Under license :

  • Oxford Bibliographies – Encyclopaedic guide with annotated bibliographies
  • Art Full Text – Bibliographic data, journal article search, full text. This database covers the fine and decorative arts, as well as photography, cinema and architecture.

In open access :

  • Calindex.eu
    A valuable index of articles published in film magazines such as Positif, 1895, Cinéma, Ecran, Cinémathèque, L’Avant-Scène, L’écran français, Image et Son – La Revue du Cinéma, Travelling, Midi minuit fantastique, Les cahiers de la Cinémathèque, etc. Issue summaries
  • Ciné-Ressources – Collective catalog of French film libraries and archives, including books, reviews, press kits, etc. In particular, search for articles published in Les cahiers du cinéma, Les cahiers de la Cinémathèque, Cinéma, Cinémathèque, Etudes cinématographiques, Synopsis, etc.
  • IMDb Internet Movie Database – The world’s largest free movie database. Filmographic and biographical information. Detailed technical data
  • Internet Archive – Non-profit organization dedicated to Web archiving. Huge digital library providing all types of content
  • Cinémémoire – An oral history of Swiss cinema (UNIL) – Production in French-speaking Switzerland during the “new cinema” (60s-70s), television and networks. 21 filmed interviews (with transcriptions)
  • Metacritic – Reviews of films, TV series, music and video games. Also includes reviews of American newspapers
  • Movie Review Query Engine – Access to hundreds of thousands of movie reviews
  • SWISS FILMS – Access to annual catalogs since 2008
  • Internet Movie Script Database – American movie scripts online
  • Drew’s Script-O-Rama – Scripts (US film and TV)
  • MPPDA Digital Archive – Correspondence and documents from the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. from 1922 to 1939
  • The Complete Index to World Film (CITWF) – Database of films released since 2000
  • Cinema d’Europa / Media Salles – Database dedicated to European cinema. Six catalogs: Films, Production, Distribution, International Sales, Theaters and Exhibitors.
  • Box Office Story – Annual French box office and weekly Paris box office from 1945 to the present day
  • Filmportal.de – German film platform
  • Répertoire audiovisuel Québec – Film and television
  • LUMIERE – Entrance figures for films distributed in Europe since 1996
  • The Big Cartoon Database – International cartoon database
  • ASIANDB – Asian cinema database
  • HKMDB – Hong Kong cinema database