Two different films, same year, confussion

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Hi,
There are two films with the same name, which were released the same year: The Girl (2012). I have both in my collection. When I try to find them, Plex shows me one, and then I can get to the second one in an intrincate way. How can I differenciate them without altering the name? I wouldn’t like to have it as The Girl 2 or something like that. I know, very obsessive question…

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You can e.g. include the movie’s IMDb ID or its ID from The Movie Database in the folder/file names.

e.g.

Movies
  The Girl (2012) {imdb-ttxxxxx}
    The Girl (2012) {imdb-ttxxxx}.ext
  The Girl (2012) {tmdb-xxxxx}
    The Girl (2012) {tmdb-xxxx}.ext

You can use the IMDb or TMDb IDs for both – I only mixed them in the example above to show you how the naming works with the respective prefix.

There’s quite a few movies titled “The Girl” in 2012… here’s the ones I found:

Type (IMDb) IMDb ID TMDb ID
TV Movie tt2132485 133557
Movie tt1127883 140443
Short tt2463298 not listed
Short tt2813996 not listed
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All of these techniques are mentioned in the naming guide: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/

4

Thank you, Otto and Tom: your advice solved the problem. Thank you for your kindness,