What is the source and licence?

Wikidata under CC0, so no TMDB terms and no IMDb licensing. Every title has an English Wikipedia article: 182,525 films and 50,133 TV series.

Does it include posters or ratings?

No. Images and user ratings belong to other providers with their own terms. This API gives the licence-clean metadata and the ids to join to them if you have access.

Refreshed daily from Wikidata, so new releases and corrections appear quickly.

What does a call cost?

1 token. The free plan covers 500 lookups a month.

EntertainmentMAINTAINED1 token / call

Movies & TV API

232,658 movies and TV series from Wikidata, CC0, with IMDb and TMDB ids, cast, genres and runtime

Movies and TV metadata you can actually license: 232,658 titles — 182,525 films and 50,133 TV series, every one with an English Wikipedia article — from Wikidata, which is CC0 public domain (no TMDB terms, no IMDb licensing). Each title carries year, directors, top cast, genres, countries, original language, runtime, a notability rank and — the feature integrators pay for — the IMDb and TMDB id crosswalk: resolve tt0903747 to Breaking Bad (2008-2013) in one call. Search is token full-text, so "dark knight" finds The Dark Knight; filter by director (Hayao Miyazaki returns 25 films led by Spirited Away), actor (Tom Hanks in the 90s: Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan), genre, type or year range, all ranked so famous titles surface first. Coverage includes the categories keyword-tagged sources miss — anime, documentaries and animated series are all in, via full subclass traversal. New releases sync daily from Wikidata as they gain Wikipedia articles, and repeat syncs fill in cast and ids as editors add them. Built for streaming guides, watchlist and discovery apps, quizzes, and any product that needs clean movie data without a licensing bill. CC0 source data, self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q163872",
    "type": "movie",
    "title": "The Dark Knight",
    "description": "2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan",
    "year": 2008,
    "end_year": null,
    "duration_min": 153,
    "directors": [
      "Christopher Nolan"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Heath Ledger",
      "Christian Bale",
      "Morgan Freeman",
      "Gary Oldman",
      "Michael Caine",
      "Aaron Eckhart",
      "Maggie Gyllenhaal",
      "Cillian Murphy",
      "Eric Roberts",
      "William Fichtner"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama film",
      "action film",
      "crime film",
      "superhero film",
      "neo-noir",
      "thriller film",
      "crime thriller film"
    ],
    "countries": [
      "United States",
      "United Kingdom"
    ],
    "original_language": "English",
    "imdb_id": "tt0468569",
    "tmdb_id": "155",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight",
    "notability_rank": 107
  }
}

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Use cases for Movies & TV API

Resolve an IMDb or TMDB id to a title with directors, cast and genres without a licensing contract.
Build a watchlist, review or recommendation product on data you can redistribute.
Enrich a media library with year, countries, language and runtime.
Autocomplete titles ranked by notability so famous films come first.

Movies & TV API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETData Sources
GETGet Title
GETLookup By IMDb ID
GETRandom Title
GETSearch Titles

GETData Sources

https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (CC0)",
  "count": 1,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "wikidata-films",
      "name": "Wikidata films & TV series (enwiki subset)",
      "publisher": "Wikidata contributors",
      "licence": "CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)",
      "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/",
      "file_url": "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql",
      "cadence": "daily new-release refresh",
      "record_count": 232658,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-05"
    }
  ]
}

GETGet Title

https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/{qid}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
qid	Q163872	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/Q163872" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q163872",
    "type": "movie",
    "title": "The Dark Knight",
    "description": "2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan",
    "year": 2008,
    "end_year": null,
    "duration_min": 153,
    "directors": [
      "Christopher Nolan"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Heath Ledger",
      "Christian Bale",
      "Morgan Freeman",
      "Gary Oldman",
      "Michael Caine",
      "Aaron Eckhart",
      "Maggie Gyllenhaal",
      "Cillian Murphy",
      "Eric Roberts",
      "William Fichtner"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama film",
      "action film",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q163872",
    "type": "movie",
    "title": "The Dark Knight",
    "description": "2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan",
    "year": 2008,
    "end_year": null,
    "duration_min": 153,
    "directors": [
      "Christopher Nolan"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Heath Ledger",
      "Christian Bale",
      "Morgan Freeman",
      "Gary Oldman",
      "Michael Caine",
      "Aaron Eckhart",
      "Maggie Gyllenhaal",
      "Cillian Murphy",
      "Eric Roberts",
      "William Fichtner"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama film",
      "action film",
      "crime film",
      "superhero film",
      "neo-noir",
      "thriller film",
      "crime thriller film"
    ],
    "countries": [
      "United States",
      "United Kingdom"
    ],
    "original_language": "English",
    "imdb_id": "tt0468569",
    "tmdb_id": "155",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight",
    "notability_rank": 107
  }
}

