Used in: Movie, TV show, Episode

The title field must contain the English title of the movie, TV show or episode (no matter in what country or language the media was produced). Only if there is no (official!) translation available, the title should be in its original (native) language. However, if the media is marketed with a translated title in a very limited number of anglophone countries only, while most English speaking countries keep its original title, the original title is used. In addition, we never translate movie titles ourselves, as we only want the official data in the OFDb.

• The Killing: English title alongside original title
• Fascht e Familie: Original title because no English translation exists
• Caché: Despite being marketed as "Hidden" in the UK (only), the original title is used

The official spelling of the title is added to the OFDb. If the title is stylized, we add the stylized version. However, if the title is styled either completely uppercase or lowercase, we do not add the stylized version, but the regular spelling.

If, for some reason, it's unclear what words in the title are capitalised, we follow Grammarly's suggestion: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are capitalised.

• CHiPS: Stylized title is added to the database
• Okja: Regular spelling added because of the all lowercase styling
• Nest: Regular spelling added because of the all uppercase styling

Some movies, TV shows and episodes contain a title, and what can be considered a sub title. A sub title is not to be confused with the tagline. We want the title and sub title in the OFDb, both in the title field.

When adding a title that consists of a title and sub title, we add a colon (:) between them and write the first letter of the subtitle's first word uppercase. However, when a movie, TV show, or episode is marketed with a different character to separate them, we use the character of the official spelling.

Some titles or sub titles already contain a colon. If that is the case, we separate them with a hyphen (-).

Some episodes titles include some version of “Episode 1: Episode title” or “Chapter 1: Episode title”. If that is the case, we add the the first part to the episode title as well, except if it is “Episode 1:”—in that case, we drop it, but simply add the episode title itself.

• Criminal: United Kingdom: Title and sub title are separated by a colon
• Hagazussa - A Heathen’s Curse: The official spelling contains a dash, so we add the movie title accordingly
• Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: The sub title contains a colon, in which case title and sub title are separated by a hyphen
• The Mandalorian: The official episode titles contain “Chapter X”, which is added to the OFDb as well
• Inside North Korea’s Dynasty: The official episode titles contain “Episode X”, which is dropped

Sometimes it appears like the production company's name is part of the movie title, i.e. Disney's Mighty Ducks. We only include the company's name to the movie/tv show title if it's part of the official title.

If it's not clear whether this part should be added, we only add the company's name if appears to be intended in that way. Meaning: “Disney's Mighty Ducks” would be added like this to the database because of the “'s”, indicating a proper formulation. However, “Disney Aladdin”, as the movie's poster might indicate, won't be added like this to the database, because it just sounds wrong.