Plex not adding a movie to library

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In short, you’re doing it wrong.

Setting Plex Movie as the default agent is an exercise in frustration. The Movie Database is far more accurate, but you should give Plex every opportunity to get it right.

In your Server Agents listings for Movies you should have under the Plex Movie tab, Plex Movie in the top slot. In TMDB tab TMDB should be in the top slot. Everywhere Local Media Assets should be at the bottom of all lists - in case you ever want to use an MP4/M4V file.

Then, you should read and follow these directions - as they are required (and not just suggestions):
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200381023-Naming-Movie-files <— of particular interest
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows

Revealing:

A Movie Library/
…Nim’s Island (2008).xxx
…Lucky Number Slevin (2006).xxx

would be the proper file names for the movies in question.

FileBot (link in my signature) can handle that for you automatically or manually in seconds.

What FileBot can’t do is remove possible embedded metadata in the Title Field of MP4/M4V files as I eluded to previously. Plex will read this info and prefer it over a perfect file name/structure (you probably don’t have any of those yet), but you can combat that situation by moving Local Media Assets to the bottom of every agent list you can find. All tabs in TV Show and Movies here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200241558-Agents
Just drag LMA to the bottom of the list and drop it. If you do have embedded metadata this will cure the issue, if you don’t it won’t matter. LMA will do what it has to from the bottom.

Renaming/restructuring is best performed OUTSIDE the library and you’ll need to write a new bundle for the show so The Plex Dance® was invented:

The Plex Dance®:

  1. remove show/movie from library
  2. update library
  3. empty trash
  4. clean bundles
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— update library, empty trash, clean bundles
  5. bring names and structures into compliance/ or the ultimate bundle reboot operation
  6. replace corrected show/movie into library
  7. update library

All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.

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