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What movie is this from? Videos on X (Twitter)

To find the movie in a video on X, tap the share icon under the post, then Copy link and paste it in the box on this page, or choose Share via and pick Trace if you have the app.

Trace names the film or show, the moment the clip comes from when it can find it, and where it is streaming in your country.

Free. Share a clip from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or X straight to Trace, or upload one saved on your phone. The box below takes links; uploads need the app.

Free: 3 traces a week on the webUnlimited in the appNo signupUsually under a minute

How to find a movie from a post on X

  1. 1

    Tap the share icon

    It is the last icon under the post, an arrow pointing up.

    A drawing of a video playing, with its Share button picked out
  2. 2

    Copy link, or Share via

    Copy link for this page. Share via opens your phone's share sheet, where Trace is.

    A drawing of Trace open, with the video's link pasted in
  3. 3

    Paste it here

    Paste the post's link in the box on this page. With the app, the answer opens there instead.

    Trace on iPhone showing what it found: Normal People, season 1, episode 10, and the exact position of the scene, 18:35 into the episode

A viral clip quoted a thousand times

A scene goes round X in quote posts, each with a joke on top and none with the title. Copy the link of any post that has the video itself and paste it above.

You get the film or show, the moment in it, and where to watch. A post that only quotes another one has no video of its own: open the original post first.

When a post will not work

Posts from protected accounts cannot be opened from outside X. A post whose video was removed, or one that links to a video on another site, has nothing for Trace to read: use the original video's link instead.

Questions

Does it work with twitter.com links?

Yes. Links from x.com and twitter.com both work.

What if the post is a quote of another post?

Open the original post that has the video and copy that link.

Do I need an X account?

No. Any public post's link works, and you can try it on this page.

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