Welcome to the unofficial documentation of version 3 of The Movie Database (TMDB) API.

The Movie Database (TMDB) is a community built movie and TV database. Our database holds a large record of millions of movies and TV shows worldwide. Every piece of data has been added by our amazing community dating back to 2008.

TMDB’s strong international focus and breadth of data is largely unmatched and something we’re incredibly proud of. Put simply, we live and breathe community and that’s precisely what makes us different.

Our API gives you access to our entire movie database. We provide you with 100+ endpoints to query the API for movie-related information, rate movies, like movies, etc for both personal and commercial use. Learn more here.

Visit the API reference page to get your API credentials and start using the API right away.

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Concepts

This documentation will help you learn important concepts about the TMDB API and how to maximize its usage. Get started with any of the following recommended topics.

Popular and Trending

Understand in details the concept of popularity and trending within the TMDB API.

Languages

Understand how languages are used within the TMDB API..

Search

Learn how to search and query for a movie effectively..

Regions

Understand how region support works on TMDB

Append to Response

Maximize your search with the append_to_response parameter

If you need help or support, please head over to our API support forum