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I think search filter should be introduced for country and language specific films. This would be much helpful for non-English regional films to get highlighted and to get ratings more easily.
Posted 7 years ago
Dan Dassow, Champion
yes you can search by language, but it often does not work. Just filter for english language. There are still films in other languages in the results.
Peter, Champion
It's because a language can be listed on a movie even if only a few lines are in that language. Or because the data is sometimes flawed.
But it also depends which search you use. There are two different language search operators now. The advanced title search still uses "languages=", which shows all titles that the language is used in.
The overview page that Dan linked to now has links that use the "primary_language=" operator, which only searches for titles where the language is listed as the first language.
Both options have their obvious upsides and downsides.
But it also depends which search you use. There are two different language search operators now. The advanced title search still uses "languages=", which shows all titles that the language is used in.
The overview page that Dan linked to now has links that use the "primary_language=" operator, which only searches for titles where the language is listed as the first language.
Both options have their obvious upsides and downsides.
Not sure what you mean by "primary_language=" operator or what, exactly, you are referring to when you mention "the overview page that Dan linked to," but if it is this:
https://www.imdb.com/search/title
then it is really little more than a drop down box separated into "common" languages and "less common languages." Unless that page was different a year ago (when you posted) or you're referring to something else when you mention this overview page Dan gave us, the page does not have an option to select a film's "primary" language. "Common language" refers to how widely spoken a language is; it does not mean "primary," but if you're telling us that is what the underlying code is and it refers to the movie's primary language, then the user interface needs to change.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title
then it is really little more than a drop down box separated into "common" languages and "less common languages." Unless that page was different a year ago (when you posted) or you're referring to something else when you mention this overview page Dan gave us, the page does not have an option to select a film's "primary" language. "Common language" refers to how widely spoken a language is; it does not mean "primary," but if you're telling us that is what the underlying code is and it refers to the movie's primary language, then the user interface needs to change.