GETLookup By IMDb ID

https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/imdb/{id}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
id	tt0903747	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/imdb/tt0903747" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q1079",
    "type": "tv_series",
    "title": "Breaking Bad",
    "description": "American crime drama television series (2008–2013)",
    "year": 2008,
    "end_year": 2013,
    "duration_min": null,
    "directors": [
      "Vince Gilligan",
      "Bryan Cranston",
      "Michelle MacLaren",
      "David Slade",
      "Félix Enríquez Alcalá"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Bryan Cranston",
      "Kevin Rankin",
      "Norbert Weisser",
      "Jim Beaver",
      "Jonathan Banks",
      "Danny Trejo",
      "Krysten Ritter",
      "Laura Fraser",
      "Anna Gunn",
      "Aaron Paul"
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q1079",
    "type": "tv_series",
    "title": "Breaking Bad",
    "description": "American crime drama television series (2008–2013)",
    "year": 2008,
    "end_year": 2013,
    "duration_min": null,
    "directors": [
      "Vince Gilligan",
      "Bryan Cranston",
      "Michelle MacLaren",
      "David Slade",
      "Félix Enríquez Alcalá"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Bryan Cranston",
      "Kevin Rankin",
      "Norbert Weisser",
      "Jim Beaver",
      "Jonathan Banks",
      "Danny Trejo",
      "Krysten Ritter",
      "Laura Fraser",
      "Anna Gunn",
      "Aaron Paul"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama television series",
      "crime television series",
      "black comedy television series",
      "thriller television series",
      "contemporary Western film"
    ],
    "countries": [
      "United States"
    ],
    "original_language": "American English",
    "imdb_id": "tt0903747",
    "tmdb_id": "1396",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad",
    "notability_rank": 102
  }
}

GETRandom Title

https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/random

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
type	movie	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles/random?type=movie" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q190050",
    "type": "movie",
    "title": "Fight Club",
    "description": "Psychological Drama and Thriller based on the novel “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk",
    "year": 1999,
    "end_year": null,
    "duration_min": 139,
    "directors": [
      "David Fincher"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Brad Pitt",
      "Edward Norton",
      "Zach Grenier",
      "Meat Loaf",
      "Helena Bonham Carter",
      "Matt Winston",
      "David Lee Smith",
      "David Andrews",
      "Bob Stephenson",
      "Jared Leto"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama film",
      "psychological thriller",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "title": {
    "qid": "Q190050",
    "type": "movie",
    "title": "Fight Club",
    "description": "Psychological Drama and Thriller based on the novel “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk",
    "year": 1999,
    "end_year": null,
    "duration_min": 139,
    "directors": [
      "David Fincher"
    ],
    "cast": [
      "Brad Pitt",
      "Edward Norton",
      "Zach Grenier",
      "Meat Loaf",
      "Helena Bonham Carter",
      "Matt Winston",
      "David Lee Smith",
      "David Andrews",
      "Bob Stephenson",
      "Jared Leto"
    ],
    "genres": [
      "drama film",
      "psychological thriller",
      "thriller film",
      "flashback film"
    ],
    "countries": [
      "United States",
      "Germany"
    ],
    "original_language": "English",
    "imdb_id": "tt0137523",
    "tmdb_id": "550",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club",
    "notability_rank": 102
  }
}

GETSearch Titles

https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
actor		Optional
director		Optional
genre		Optional
limit	20	Optional
page	1	Optional
q	dark knight	Optional
type	movie	Optional
year_from		Optional
year_to		Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/titles?limit=20&page=1&q=dark%20knight&type=movie" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 3,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q163872",
      "type": "movie",
      "title": "The Dark Knight",
      "year": 2008,
      "end_year": null,
      "directors": [
        "Christopher Nolan"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "drama film",
        "action film",
        "crime film",
        "superhero film",
        "neo-noir",
        "thriller film",
        "crime thriller film"
      ],
      "imdb_id": "tt0468569"
    },
    {
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 3,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q163872",
      "type": "movie",
      "title": "The Dark Knight",
      "year": 2008,
      "end_year": null,
      "directors": [
        "Christopher Nolan"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "drama film",
        "action film",
        "crime film",
        "superhero film",
        "neo-noir",
        "thriller film",
        "crime thriller film"
      ],
      "imdb_id": "tt0468569"
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q189330",
      "type": "movie",
      "title": "The Dark Knight Rises",
      "year": 2012,
      "end_year": null,
      "directors": [
        "Christopher Nolan"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "drama film",
        "action film",
        "superhero film",
        "thriller film",
        "crime thriller film"
      ],
      "imdb_id": "tt1345836"
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q2709431",
      "type": "movie",
      "title": "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns",
      "year": 2012,
      "end_year": null,
      "directors": [
        "Jay Oliva"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "action film",
        "science fiction film",
        "dystopian film"
      ],
      "imdb_id": null
    }
  ]
}

Where the data comes from

Source: Wikidata film and television entities (CC0); attribution on the sources endpoint.
Freshness: Daily refresh from Wikidata.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/sources',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

Movies & TV API · X-Api-Key

Explore the endpoints

Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-movies.dataandapis.com/v1/sources';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});