# Plex Movies

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** server-mac, server-linux\
**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-movies/820796 "2022-11-30T11:22:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-movies/820796/4 "2022-11-30T17:44:22Z")

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[https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/)

As @Andreas_B mentions, make sure you follow Plex’s naming & organization rules. Use the movie name as displayed at TMDB or IMDB.

Plex generally recommends placing each movie in a separate folder (required if you want to add extras, cover art, etc).

Consider adding the TMDB/IMDB ID to the file names. That tells Plex exactly which movie to match.

[Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) the movies after renaming / reorganizing. Move them all out of the view of the Plex scanners. When returning, move them back one at a time. It will make troubleshooting easier if one of them is not properly recognized.

Example:

```auto
/Movies <-- Folder added to movie library
.../The Fast and the Furious (2001) {imdb-tt0232500} <-- MovieName (year) {imdb/tmdb id}
....../The Fast and the Furious (2001) {imdb-tt0232500}.ext <-- ext=mkv/mp4/etc
.../2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) {imdb-tt0322259}
....../2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) {imdb-tt0322259}.ext

```

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