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MLA Style Guide: Film, TV or radio

This guide covers how in-text citations and references should be formatted in the MLA Style, 9th Edition.

Film, TV or radio

In-Text-Citation:
  • (Title of film)
Example:
  • Spottiswoode’s 2016 film (A Street Cat Named Bob) displayed how….
Reference: 

Title. Directed by First name Last name of director, Distributor, Release date. Streaming Service Name, URL.

Example: 

A Street Cat Named Bob. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Sony, 2016. Netflix, www.netflix.com. 


Note: If you want to highlight a particular performer, start the citation with their name, then their title.

  • Gedmintas, Ruta, performer. A Street Cat Named Bob. Sony, 2016.
In-Text-Citation:
  • (“Title”)
Example:
  • The central character is never named, other than as “Fleabag” (“When your Boyfriend Catches you in Bed with Obama”).
Reference: 

“Title” episode or segment. Title of Programme or series, created/directed etc. by First Name Last Name, season no., episode no., Name of network/Production Company, Broadcast date. Streaming service name/Website name, URL.

Example: 

“When your Boyfriend Catches you in Bed with Obama.” Fleabag, created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, season 1, episode 1, Two Brothers Pictures, 2016. Amazon Prime, www.primevideo.com.


Note: If the title is very long like the one above, it is permitted to include just the first few words in the in-text citation, so long as it is identifiable.