# The Open Movie Database

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/the-open-movie-database/  
**Website:** https://www.omdbapi.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 37.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 64.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **The Open Movie Database Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (2)

- **The Open Movie Database Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **The Open Movie Database Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **The Open Movie Database Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Entertainment, Movies, Television, IMDb, Metadata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/the-open-movie-database/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.