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MLA 9th Edition: Films and Videos

Help with formatting an MLA research project, creating a Works Cited page and citing sources in the text.

Examples

Examples on this page are from the MLA Style Center web site.

Movie Viewed Online (Streaming Service or YouTube)

Title of Film or Video. Director, Film Studio or Distributor, Release Year. Name of Database or Streaming Platform, URL. Access Date [optional, but recommended]

Works Cited

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Unaired Pilot 1996.” YouTube, uploaded by Brian Stowe,

28 Jan. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR3J-v7QXXw.

Leap. Directed by Eric Summer and Eric Warin, L'Atelier Animation, 2016. Netflix,

https://www.netflix.com/title/80166318  Accessed 15 May 2020.

 

Movie or Television Viewed on Physical DVD

Title of Movie. Contributor(s). Publisher/Production Company, Year of Release. 

 Note: Typically films, television episodes, and other performances have many contributors. After the title, list the contributors most relevant to your project. Most common contributors listed include directors, creators, and performers.  

Works Cited

“Hush.” 1999. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season, created by Joss Whedon,

episode 10, Mutant Enemy / Twentieth Century Fox, 2003, disc 3. DVD.

Television Episode Viewed Online

"Title of Episode." Name of Show, season number, episode number, Film Studio or Distributor, Release date. Name of Database or Streaming Platform, URL. Access Date [optional, but recommended]

Example:

"The Battle of Starcourt." Stranger Things, season 3, episode 8, Netflix. 4 July

2019. Netflix, netflix.com/title/80057281

Songs and Recordings

Song from an Album

Artist. "Title of Song." Title of Album [if available], Record Label, Release year. Streaming Service, URL.

  • If relevant, you can include information about performers and composers after the album title. 
  • If relevant, you can include the format (MP3, WAV file, etc.) at the end of the citation.

Example:

AJR. “Three-thirty.” The Click, AJR Productions, 2017. Studio album.

Song on a Website

AJR.“Three-thirty.” Spotify, open.spotify.com/album/2LyLlHg03okxUU3UVrKtSC

Concert Attended in Person

The Weeknd. Starboy: Legends of the Fall Tour. 25 April 2017, Rogers Arena, Vancouver.

 

Movie Viewed In Person

Works Cited

Aladdin. Directed by Guy Ritchie, Walt Disney Pictures, 2019.

 

Streaming Movie from a Library Database

MLA recommends including URLs. Please note that some library database URLs are very lengthy and may not be persistent links.

"Title of Video." Publisher/Production Company, Date. Title of Library Database. URL is recommended by MLA.

Example:

"Robots: A Brave New World?" Java Films, 2018.  Films on Demand.  

       fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=95566&xtid=149045