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Referencing

Citing Films, Movies, and YouTube

based on the MLA Handbook, 9th edition

Locate the following information about the film/video:

  • Creator of the film or video
  • Title of the film or video
  • Title of the site that the video was found on
  • Names of any contributors, such as a director or performer
  • Version (if applicable; can include uncut version, unrated version, widescreen, etc.)
  • Any numbers associated with the video
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • Name of the database (if applicable)
  • Location (usually a URL or a database name and a URL)

Structure of Citation:

Creator(s). “Title.” Title of Website, Contributor(s), Version (if applicable), Numbers (if applicable), Publisher, Publication date, URL.

Examples:

Rhett & Link. "Graduation Song." YouTube, 24 May 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUF8ow6xf0.

Kindergarten Cop. Directed by Ivan Reitman, performance by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Universal Pictures, 21 Dec. 1990. Amazon Prime, http://www.amazon.com/Kindergarten-Cop-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/dp/B001VLLES4.

Pocohantas. Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, Walt Disney Pictures, 23 June 1995.

The Crown. Netflix app, Left Bank Pictures / Sony Pictures Television Production UK, 2016.

 

A MOVIE REPUBLISHED ON A WEBSITE:

Sanctuary. Directed by Tony Kind, screenplay by James Poe, performance by Lee Remick and Yves Montand, Twentieth Century Fox, 1961. YouTube, uploaded by LostCinemaChannel, 17 July 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnzFM_Sq8s.

 

Information adapted from EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-8/how-to-cite-a-film-or-video-in-mla-8/ and https://style.mla.org/category/ask-the-mla/