OMDb

aid: omdb
name: OMDb
description: >
  Open Movie Database REST API providing movie and TV show metadata, ratings,
  poster images, and episode data from a community-maintained database. Supports
  lookup by IMDb ID or title, full-text search, and a dedicated Poster API for
  high-resolution cover art available to patrons.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Movies
  - Television
  - Entertainment
  - Metadata
  - Ratings
  - Posters
  - IMDb
  - Open Data

apis:
  - name: OMDb API
    description: >
      RESTful web service returning movie, series, and episode metadata sourced
      from IMDb identifiers or title searches. Returns title, year, genre,
      director, cast, ratings (IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic), plot, and
      more in JSON or XML format.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://www.omdbapi.com/
    baseURL: https://www.omdbapi.com/
    tags:
      - Movies
      - Television
      - Metadata
      - Ratings
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://www.omdbapi.com/swagger.json
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/omdb-api-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/omdb-title-result.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/omdb-search-result.json

  - name: OMDb Poster API
    description: >
      Dedicated image endpoint returning high-resolution movie and TV show
      poster art (up to 2000×3000 px) for over 280,000 titles, updated daily.
      Access is restricted to Patreon patrons.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://www.omdbapi.com/
    baseURL: https://img.omdbapi.com/
    tags:
      - Posters
      - Images
      - Movies
      - Television
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.omdbapi.com/

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/omdbapi/OMDb-API
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/omdb-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/omdb-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/omdb-finops.yml
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx
  - type: Patreon
    url: https://www.patreon.com/omdb
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: >-
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/omdb-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: >-
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/omdb/refs/heads/main/json-ld/omdb-context.jsonld

maintainers:
  - name: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]