The Movie Database

The Movie Database Movie API

The Movie API from The Movie Database — 23 operation(s) for movie.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 24

GET /3/movie/changes Movie List #
GET /3/movie/now_playing Now Playing #
GET /3/movie/top_rated Top Rated #
GET /3/movie/upcoming Upcoming #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id} Details #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/account_states Account States #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/alternative_titles Alternative Titles #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/changes Changes #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/credits Credits #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/external_ids External IDs #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/images Images #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/keywords Keywords #
GET /3/movie/latest Latest #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/lists Lists #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/recommendations Recommendations #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/release_dates Release Dates #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/reviews Reviews #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/similar Similar #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/translations Translations #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/videos Videos #
GET /3/movie/{movie_id}/watch/providers Watch Providers #
POST /3/movie/{movie_id}/rating Add Rating #
DELETE /3/movie/{movie_id}/rating Delete Rating #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
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Authentication
https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/authentication-application
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Documentation
https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/getting-started
📖
GettingStarted
https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/getting-started

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tmdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/tmdb-movie-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Signup
https://www.themoviedb.org/signup
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GetAPIKey
https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api
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ChangeLog
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6
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LlmsText
https://developer.themoviedb.org/llms.txt
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Reference
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/getting-started

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OpenAPI Specification

tmdb-movie-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: tmdb-api Account Movie API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: https://api.themoviedb.org
security:
- sec0: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tmdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/tmdb-movie-api-openapi.yml