IMDb's Language Support

Not all of IMDb is available in the supported languages above, and IMDb is eager to provide language support to our customers as soon as possible.

You may find while navigating the site that parts or whole pages are still in English. When we do not have information in your preferred language, or do not support machine translations yet for some types of information, we will default to English. We hope this provides a balance between providing access to our extensive databsse, and displaying information in your language of choice.

You may have noticed IMDb automatically displays content in your language of preference. There are two ways we do this:

1. We detect your mobile device or browser language settings and it matches one of our newly supported languages (see list above).
2. If you are signed in to your IMDb account and have previously selected supported languages. (Profile drop-down > Account settings > Site settings).

There is a language selector drop-down in the top right corner of the navigation bar. It will display an abbreviated version of the currently selected language when closed.

If you have your browser or device set to one of the newly supported languages:

• French - FR
• German - DE
• Hindi - HI
• Italian - IT
• Portuguese - PT
• Spanish - ES

To change your selection, click on the drop-down and then click on your preferred language. The page will automatically reload.

Changing your preferred language only works on pages that supports the new languages. If the language selector is disabled, try navigating to Home or a Title page. For more information, please view the FAQ: "Why are some pages or content not available in my language of preference?"

Currently, English is the only fully supported language on IMDb. When English is selected, all content is displayed in that language.

Any language other than English is considered partially supported on IMDb. When one of these languages are selected, we will display as much content in that language as possible. We will use machine translations for some types of information where this is supported. However, some content will remain in English. For more information please view the FAQ: "Why are some pages or content not available in my language of preference?"

We are working to expand our language coverage across the site so we can provide the best experience possible. You can help us by becoming a contributor and submitting non-English content.

If you are signed in and have a display language set, we will attempt to make the site language match (as displayed in the language selector).

• If your display settings match one of the language and region combinations in the language selector, then both the translated display settings and site language will be the same.
• If your display settings match only the language in the language selector then the site language will be the same and we will choose a region for you:
• French (France)
• German (Germany)
• Hindi (India)
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Spanish (Spain)
• If your display settings do not match any of the languages in the language selector, then the default language will be English (US).

Changing the language of the site through the language selector will automatically update your language display settings to match. For instance, if you selected French (France) in the language selector, your settings will become "display language: French" and "display country/region: France".

You can enable/disable machine translations from your Site Settings via an on/off toggle.

Please add a comment to our IMDb Support Community announcement.