IMDb
Also known as IMDb.com, The Internet Movie Database, Internet Movie Database
IMDb, formerly known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. As of September 2025, IMDb ranks as the 40th most visited website in the world and the 35th in the United States.
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IMDb is an online database that collects detailed information about movies, TV shows, podcasts, video games, and streaming content, including cast and crew details, plot summaries, ratings, and reviews. It's one of the most visited websites in the world, making it a major resource for people looking up entertainment information online.
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- IMDb
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- IMDB Logo 2016.svg
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- Logo used since 2018
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- yes
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- IMDb homepage.png
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- Homepage as of March 2021
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- Yes
- Website.founder
- Col Needham
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- Database
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23 sectionsContents
- Features
- User ratings of films
- Rankings
- Reference view
- Message boards
- IMDbPro
- History
- Pre-website
- On the Web
- As an independent company
- As Amazon.com subsidiary (1998–present)
- Content and format
- Data provided by subjects
- Copyright, vandalism and error issues
- Data format and access
- Podcasts
- IMDb STARmeter Awards
- Legal and policy issues
- Statistics
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
IMDb, formerly known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. As of September 2025, IMDb ranks as the 40th most visited website in the world and the 35th in the United States.
The database contained some 25.9 million titles, and 14.8 million person records as of September 2025.
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