15 Resources
Finding Films at little or no cost:
You will likely find films using lots of online streaming services as well as those available through your local Library District. You will not regret obtaining a library card. Please, note the following services that are extremely helpful:
- JustWatch is a website that will tell you where you can find streaming films. Go to Just watch and simply type in the film title you are seeking and JustWatch will give you information for free, rental and purchase information of streaming films.
- Kanopy is a streaming service available through most library Districts. Contact your local library for access.
- Hoopla is another free streaming accessible available through many library districts.
MLA Citations and other writing help:
The MLA style allows for three different ways of creating in-text citations, necessary to identify the source of a quote or paraphrase. Those are footnotes, endnotes and parenthetical references. Choose only one, as they should not be combined. Footnotes appear at the end of a page and endnotes appear at the end of a document.
Below is an example of a paragraph using a footnote.
Night of the Living Dead was a low-budget film but, it was scary. I was especially frightened in the scene where the dead were trying to break into the run-down house that a group of people were hiding in. The dead were only partially seen in low light through the cracks in the barriers put up by the characters, making them more frightening than if they were well lit and fully visible.1
Clicking on the footnote or endnote number will take you to it at the bottom of the page or document.
Notice that the footnotes and endnotes automatically renumber themselves when you add or subtract them. The number of the note will appear in the paragraph where you press “insert footnote” or “insert endnote” (found under the references tab). That number appears at the bottom of the page or document so that you can cut and paste your Works Cited entry there. All in-text citations require an entry in the Works Cited. Yes, you MUST have both.
The main difference between the citation entry and the footnote entry is that if you are citing a book, the author’s last name goes first in the Works Cited but the author’s name is regular order (first name first) in the footnote. This seldom affects film citations.
Here is the same paragraph using a parenthetical reference.
Night of the Living Dead was a low-budget film but, it was scary. I was especially frightened in the scene where the dead were trying to break into the run-down house that a group of people were hiding in. The dead were only partially seen in low light through the cracks in the barriers put up by the characters, making them more frightening than if they were well lit and fully visible (Night of the Living Dead). Note that the period follows the parenthesis so, the parenthetical reference is part of the sentence.
Below is the citation entry for the Works Cited page based on the above paragraph. It is NOT the same as the entry for the International Movie Data Base. You need both if you do not own the film and do not already have the information needed to create the Works Cited entry.
Night of the Living Dead. Directed by George A. Romero, Image Ten,
1968. YouTube, uploaded by American Film Institute, 26 Aug. 2014,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZy6P72Uu3Y (use the actual URL)
To go to the International Movie Data Base site to find the information that you need for a film citation, click this link or paste it into your search bar: International Movie Data Base
You will need the title, and the Director’s name. Also include actors that are especially important to the film. You will also use the name of the Production Company and the year that the film came out in your entry. If you watched the film online, include the source. Above you tube is included, as that is where I last saw this film.
Remember that use of IMBD (Spell it out in the citation entry) to find information, requires that, you cite it. This is NOT the same as citing the film itself because the name of the film will be an article in IMBD. Because it is electronic, please include the URL and date accessed. Below, you will find a link to Purdue Online Writing Lab’s MLA citation guide. Use it to format your citations.
Works Cited
Night of the Living Dead. Directed by George A. Romero, Image Ten,
1968. YouTube, uploaded by American Film Institute, 26 Aug.
2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZy6P72Uu3Y
“Night of the Living Dead.” International Movie Data Base,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/?ref_=fn_t_1 accessed
1/23/2026.
