMDB people or something thanks.
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