How do you organize your collection?

[sukraj]

I just stack all my blurays onto a shelf.

[Cabby]

I have no organization at all, it's completely random... but I got frustrated so now i just have piles of movies sitting on my floor. Any advice???

[Bucky]

Mine is broken down into groups of 5 or more movies which can be grouped by any common trait. Those common traits are ordered alphabetically. So it goes Animated, Asian, Bond, Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language, Hitchcock, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent, Swedish, Sports, Thriller.

I previously had them ordered by production date, but I kind of like having them grouped by common, although sometimes random, traits.

[Member-222782]

I just reorganized my collection. From top to bottom:

1) Criterion DVDs
2) Criterion BDs (top shelf. No pun intended)
3) Shout Factory BDs (slipcovers)
4) Shout Factory regular BDs (assorted/random order). Notice how I have the best stuff on the top shelves.
5) Arrow Video BDs (white slipboxes)
6) Arrow DVDs (3)
7) Steelbooks
8) Digibooks
9) Standard BDs

Second Shelf

1) Assorted Oversized Box sets and collectibles (top shelf)
2) Smaller Box sets (Alien Quadrilogy, Bridge On the River Kwai, etc)
3) BDs with slipcovers
4) Horror BDs
5) Eurohorror BDs
6) Shout Factory DVDs
7) Horror DVDs

Gone With the Wind UCE
Blade Runner Briefcase
Ben-Hur UCE
Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution
Lost: The Complete Series - Random placement on different style shelving

Everything is random. Got bored with alphabetizing.

[houdunni]

The initial sort is based on whether it is Blu or DVD. Since I have replaced 90% of DVD movies with the Blu version that means most of my DVD's are now mainly TV series.
Both types of disc (Blu and DVDs) are then sorted alphabetically with the exception of things like trilogy's that have come out at different times on separate discs eg the recent Batman movies.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Cabby

I have no organization at all, it's completely random... but I got frustrated so now i just have piles of movies sitting on my floor. Any advice???

Organization first of all. Try alphabetical or even by studio.

[BluLobsta]

I organize mine alphabetically and then by category, separating them into ordinary BD, SteelBook, DigiBook, Criterion, etc. I display all of the Collector's Edition Box Sets face-forward on separate shelves since it would defeat the entire purpose of collecting it if it wasn't displayed

[Doombear]

Every disc on my shelf is somehow related to the discs beside it; by spine color, case type, series, genre, director, actor, etc. - it all seems to work, and I do not have much of an issue finding anything.

[BLeClair12]

Just got a new shelf for my birthday last month and finally got around to putting it together this past weekend. Spend my Saturday reorganizing. I've got to take some pictures at some point.

I'm pretty happy with the way I've got it right now...

Blu-Ray Steelbooks (Alphabetical order)
3D Blu-Ray (Alphabetical order)
Blu-Ray (Alphabetical order, sequels/series kept together regardless)
TV on Blu-Ray (Alphabetical order)
WWE Blu-Ray Documentaries (Alphabetical order)
WWE Pay-Per-View Blu-Ray (Chronological order)
Oversized Blu-Ray sets (Alphabetical order - HP UEs, for example)
TV on DVD (Alphabetical order)
DVD (Alphabetical order)
WWE on DVD (Chronological order)

Large gift sets are on the top of the shelves wherever they're most aesthetically pleasing.

[jvorhees]

Mine are all organized alphabetical for mainstream releases. My horror and cult films are all separately grouped on another shelf and organized alphabetical and according to theme.

[DoubleDownAgain]

First off, I have the DVDs and Blu-rays separated.

My collection is organized similar to what my online collection looks like, but I also have separated the slipcovers from the Seen/Not seen.

I do however have an ambitious project to undertake. I would like to add another level, by Director. But not simply organizing them, that part is easy. I'd like to print out a cover for each director that has a picture, biography and filmography. And then put that at the start, and then their filmography in chronological order (Both DVD & Blu-ray). I'd like to get clear DVD case. The problem lies in boxsets, what should I do with the Alien Anthology? All four of those directors would be represented... I'm thinking of just creating/downloading custom covers for these and putting them in an empty case.

For those movies not in the Director's Section I'd keep the current organization.

It'd be a lot of work to accomplish, but I think it would look fantastic if I ever got around to doing it.

[TheLokey1]

I built a custom case that stands 8 feet tall and 6 1/2 feet long with ten shelves. This beastly case allows me to organize by genre fairly easily, from top to bottom:

10. Horror (gotta keep em out of reach of children)
9. Stephen king movies and classic monsters (I.e. zombies, vampires etc.)
8. Directors (Kubrick, Scorsese etc.)
7. Action movies
6. Sci-fi
5. Super heroes
4. Disney and animated movies
3. Comedies
2. Comedy-Drama
1. Video games and special edition DVDs that I've upgraded to blu ray already but cant bear to part with

I would post a pic of this masterpiece but I keep getting an error message whenever I try to upload it

[warrian]

I keep my DVDs and Blu Rays separate in the same bookshelves.

I sort first by studio, and then chronologically (based on theatrical release date) within. Sometimes I fudge the chronology to keep franchises together. Sometimes I don't.

This looked awesome and worked great for DVDs and in the early days of Blu-ray. But now, with studios farming much of their catalog out to other companies, it's losing quite a bit of its visual appeal.

I can still find stuff easily though and it beats having to move everything down one when I buy something like After Earth on a lark.

[Gone2HiDef]

By genre, on shelves all around my living room. My boxed sets are in one book shelf. One side of my entertainment center has comic book films, the other side Star Trek, Star Wars and sci-fi. One tower of shelves has Disney. And the other tower has the rest, with Bond, comedies, old films, westerns, musicals and the rest. I have a Harry Potter book shelf and my Blu-rays of those films sit with them.

[IanTheCool]

I guess I go by genres, but they are pretty mixed up and some genres have two or three sections scattered throughout. I refuse to do alphabetical.

I only have 8 DVDs left, so I just put them after the blus. TV then comes after them.

[mahgin86]

Alphabetical/chronological. "A" and "The" are considered as part of the title too.

Example - Halloween, Halloween 35th Anniversary, then Rob Zombie's Halloween.
Also Texas Chainsaw and Terminator 2 is away from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Terminator.


The Lord of the Rings movies, for example, bother me though. Fellowship, The Two Tower, Return of the King. Chronological, but not alphabetical..

[IanTheCool]

Originally Posted by mahgin86

Alphabetical/chronological. "A" and "The" are considered as part of the title too.

Example - Halloween, Halloween 35th Anniversary, then Rob Zombie's Halloween.
Also Texas Chainsaw and Terminator 2 is away from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Terminator.


The Lord of the Rings movies, for example, bother me though. Fellowship, The Two Tower, Return of the King. Chronological, but not alphabetical..

yes another argument for not alphabetizing.

[Retroj23]

Alphabetically by packaging type.

For example steelbooks, digibooks, box sets and even slipcovers are each separated alphabetically to add uniformity to my shelves. Amaray only blus are at the bottom shelves.

[jon angell]

my are all alphabetical, but for series or sequels(they are together)
for my dvds most are in a 1000 dvd storage box
disney,TV,and special edition dvds or on bottom of dvd bookcase
for blu rays 1st are disney and amimated 3D, then live action 3D,
then disney and amimated 2D, then all other live 2D, the TV
last on a different bookcase i have the big box sets (ie wizard of oz)

[i007spectre]

I really don't have mine in any order, guess my favorites are near the top of my shelf.