The Movie Database (TMDB) is a community-built movie, TV, and people metadata catalog with a free REST API used by streaming apps, recommendation engines, second-screen experiences, fan sites, and AI/ML workflows. The TMDB API v3 exposes ~150 endpoints across movies, TV series, seasons, episodes, people, credits, images, collections, companies, networks, keywords, genres, reviews, lists, certifications, trending, discover/search, watch providers, account/lists, authentication, and configuration. A v4 surface adds OAuth-style user authentication and richer list management. Non-commercial use is free; commercial use requires a separate written agreement with TMDB.
The Movie Database publishes 21 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Authentication API, Certification API, and 18 more. Tagged areas include Catalog, Discovery, Entertainment, Image, and Media.
The The Movie Database catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
The Movie Database’s developer surface includes documentation, signup flow, authentication, support, tooling, and 34 more developer resources.
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The Movie Database API pricing
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aid: tmdb
name: The Movie Database
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description: The Movie Database (TMDB) is a community-built movie, TV, and people metadata catalog with a free REST API used
by streaming apps, recommendation engines, second-screen experiences, fan sites, and AI/ML workflows. The TMDB API v3 exposes
~150 endpoints across movies, TV series, seasons, episodes, people, credits, images, collections, companies, networks, keywords,
genres, reviews, lists, certifications, trending, discover/search, watch providers, account/lists, authentication, and configuration.
A v4 surface adds OAuth-style user authentication and richer list management. Non-commercial use is free; commercial use
requires a separate written agreement with TMDB.
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- type: GetAPIKey
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- type: GettingStarted
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-collection-api
name: The Movie Database Collection API
description: The Collection API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for collection.
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-company-api
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-configuration-api
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description: The Configuration API from The Movie Database — 6 operation(s) for configuration.
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-credit-api
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description: The Credit API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for credit.
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- type: GettingStarted
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-find-api
name: The Movie Database Find API
description: The Find API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for find.
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-genre-api
name: The Movie Database Genre API
description: The Genre API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for genre.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
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tags:
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-guest-session-api
name: The Movie Database Guest Session API
description: The Guest Session API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for guest session.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
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- type: GettingStarted
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-keyword-api
name: The Movie Database Keyword API
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baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
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name: The Movie Database List API
description: The List API from The Movie Database — 6 operation(s) for list.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
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name: The Movie Database Person API
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description: The Review API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for review.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
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url: openapi/tmdb-review-api-openapi.yml
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/getting-started
- aid: tmdb:tmdb-search-api
name: The Movie Database Search API
description: The Search API from The Movie Database — 7 operation(s) for search.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
- Search
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/tmdb-search-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
- type: Signup
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/signup
- type: GetAPIKey
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api
- type: Authentication
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/authentication-application
- type: ChangeLog
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6
- type: LlmsText
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/getting-started
- aid: tmdb:tmdb-trending-api
name: The Movie Database Trending API
description: The Trending API from The Movie Database — 4 operation(s) for trending.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
- Trending
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/tmdb-trending-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
- type: Signup
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/signup
- type: GetAPIKey
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api
- type: Authentication
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/authentication-application
- type: ChangeLog
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/category/5047958519c29526b50017d6
- type: LlmsText
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/llms.txt
- type: Documentation
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- type: Reference
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/getting-started
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/getting-started
- aid: tmdb:tmdb-tv-api
name: The Movie Database Tv API
description: The Tv API from The Movie Database — 46 operation(s) for tv.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
- TV
tags_raw:
- Tv
properties:
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- type: Documentation
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
- type: Signup
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/signup
- type: GetAPIKey
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/settings/api
- type: Authentication
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/authentication-application
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- type: GettingStarted
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- aid: tmdb:tmdb-watch-api
name: The Movie Database Watch API
description: The Watch API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for watch.
