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When citing a film in MLA, always include the name of the film, the director, the publisher, and the year. If you viewed the film online your should include website information as well (for streaming services just identify the service: e.g. Netflix). You may choose to include other contributors like performers, screenwriters, or editors if they are relevant to your argument.
If your discussion of the movie focuses mainly on one contributor (e.g. the director or a performer), you can choose to include that name at the start of the citation instead of starting with the title.
MLA in-text citations for films should include a time stamp when referencing a particular part of a film. This serves the same purpose as including a page number when citing a book. You don't need a time stamp when you're referencing an entire film.
If you've chosen to cite a contributor (often the director) at the front of your works cited citation you'll use that name in your in-text citations rather than the title of the film. For long film titles you can use a shorter version of the film's name in your citations as long as it can't be confused for another source.
