Open Movie Database

Movie information

VideoAuth: API KeyHTTPS: YesCORS: unknownStatus: alive

Last verified: November 12, 2026

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Authentication: API Key
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Documentation: http://www.omdbapi.com/

# OMDb Search (add your API key; see the docs for where it goes)
curl "http://www.omdbapi.com/"

API reference

From Open Movie Database's OpenAPI specification (version 1), spec updated June 21, 2021, via APIs.guru.

The Open Movie Database. The OMDb API is a free web service to obtain movie information, all content and images on the site are contributed and maintained by our users.

Base URL: http://www.omdbapi.com
Endpoints: 1
Spec license: CC BY-NC 4.0
Machine-readable spec: OpenAPI JSON (import into Postman, Insomnia or a code generator)

Method	Path	What it does
GET	`/`	OMDb Search

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