Answered By: Berkeley College Library
Last Updated: Jul 31, 2021     Views: 1560

The APA Style website considers a film a stand-alone item, so the movie title is in italics. It starts with the director (in the author slot), followed by the year it was released, then the movie title followed by [Film], and the studio as the source. Here is an example from their Common Reference Examples Guide (pg. 3):

Doctor, P., & Del Carmen, R. (Directors). (2015). Inside out [Film]. Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios.

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Be aware that a few library databases have Cite tools that are still using APA 6th edition, not the newest 7th edition. To update the cites, you can follow our brief review of the changes (look under References) or check the APA 7th Common Reference Examples handout that has 25 samples of formatting different types of references.
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