Find IMDb ID for Any Movie or TV Title
Type a title, get back the tt ID, the year, the poster URL and the lead cast line. Reads IMDb's own suggestion feed, so there is no API key to get.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Search query | breaking bad | A single thing to search IMDb for, a movie, TV show or person name, e.g. "breaking bad" or "tom hanks". |
Result type | all | Which kinds of results to keep: "all" (titles + people + companies), "titles" (movies/shows only, IMDb ids starting tt). |
Max results | 50 | Maximum number of de-duplicated rows to return across all queries. |
Pricing
$0.0025 per item = $2.5 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Item returned | Charged per title/person returned. | $0.0025 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-08-03, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
categoryidimagekindrankstarsOrKnownFortitleurlyearyearRangeExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
More use cases for IMDb Search Scraper
Built on IMDb Search Scraper — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
Where this tool sits
- Categories
- Media & Entertainment Data
- Platforms
- IMDb