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This essay deals with the notability of films themselves. For the notability of actors and other filmmakers see generally Wikipedia:Notability (people) or Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors) as appropriate.
Released Films
In general a film is notable if it meets one or more of the following criteria:
- The film has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the film and its creators/producers.
- This criterion excludes:
- Media re-prints of trailers and advertising for the film.[1]
- Trivial coverage, such as newspaper articles that simply report the film name and where it is being shown.
- This criterion includes reliable published works in all forms, such as newspaper and magazine articles, books, television documentaries, and published reports by consumer watchdog organizations.
- This criterion excludes:
- The film has been theatrically released nationwide in a country, or into 200 or more commercial theaters.
- The film has received a major award for excellence in some aspect of filmmaking
- The film is a full length film released by a major studio
Unreleased Films
Since Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, articles on films which has not yet been publicly released (either theatrically or direct-to-video) are generally not appropriate unless the production of the film is itself notable in some way.
Factors to consider are
- Has the film actually entered production or is it just rumored or expected to be made?
- Has the production of the film generated multiple, non-trivial news stories?
- Will the film be notable upon release?
Notes
- ^ Self-promotion and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopaedia article. The published works must be someone else writing about the film. (See Wikipedia:Autobiography for the verifiability and neutrality problems that affect material where the subject of the article itself is the source of the material.) The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself (or of its creator or producer) have actually considered the content or site notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it.
Epilogue
This essay is meant to reflect, as far as possible, community consensus on the issue of film articles. If you disagree with it or feel that it fails to reflect consensus please consider improving it directly rather than simply stating your concerns on the talk page.