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BAD BAD BAD I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS FOR THIS CRAP

I am the founder of [CJ] Studios, and I put my shows on both IMDb & TMDB. But TMDB's staff are very unprofessional and lazy to even respond to my emails asking for help. I accidentally added in the wrong thumbnail for certain episode even gave an actor of mine the wrong picture of another actor by mistake. The users are not allowed to fix errors, it's against their rule because they have to do it themselves. And when I reached out them 2 weeks ago to fix this issue, they NEVER responded. And now the wrong photos are displayed forever until they actually do their job and fix it. Whoever is behind this TMDB staff team needs to be fired and replaced by a group of people who actually know how to do their job. I want the errors fixed!

These guys are pathetic. They are strictly anti-art, and anti-indie. Unless this fact changes, they will forever be a terrible website.

My account on TMDb was Movie_Mosaic, my contribution was about 80,000 points up there, until a movie called Wicked City (1992) from Hong Kong. I tried to explain to the non-Hong Kong moderators how the English translated title is THE Wicked City, instead of Wicked City, I had proof - links from IMDb, rottentomatoes, HKMDb etc, yet they kept ignore me and refuse to make a correction. I doubted them for being less considerate with Asian cinema, consider they have not even watched the movie. Next thing I know, my beloved account was suspended, right before I was gonna delete it myself. I tried to send some emails to explain my situation but often not get feedback, and TMDb doesn't even have an email address for such issue to report... I want to move on, but since my account is under suspension, I can't even delete it, and I tried to open a new account, which I didn't know they don't allow it - I did not even spoke about the issue again, I behaved nicely, yet I still got suspended by somebody from the site, understandable, but now it is getting personal, as I believe I am targeted by them. I do not tolerate such abuse especially that all I was trying to do was making a movie's information correct, to help the site. But they do not care about information apparently... I'm just wasting my life trying to find a place to share my unfair experience. And I really hope I get to speak with someone in charge of the issue, as Wicked City is still an incorrect title. I have nothing against TMDb, although it's full of mistakes especially with Hong Kong cinema, but the moderators truly angered me with their attitude, and left me no choice but coming here for help. I demand to either resume my account, or simple delete it for good and let me move on. But most importantly, add THE to the wicked city, because that's the correct title, and that's what TMDb should be focusing on, instead of targetting me.

I am disappointed with themoviedb.org for deleting several documentaries from their database without providing any explanation. This action suggests an implicit bias, as it appears films are being removed based on subjective criteria. This practice is concerning for a platform that should aim to be an inclusive and comprehensive movie database. One star due to these unexplained removals.

I loved this site at first. It's so fun to add your own films to this and see them appear on sites like Letterboxd, however, shortly after adding my films, they were all taken down due to the ridiculous guidelines about no amateur content including fan-films or short-films, unless for for rare circumstances (like a proper release, which two of my films actually have, despite both being taken down). First off, requiring an official release for a short-film/fan-film to even qualify for the site in the first place is actually very telling that this site doesn't want us small independent filmmakers to succeed, as it limits our opportunities in the film and entertainment industry. This policy is targeting those of us who may not have the resources and connections available to have an official release of their film. I might also add that because this policy targets independent filmmakers like myself as I just stated, it is also disproportionately affecting other minority groups such as African-American and Queer filmmakers, as they likely have even less access to these resources and connections that someone like I do. Despite the moderators claiming my films were taken down because the site doesn't allow amateur content, I am forced to believe it was actually due to some other reason as ONLY my films/short-films/fan-films were taken down, not any of the countless other short-films. Specifically, my fan-film "Hawkeye: The Broken Arrow" was removed, however, they kept up the other 2 Hawkeye fan-films, which means the moderators were specifically targeting me and my films as opposed to all ametuer content like the mods claimed. As of a couple days ago, the moderators finally took down those other previously mentioned Hawkeye fan-films yet still have up all the other star wars fan-films, DC fan-films and even amateur YouTube content which again leads me to believe that the only reason those other 2 Hawkeye fan-films were taken down was to try and appease me I called them out for taking down "Hawkeye: The Broken Arrow". After this extensive research I have no choice but to believe The Movie DataBase is actually discriminating against me based on the fact that I am of a minority group as I suffer from autism, among several other conditions. I request that The Movie Database reinstate my films immediately, these being - Hawkeye: The Broken Arrow (2024) - Traeh (2023) - Boston Vice (2024) - The Revelation (2021) - DOOKU A Star Wars Story: Becoming Darth Tyranus (2021) - Pohlster the Movie (2021) - The Slip Up (2019) or I will be doing it myself, by creating new versions of my films to add, two of which now do have an official release, so if they are taken down a second time I will know.

If the movie you're looking for is cookie cutter Hollywood tripe, then this site is great... Anything else then abusive mods rule with an iron fist, and lash out at those who speak against them. If you spend time adding an independent release (even those held in high regard and are widely known), it will almost certainly be removed. I hate the fact so many other sites use this pathetic excuse for an "Movie and TV database" as the source of truth..

There was an extremely popular movie that has gotten almost 10 million views this week and the website just deleted the whole page. They also deleted all the pages related to the cast + crew, and I opened a thread in the support section asking why they are deleting all these topics and they deleted that too. They deleted every single movie by a film maker! Pages that had been up for ages. I don't trust anything to do with this company now. They didn't even have the decency to reply to my support thread.