IMDb-API

IMDb-API Lists API

Curated and aggregated lists (Top 250, Most Popular, In Theaters, Coming Soon, Box Office).

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Operations 9

GET /{lang}/API/IMDbList/{apiKey}/{id} Get IMDb User List #
GET /{lang}/API/Top250Movies/{apiKey} Get Top 250 Movies #
GET /{lang}/API/Top250TVs/{apiKey} Get Top 250 TV Series #
GET /{lang}/API/MostPopularMovies/{apiKey} Get Most Popular Movies #
GET /{lang}/API/MostPopularTVs/{apiKey} Get Most Popular TV Series #
GET /{lang}/API/InTheaters/{apiKey} Get Movies In Theaters #
GET /{lang}/API/ComingSoon/{apiKey} Get Coming Soon Movies #
GET /{lang}/API/BoxOffice/{apiKey} Get Weekend Box Office #
GET /{lang}/API/BoxOfficeAllTime/{apiKey} Get All-Time Box Office #

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Specifications

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Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imdb-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/imdb-api-search-result-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imdb-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/imdb-api-usage-schema.json
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JSONStructure
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JSONStructure
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Other Resources

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Examples
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imdb-api/refs/heads/main/examples/imdb-api-fullcast-example.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imdb-api/refs/heads/main/examples/imdb-api-top250movies-example.json
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Plans
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OpenAPI Specification

imdb-api-lists-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IMDb-API (TV-API) External Lists API
  description: 'Community web service (operated under the IMDb-API / TV-API brand) for receiving

    movie, TV series and cast information in JSON. Aggregates data from IMDb,

    TheMovieDb, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, TheTVDB, FilmAffinity and

    YouTube. Originally hosted at imdb-api.com and migrated to tv-api.com. Not an

    official IMDb / Amazon product.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: IMDb-API
    url: https://tv-api.com/
  license:
    name: Commercial / Free Tier
    url: https://tv-api.com/pricing
servers:
- url: https://tv-api.com
  description: Production (current)
- url: https://imdb-api.com
  description: Legacy host (redirects to tv-api.com)
security:
- ApiKeyInPath: []
tags:
- name: Lists
  description: Curated and aggregated lists (Top 250, Most Popular, In Theaters, Coming Soon, Box Office).
paths:
  /{lang}/API/IMDbList/{apiKey}/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getIMDbList
      summary: Get IMDb User List
      description: Retrieve a curated IMDb user list (ls-format id).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^ls\\d+$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: IMDb list data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IMDbListData'
  /{lang}/API/Top250Movies/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getTop250Movies
      summary: Get Top 250 Movies
      description: Retrieve IMDb's Top 250 movies list.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Top 250 movies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Top250Data'
  /{lang}/API/Top250TVs/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getTop250TVs
      summary: Get Top 250 TV Series
      description: Retrieve IMDb's Top 250 TV series list.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Top 250 TV series.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Top250Data'
  /{lang}/API/MostPopularMovies/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getMostPopularMovies
      summary: Get Most Popular Movies
      description: Retrieve currently most popular movies.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Most popular movies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MostPopularData'
  /{lang}/API/MostPopularTVs/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getMostPopularTVs
      summary: Get Most Popular TV Series
      description: Retrieve currently most popular TV series.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Most popular TV series.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MostPopularData'
  /{lang}/API/InTheaters/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getInTheaters
      summary: Get Movies In Theaters
      description: Retrieve movies currently in theaters.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: In-theater movies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewMovieData'
  /{lang}/API/ComingSoon/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getComingSoon
      summary: Get Coming Soon Movies
      description: Retrieve upcoming movie releases.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Coming soon movies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewMovieData'
  /{lang}/API/BoxOffice/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getBoxOffice
      summary: Get Weekend Box Office
      description: Retrieve the latest weekend box office results.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Weekend box office.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoxOfficeWeekendData'
  /{lang}/API/BoxOfficeAllTime/{apiKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Lists
      operationId: getBoxOfficeAllTime
      summary: Get All-Time Box Office
      description: Retrieve the all-time box office leaders.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All-time box office.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoxOfficeAllTimeData'
components:
  schemas:
    BoxOfficeAllTimeData:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              rank:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              worldwideLifetimeGross:
                type: string
              domesticLifetimeGross:
                type: string
              foreignLifetimeGross:
                type: string
              year:
                type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    Top250Data:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              rank:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              fullTitle:
                type: string
              year:
                type: string
              image:
                type: string
                format: uri
              crew:
                type: string
              imDbRating:
                type: string
              imDbRatingCount:
                type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    NewMovieData:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              image:
                type: string
                format: uri
              releaseState:
                type: string
              runtimeMins:
                type: string
              runtimeStr:
                type: string
              plot:
                type: string
              contentRating:
                type: string
              imDbRating:
                type: string
              genres:
                type: string
              stars:
                type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    BoxOfficeWeekendData:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              rank:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              weekend:
                type: string
              gross:
                type: string
              weeks:
                type: string
              image:
                type: string
                format: uri
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    MostPopularData:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              rank:
                type: string
              rankUpDown:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              fullTitle:
                type: string
              year:
                type: string
              image:
                type: string
                format: uri
              crew:
                type: string
              imDbRating:
                type: string
              imDbRatingCount:
                type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    IMDbListData:
      type: object
      properties:
        listId:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        listType:
          type: string
        author:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        resultType:
          type: string
        image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: apiKey
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Account API key.
      schema:
        type: string
    Lang:
      name: lang
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Two-letter language code (e.g. en, fr, de, es, ru). Use 'en' for default.
      schema:
        type: string
        default: en
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyInPath:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: API key issued at https://tv-api.com after sign-up. Embedded directly in the request path for most endpoints.