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Title Eligibility

We aim to cover every title from every country and every time period as long as the title is both legal and there is some level of public interest beyond the makers.

Released Titles:

  • Released in cinemas
  • Shown on TV
  • Released on Blu-ray, DVD, Video or LaserDisc
  • Available online for streaming
  • Made by a (now) famous artist or person of public interest
  • Made famous for some reason and is widely talked about/referenced in media or the 'film community' or is now of general historic interest for some reason

Ineligible Titles:

  • Made for private home use (i.e. a home movie)
  • Made for local consumption by friends, family members and neighbors, the local school campus etc.

The ability to add In Production and In Development titles is reserved for IMDbPro customers.

IMDbPro lists titles in various stages of development, including pitch, option, script, treatment/outline and turnaround.  In order for your title to be considered for listing, it needs to be in active development at a verifiable production company.

In Development titles must be in one of the following stages of development:

  • Pitch: An idea for an upcoming project that has been presented and sold to a production company, which agrees to develop it.
  • Optioned Property: A piece of literary work (book, short story, play, news article etc) where the exclusive rights to purchase the property are currently held by a production entity for consideration to develop into a feature length film or television project for a defined period of time.
  • Treatment/Outline: An idea or abridged script, longer than a synopsis containing a rough outline such as a summary of each major scene and descriptions of the significant characters in the project. While a complete script is around 100 pages, a treatment is closer to 10.
  • Script: Completed, copy written manuscript, which has been picked up by a production entity for development. A script may take the form of a screenplay, shooting script, lined script, continuity script or a spec script.
  • Turnaround: A project, which was previously picked up by a production entity, but has been dropped and is currently in a state of limbo allowing the producers to set up the project with another studio.
  • Development Unknown: The project is in some form of development stage that is completely unknown to you.