humanURL: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started
baseURL: https://api.themoviedb.org
tags:
- Watch
properties:
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url: openapi/tmdb-watch-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- type: Signup
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- type: GetAPIKey
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url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/getting-started
- type: GettingStarted
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common:
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- type: RateLimitingDocs
url: https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/rate-limiting
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/api-terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/privacy-policy
- type: Support
url: https://www.themoviedb.org/talk
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- type: LlmsText
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- type: Wrappers
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- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/celiao/tmdbsimple
name: tmdbsimple (Python)
- type: SDKs
url: https://pypi.org/project/tmdbsimple/
name: tmdbsimple (PyPI)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/grantholle/moviedb-promise
name: moviedb-promise (JavaScript)
- type: SDKs
url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/moviedb-promise
name: moviedb-promise (npm)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/leandrowkz/tmdb
name: tmdb (TypeScript)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/blakejoy/tmdb-ts
name: tmdb-ts (TypeScript)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/LordMike/TMDbLib
name: TMDbLib (.NET)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/cyruzin/golang-tmdb
name: golang-tmdb (Go)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/ryanbradynd05/go-tmdb
name: go-tmdb (Go)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/adamayoung/TMDb
name: TMDb (Swift)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/wtfzdotnet/php-tmdb-api
name: php-tmdb-api (PHP)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/ahmetabdi/themoviedb
name: themoviedb (Ruby)
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/c-eg/themoviedbapi
name: themoviedbapi (Java)
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server
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name: MCP-TMDB (community)
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- type: RateLimits
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name: Rate Limits
- type: FinOps
url: finops/tmdb-finops.yml
name: FinOps
- type: SpectralRules
url: rules/tmdb-rules.yml
name: Spectral Rules
- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/tmdb-vocabulary.yml
name: Vocabulary
- type: JSONLD
url: json-ld/tmdb-context.jsonld
name: JSON-LD Context
- type: UsageTerms
url: terms/tmdb-terms-of-service.yml
- type: DataProcessing
url: privacy/tmdb-privacy-policy.yml
- type: Eligibility
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- type: AIPreferences
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- type: DataLicense
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features:
- name: Movie Metadata
description: Full movie details — title, overview, runtime, budget, revenue, genres, languages, production companies, release
dates, ratings, images, videos, and credits.
- name: TV Metadata
description: Series, seasons, and episode data with cast, crew, air dates, episode groups, content ratings, and networks.
- name: People Metadata
description: Cast and crew profiles with combined movie + TV credits, biographies, images, external IDs (IMDB, social),
and translations.
- name: Search
description: Multi-search and per-resource search (movie, TV, person, company, collection, keyword) with relevance ranking
and pagination.
- name: Discover
description: Faceted browse of movies and TV shows with 30+ filters including genre, year, rating, language, region, watch
provider, runtime, and cast/crew.
- name: Trending
description: Daily and weekly trending lists across movies, TV, and people based on community activity.
- name: Append To Response
description: Combine up to 20 related sub-resource calls (credits, images, videos, similar, recommendations) into a single
HTTP request to minimise round trips.
- name: Watch Providers
description: Per-region availability data sourced from JustWatch covering streaming, rent, and buy options for movies and
TV.
- name: Images
description: Multi-language poster, backdrop, logo, and profile images with size variants served via the TMDB image CDN.
- name: Daily ID Exports
description: Bulk-downloadable nightly JSON files listing all valid IDs for movies, TV, people, and other entities for incremental
sync.
- name: Lists & Account
description: User-owned lists, favorites, watchlist, and ratings via authenticated v3 and v4 endpoints.
- name: Configuration
description: Image base URLs, supported languages, countries, timezones, and translation endpoints needed to render content
correctly.
use-cases:
- name: Streaming Catalog Enrichment
description: Streaming and VOD apps pull canonical title metadata, posters, and watch provider availability to populate
browse and detail screens.
- name: Recommendation Engines
description: ML teams use TMDB metadata + ratings + trending signals as a feature source for personalised movie and TV recommendations.
- name: Fan Sites and Communities
description: Fan wikis, review sites, and watch-tracker apps build out person, film, and series pages using TMDB as the
authoritative source.
- name: Second-Screen Experiences
description: Companion apps surface cast, trivia, and where-to-watch data while users are watching a film or show.
- name: Media Asset Management
description: PMS-style libraries (Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi) match local files to TMDB IDs to pull metadata and artwork for personal
media.
- name: AI/ML Research Datasets
description: Researchers build movie/TV datasets for embeddings, recommendation, or NLP — subject to TMDB's commercial-use
approval for AI training.
integrations:
- name: JustWatch
- name: IMDB
- name: TVDb
- name: Plex
- name: Jellyfin
- name: Kodi
- name: Sonarr
- name: Radarr
- name: Letterboxd
- name: Trakt
- name: Stremio
- name: MCP
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
The Movie Database API — frequently asked questions
Does The Movie Database have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 21 APIs from The Movie Database, including The Movie Database Account API, The Movie Database Authentication API and The Movie Database Certification API, and 18 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the The Movie Database API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 21 OpenAPI specifications for The Movie Database, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the The Movie Database API?
The Movie Database uses bearer-token authentication.
How much does the The Movie Database API cost?
APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for The Movie Database, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the The Movie Database API ready for AI agents?
The Movie Database has a Kin Score of 50.6 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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