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The Open Movie Database

The OMDb API is a RESTful web service to obtain movie, series, and episode information. All content and images on the site are contributed and maintained by users. Access movie and TV metadata including title, year, genre, director, cast, plot, ratings, and IMDb data. Search by title or look up by IMDb ID. Requires a free API key obtained at omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx.

The Open Movie Database publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Movies API and Search API. Tagged areas include Entertainment, Movies, Television, IMDb, and Metadata.

The The Open Movie Database catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

The Open Movie Database’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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50.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
EntertainmentMoviesTelevisionIMDbMetadata

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Composite quality — 50.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

The Open Movie Database Movies API

Retrieve movie, series, and episode details by ID or title.

The Open Movie Database Search API

Search for movies and series by title.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

The Open Movie Database API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

The Open Movie Database Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

The Open Movie Database Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

The Open Movie Database Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

The Open Movie Database Context

30 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

The Open Movie Database API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

The Open Movie Database API Rules

9 rules · 5 errors 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

OMDb Movie

29 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

The Open Movie Database Movie Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

The Open Movie Database Get Movie Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Open Movie Database Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

The Open Movie Database Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

The Open Movie Database Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: the-open-movie-database
name: The Open Movie Database
description: The OMDb API is a RESTful web service to obtain movie, series, and episode information. All content and images
  on the site are contributed and maintained by users. Access movie and TV metadata including title, year, genre, director,
  cast, plot, ratings, and IMDb data. Search by title or look up by IMDb ID. Requires a free API key obtained at omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/the-open-movie-database.png
tags:
- Entertainment
- Movies
- Television
- IMDb
- Metadata
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-open-movie-database/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: the-open-movie-database:the-open-movie-database-movies-api
  name: The Open Movie Database Movies API
  description: Retrieve movie, series, and episode details by ID or title.
  humanURL: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  baseURL: https://www.omdbapi.com
  tags:
  - Movies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-open-movie-database-movies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/the-open-movie-database-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/the-open-movie-database-movie-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/the-open-movie-database-movie-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/the-open-movie-database-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/the-open-movie-database-get-movie-example.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/the-open-movie-database-vocabulary.yml
- aid: the-open-movie-database:the-open-movie-database-search-api
  name: The Open Movie Database Search API
  description: Search for movies and series by title.
  humanURL: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  baseURL: https://www.omdbapi.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-open-movie-database-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/the-open-movie-database-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/the-open-movie-database-movie-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/the-open-movie-database-movie-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/the-open-movie-database-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/the-open-movie-database-get-movie-example.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/the-open-movie-database-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/the-open-movie-database-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-open-movie-database-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/the-open-movie-database-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/omdbapi
- type: Website
  url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.omdbapi.com/legal.htm
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com