How to Write Movie Titles in APA: Consider the Following

When it comes to incorporating a film name into your APA style essay, precision is the name of the game. Here are some helpful steps for the process:

• Italicization: You may have been wondering whether or not should movie titles be italicized in APA. The answer is – always. This rule applies whether you are mentioning the heading in the text or including it in your references page. Example: In the film The Shawshank Redemption,…
• Capitalization: Capitalize all major terms in the heading, but avoid capitalizing articles (a, an, the), conjunctions (and, but), and prepositions (in, on, under). Example: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Punctuation: Place commas and periods inside the quotation marks. For example, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Casablanca, a timeless classic.
• Reference Page Entry: When listing the movie on your references page, follow this format: Last Name, First Initial. (Director), Title [italicized], Production Company. Example: Spielberg, S. (Director), Jurassic Park [italicized], Universal Pictures.
• In-Text Citations: For in-text citations include the last name of the director and the year of release in parentheses. Example: (Spielberg, 1993)
• Multiple Directors: If a film has multiple directors, list them with an ampersand (&) between their names. Example: (Coen & Coen, 1998)
• No Author: If there’s no individual author or director, use the production company as the author in your reference. Example: Pixar. (2003). Finding Nemo [italicized].