IMDb Trending Movies and TV Scraper (Apify Actor)

This Apify Actor scrapes real-time trending movies and TV shows from IMDb's "Most Popular Movies" (/chart/moviemeter) and "Most Popular TV Shows" (/chart/tvmeter) charts using JSON-LD data. It supports filtering by type ("movie", "tv", or "all"), rating, rating count, genres, duration, keywords, and content ratings.

Features

• Fetches real-time data from IMDb without caching.
• Extracts comprehensive details (e.g., ID, title, description, poster, rating, genres, duration).
• Supports filters:
  • limit: Maximum number of items.
  • type: "movie", "tv", or "all".
  • min_rating / max_rating: IMDb rating range.
  • min_rating_count: Minimum number of votes.
  • genres: Must include all specified genres.
  • min_duration / max_duration: Runtime range in minutes.
  • keywords: Must match all keywords in title or description.
  • content_ratings: Must match one of the specified ratings.

Input

The Actor accepts the following input:

• limit (integer, optional): Max items to scrape (default: 10, min: 1, max: 500).
• min_rating (number or "string float", optional): Minimum IMDb rating (1-10). e.g. 3.4 or 3 or "3.4"
• max_rating (number or "string float", optional): Maximum IMDb rating (1-10). e.g. 3.4 or 3 or "3.4"
• min_rating_count (integer, optional): Minimum number of votes.
• genres (array, optional): List of genres (all must match).
• min_duration (integer, optional): Minimum duration in minutes.
• max_duration (integer, optional): Maximum duration in minutes.
• keywords (array, optional): List of keywords (all must match in title or description).
• content_ratings (array, optional): List of acceptable content ratings (e.g., R, PG-13, TV-MA).
• type (string, optional): Type of items to scrape: "movie", "tv", or "all" (default: "all").

Example Input

1{
2    "limit": 5,
3    "min_rating": "4.4",
4    "min_rating_count": 100,
5    "genres": [],
6    "keywords": [],
7    "type_": "all"
8}

Example Output

1[
2    {
3        "id": "tt13654226",
4        "@type": "Movie",
5        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13654226/",
6        "name": "The Gorge",
7        "description": "Two highly-trained operatives become close after being sent to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.",
8        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQ5Y2QyYTktYmFmZi00NWJlLWE0MzgtYTA4M2I0ZjQwZjcxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
9        "aggregateRating": {
10            "@type": "AggregateRating",
11            "bestRating": 10,
12            "worstRating": 1,
13            "ratingValue": 6.8,
14            "ratingCount": 77949
15        },
16        "contentRating": "PG-13",
17        "genre": "Action, Adventure, Horror",
18        "duration": "PT2H7M",
19        "durationMinutes": 127,
20        "genreArray": [
21            "Action",
22            "Adventure",
23            "Horror"
24        ]
25    },
26    {
27        "id": "tt8999762",
28        "@type": "Movie",
29        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8999762/",
30        "name": "The Brutalist",
31        "description": "When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.",
32        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2U0MWRjZTMtMDVhNC00MzY4LTgwOTktZGQ2MDdiYTI4OWMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
33        "aggregateRating": {
34            "@type": "AggregateRating",
35            "bestRating": 10,
36            "worstRating": 1,
37            "ratingValue": 7.6,
38            "ratingCount": 59526
39        },
40        "contentRating": "R",
41        "genre": "Drama",
42        "duration": "PT3H34M",
43        "durationMinutes": 214,
44        "genreArray": [
45            "Drama"
46        ]
47    },
48    {
49        "id": "tt13406094",
50        "@type": "TVSeries",
51        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406094/",
52        "name": "The White Lotus",
53        "description": "The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.",
54        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmM1MGM0MDQtZTAzNy00ZGJkLWI4MDUtNjBmMzdhYjhlM2QwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
55        "aggregateRating": {
56            "@type": "AggregateRating",
57            "bestRating": 10,
58            "worstRating": 1,
59            "ratingValue": 8,
60            "ratingCount": 242909
61        },
62        "contentRating": "TV-MA",
63        "genre": "Comedy, Drama",
64        "durationMinutes": "N/A",
65        "genreArray": [
66            "Comedy",
67            "Drama"
68        ]
69    },
70    {
71        "id": "tt23872886",
72        "@type": "TVSeries",
73        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23872886/",
74        "name": "Zero Day",
75        "description": "In the midst of crisis: how can we discover the truth when it seems that the world is being destroyed by uncontrollable forces? Also, to what extent are conspiracy theories our own inventions or products of our imagination?",
76        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmYwNWM3ZWEtMmRlMi00MTA5LWFlY2QtMGI2MTdjOWFiZjgxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
77        "aggregateRating": {
78            "@type": "AggregateRating",
79            "bestRating": 10,
80            "worstRating": 1,
81            "ratingValue": 7,
82            "ratingCount": 26438
83        },
84        "contentRating": "TV-MA",
85        "genre": "Drama, Thriller",
86        "durationMinutes": "N/A",
87        "genreArray": [
88            "Drama",
89            "Thriller"
90        ]
91    },
92    {
93        "id": "tt11280740",
94        "@type": "TVSeries",
95        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/",
96        "name": "Severance",
97        "description": "Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.",
98        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI5YzJhODQtMzQyNy00YWNmLWIxMjUtNDBjNjA5YWRjMzExXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
99        "aggregateRating": {
100            "@type": "AggregateRating",
101            "bestRating": 10,
102            "worstRating": 1,
103            "ratingValue": 8.7,
104            "ratingCount": 273448
105        },
106        "contentRating": "TV-MA",
107        "genre": "Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi",
108        "durationMinutes": "N/A",
109        "genreArray": [
110            "Drama",
111            "Mystery",
112            "Sci-Fi"
113        ]
114    }
115]

Genre Options:

1[
2    "Action",
3    "Adventure",
4    "Animation",
5    "Biography",
6    "Comedy",
7    "Crime",
8    "Documentary",
9    "Drama",
10    "Family",
11    "Fantasy",
12    "Film-Noir",
13    "Game-Show",
14    "History",
15    "Horror",
16    "Music",
17    "Musical",
18    "Mystery",
19    "News",
20    "Reality-TV",
21    "Romance",
22    "Sci-Fi",
23    "Short",
24    "Sport",
25    "Talk-Show",
26    "Thriller",
27    "War",
28    "Western"
29]