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Complete Index to World Film

Online film information database

Summary

Online film information database

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nameComplete Index to World Film since 1895(citwf)
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typeOnline movie database
languageEnglish
ownerAlan Goble
authorAlan Goble
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current_statusActive

The Complete Index to World Film (citwf or citwf.com) is an online database of information related to movies. Citwf, compiled online by Alan Goble and Valan Publishing since 2004, had a Guinness Record as the world's largest published film-related database, with over 756,000 title entries.

In 1990, The Complete Index to World Film Since 1895 was published by Bowker Saur in two volumes. (){{cite web

Overview

The Complete Index to World Film since 1895 contains information on over 518,639 films produced in over 175 countries of the world between 1888 and 2019 and is accessible by all. A subscription version is available to libraries and institutions and this version contains no advertising and the additional benefit of over 580,284 references to books and journals.

Alan Goble

Title (Year) Director. Place is a 2023 documentary portrait of the now-retired ex-civil-servant Alan Goble.

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References

References

  1. "complete index to world film - CD review". videovista.net.
  2. "Largest database of published films". [[Guinness World Records]].
  3. (12 May 2025). "Title (Year) Director. Place". [[British Council]] UK Films Database.
  4. "Title (Year) Director. Place".
  5. (March 14, 2008). "British Internet Film Database Creator Visits West Pasco". [[Suncoast News]].
  6. "Film & Digital Media: Websites". [[Wofford College]].
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