What about dvds that begin with someone's name? For instance, a quick glance at DVDProfiler pointed out:

Frank Miller's Sin City - I file under 'S'
Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles - I file under 'B'
John Carpenter's Halloween - I file under 'H'
John Carpenter's The Fog - filed under 'F'
National Lampoon's Van Wilder - filed under 'V'

*sneaks out of thread to put Das Boot under 'B'*

Some others:

John Carpenter's Vampires
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke
Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy

I've always kept these under the first letter of the name: J,B,C,R

hmm...interesting, exactly the opposite from what I do.

I'd bet my old elementary school librarian would kick my ass if she saw how I organized my dvds.

If I filed 'em by title, I'd file 'em under the ACTUAL title of the movie, not the director's name. But I already file 'em under the director's name, so it's not a problem for me.

A better question is where do films with actual character names in the title (as opposed to a director's ego requirements) go; Does 'Putney Swope' go under "P" or "S"? 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' under M or S? 'Henry Fool' under "H" or "F"? 'Donnie Darko' under "D" or "D"?

Now, TV shows; that's a different ballgame. (Most have multiple directors, so I file 'em by title) I file 'Veronica Mars', for instance, under "M." If 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' had been called 'Buffy Summers The Vampire Slayer' it would have gone under "S" instead.

They go in whatever order DVDAf tells me.

Thats what I do. The only dvds I keep in one place are my concerts

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Wererabbit.