How to Find Duplicate Movies on a Hard Drive

Using VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player doesn't allow you to delete duplicate files directly. However, you can do it manually: Add multiple files to the Playlist, sort them alphabetically, find duplicate files and go to the target folder to delete them. Here's a 15-step process to delete all of your duplicate files:

1. 
   Open VLC Media Player.
2. 
   Click View menu and select Playlist OR press Ctrl + L (You can see a playlist pane on left-side).
3. 
   Click Media menu and select Open Multiple Files OR press Ctrl + Shift + O.
4. 
   It opens up Open Media dialogue.
5. 
   Click the Add button.
6. 
   Locate and add multiple movies stored on your hard drive.
7. 
   Click Open | Play.
8. 
   The movie playback will start immediately. Stop it for now.
9. 
   It then displays the entire playlist with Title, Duration, Album columns.
10. 
    Right click on an empty area of your Playlist and select Sort by | Title Ascending.
11. 
    Now you can easily track a list of all duplicate movies.
12. 
    Right click on a file and select Show Containing Folder.
13. 
    Press the Delete key.
14. 
    Click Yes to move the file to Recycle Bin.