Cite the motion picture with Chicago style formatting. List the film's title in Italics, followed by the names of the producer and director, the copyright year, the city of production, the name of the film company and the year of release for the videocassette or DVD, in this order. For example: "Transformers. DVD. Directed by Michael Bay. 2007. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 2007."
Reference the motion picture with MLA formatting. List the film's title in Italics, followed by the name of the director and lead actors or actresses, separated with a serial comma. Add the distributor, copyright date and media format at the end. For example: "Rocknrolla. Dir. Guy Ritchie. Perf. Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, and Tom Wilkinson. Warner Home Video, 2008. DVD." According to North Michigan University, including the names of actors or producers is optional.
List the motion picture using APA formatting. Begin with the last name and first initial of the producer and director, followed by the copyright date inside parentheses. Italicize the title and add "[Motion Picture]." directly after it. Include the country in which it was produced, followed by the name of the film company. For example: "Gruber, P. (Producer), and Feldman, R. (Director).(1989). Tango and cash [Motion Picture]. United States: Warner Brothers Pictures." Note that in APA format, only the first word in the title is capitalized.