IMDb Title Scraper

IMDb Title Scraper pulls structured data from IMDb and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It queries IMDb's public suggestion service and returns one row per matching title with release year, title type, principal cast and the canonical IMDb link, useful for entity resolution, watchlists and media research.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does IMDb Title Scraper do?

It queries IMDb and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• IMDb data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	"inception"	A title keyword (inception, breaking bad) or a direct IMDb id (tt1375666).
maxResults	integer	8	Maximum number of IMDb titles to return.

Example input:

{
  "query": "inception",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "imdb_id": "tt1375666",
  "title": "Inception",
  "year": 2010,
  "type": "feature",
  "stars": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt",
  "rank": 209
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
imdb_id	string	IMDb ID
title	string	Title
year	integer	Year
type	string	Type
stars	string	Principal Cast
rank	integer	Popularity Rank
imdb_url	string	IMDb URL
image	string	Poster

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from IMDb. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Try a well-known title such as "inception" or an IMDb id such as "tt1375666".
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.