Movie.imdbLookup

The Movie.imdbLookup method is the easiest and quickest way to search for a movie based on it's IMDb ID. You can use Movie.imdbLookup method to get the TMDb id of a movie if you already have the IMDB id.

Example URL

http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/Movie.imdbLookup/en/xml/APIKEY/tt0137523

Options

Language: IETF Language Tag, e.g. en-US

Type: Type can be xml, yaml or json.

API Key: The API key we supplied you with for your account.

IMDB ID: The IMDb ID of the movie you are searching for.

In the event that you request a language that has not been translated, the data will default back to English. This can be checked with the 'translated' boolean element.

The last_modified_at time is MST.

Example Response

<OpenSearchDescription xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> 
  <opensearch:Query searchTerms="tt0137523"/> 
  <opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults> 
  <movies> 
    <movie> 
      <popularity>3</popularity> 
      <translated>true</translated> 
      <language>en</language>
      <original_name>Fight Club</original_name> 
      <name>Fight Club</name> 
      <alternative_name>El club de la lucha</alternative_name> 
      <type>movie</type> 
      <id>550</id> 
      <imdb_id>tt0137523</imdb_id> 
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/550</url> 
      <overview>A lonely, isolated thirty-something young professional seeks an escape from his mundane existence with the help of a devious soap salesman. They find their release from the prison of reality through underground fight clubs, where men can be what the world now denies them. Their boxing matches and harmless pranks soon lead to an out-of-control spiral towards oblivion.</overview> 
      <votes>15</votes>
      <rating>8.2</rating> 
      <certification>R</certification> 
      <released>1999-09-16</released> 
      <runtime>138</runtime> 
      <categories>
        <category type="genre" name="Crime" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/crime" id="80"/>
        <category type="genre" name="Drama" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/drama" id="18"/>
        <category type="genre" name="Thriller" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/thriller" id="53"/>
      </categories>
      <images> 
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        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f75/4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75/fight-club-mid.jpg" size="mid" id="4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f75/4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75/fight-club-cover.jpg" size="cover" id="4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f75/4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75/fight-club-thumb.jpg" size="thumb" id="4bc908ab017a3c57fe002f75"/> 
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        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f8e/4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e/fight-club-mid.jpg" size="mid" id="4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f8e/4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e/fight-club-cover.jpg" size="cover" id="4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f8e/4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e/fight-club-thumb.jpg" size="thumb" id="4bc908b0017a3c57fe002f8e"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f89/4bc908af017a3c57fe002f89/fight-club-original.png" size="original" id="4bc908af017a3c57fe002f89"/> 
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        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f89/4bc908af017a3c57fe002f89/fight-club-cover.png" size="cover" id="4bc908af017a3c57fe002f89"/> 
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        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f7f/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f/fight-club-original.jpg" size="original" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f7f/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f/fight-club-mid.jpg" size="mid" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f7f/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f/fight-club-cover.jpg" size="cover" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f7f"/> 
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        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f84/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84/fight-club-original.jpg" size="original" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f84/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84/fight-club-mid.jpg" size="mid" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84"/> 
        <image type="poster" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/posters/f84/4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84/fight-club-cover.jpg" size="cover" id="4bc908ae017a3c57fe002f84"/> 
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        <image type="backdrop" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/backdrops/f59/4bc908a9017a3c57fe002f59/fight-club-original.jpg" size="original" id="4bc908a9017a3c57fe002f59"/> 
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        <image type="backdrop" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/backdrops/f4d/4bc908a5017a3c57fe002f4d/fight-club-thumb.jpg" size="thumb" id="4bc908a5017a3c57fe002f4d"/> 
      </images> 
      <version>8</version>
      <last_modified_at>2010-04-26 23:08:53</last_modified_at> 
    </movie> 
  </movies> 
</OpenSearchDescription>