# MovieNet: a holistic dataset for movie understanding

- id: src_01M569GDT2MZ3J5R1BACRQW0F9
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T20, T02 · tags: level:advanced, shot-scale, camera-movement, scene-segmentation, dataset
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:06.455Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GDT2MZ3J5R1BACRQW0F9

Source: https://movienet.github.io/

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Largest public annotation set with shot scale (5 classes) and shot movement (4 classes) over 1,100 films plus scene boundaries and synopsis alignment; a basis for measuring shot-scale distribution automatically.",
  "source_type": "dataset",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "MMLab CUHK / OpenMMLab (Huang, Xiong, Rao, Wang, Lin)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Not updated since 2020",
    "Movie video files unavailable"
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2020-10-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Shot cinematic style: shot scale (5 categories from extreme close-up to long shot) and shot movement (4 categories such as static and zoom in). · locator: annotations section · source: https://movienet.github.io
- [sourced_fact] 1,100 movies, 60K trailers, 3.9M photos, 42K scene boundaries, 1.1M character instances; ECCV 2020 spotlight. · locator: contents and size section · source: https://movienet.github.io
- [sourced_fact] Downloads via OpenDataLab require accepting a User Service Agreement; movie files not released pending CUHK legal approval; site last updated July 2020. · locator: download section · source: https://movienet.github.io
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- dataset: license=unknown hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=unknown training=unknown · Access gated by OpenDataLab agreement (not read); no open license named; underlying films are third-party copyrighted works. · evidence: https://movienet.github.io

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