---
name: "griffith"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "griffith"
version: "0.26-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/griffith"
---

# griffith(1)

film collection manager

## NAME

griffith - film collection manager

## SYNOPSIS

**griffith**

## DESCRIPTION

Griffith is a film collection manager. Adding items to the movie collection is as quick and easy as typing the film title and selecting a supported source. Griffith will then try to fetch all the related information from the Web.

## OPTIONS

- FC**-h**F\[0\] FC**--help**F\[0\]

  Show usage information.

- FC**-D**F\[0\] FC**--debug**F\[0\]

  Run in debug mode.

- FC**-C**F\[0\] FC**--clean**F\[0\]

  find and delete orphan files in posters directory.

- FC**--check-dep**F\[0\]

  check dependencies - if all needed Python modules are installed, it prints nothting.

- FC**--sqlecho**F\[0\]

  Prints all SQL queries to standard output.

- FC**--home DIR**F\[0\]

  Set Griffith's home directory. Use this option if you want to change the default ~/.griffith

Printing movie list:

- FC**-c \<expr\>**F\[0\] FC**--cast=\<expr\>**F\[0\]

  cast field must contain \<expr\>

- FC**-d \<expr\>**F\[0\] FC**--director=\<expr\>**F\[0\]

  director field must contain \<expr\>

- FC**-o \<expr\>**F\[0\] FC**--original\_title=\<expr\>**F\[0\]

  original title field must contain \<expr\>

- FC**-t \<expr\>**F\[0\] FC**--title=\<expr\>**F\[0\]

  title field must contain \<expr\>

- FC**-y \<number\>**F\[0\] FC**--year=\<number\>**F\[0\]

  movie must be released in year \<number\>

- FC**-s \<columns\>**F\[0\] FC**--sort=\<columns\>**F\[0\]

  set sort columns to \<columns\>. Example: --sort=o\_title,number,director

## SEE ALSO

Homepage: ⟨http://www.griffith.cc/⟩

## BUGS

If you want to help or report any bugs founded please visit homepage ⟨http://www.griffith.cc/⟩ or ⟨https://bugs.launchpad.net/griffith⟩

## AUTHORS

Griffith was written by Vasco Nunes and Piotr Ożarowski. See the AUTHORS and THANKS files for a list of other contributors.

Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Vasco Nunes \<FCvasco.m.nunes@gmail.comF\[0\]\>, Piotr Ożarowski \<FCozarow+griffith@gmail.comF\[0\]\>,

This man page was written by Piotr Ozarowski