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The Movie Database

The Movie Database (TMDB) is a community-built movie, TV, and people metadata catalog with a free REST API used by streaming apps, recommendation engines, second-screen experiences, fan sites, and AI/ML workflows. The TMDB API v3 exposes ~150 endpoints across movies, TV series, seasons, episodes, people, credits, images, collections, companies, networks, keywords, genres, reviews, lists, certifications, trending, discover/search, watch providers, account/lists, authentication, and configuration. A v4 surface adds OAuth-style user authentication and richer list management. Non-commercial use is free; commercial use requires a separate written agreement with TMDB.

agent ready

Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles The Movie Database the way a machine reads it — 476 machine-readable artifacts across 22 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — The Movie Database scores 56.0/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 29/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance. Every facet and dimension name is a link: it opens that measurement's page on APIs.io, where the rating runs across the whole catalog — the exact checks that feed it, how every profiled provider distributes on it, and who is at the top of it.

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The Movie Database Kin Score — API readiness rating by API Evangelist

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How we profile The Movie Database

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for The Movie Database. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 22

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

TMDB API

The full TMDB REST API surface (v3). Covers movies, TV series, seasons, episodes, people, credits, images, collections, companies, networks, keywords, genres, reviews, lists, ce...

The Movie Database Account API

The Account API from The Movie Database — 11 operation(s) for account.

The Movie Database Authentication API

The Authentication API from The Movie Database — 7 operation(s) for authentication.

The Movie Database Certification API

The Certification API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for certification.

The Movie Database Collection API

The Collection API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for collection.

The Movie Database Company API

The Company API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for company.

The Movie Database Configuration API

The Configuration API from The Movie Database — 6 operation(s) for configuration.

The Movie Database Credit API

The Credit API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for credit.

The Movie Database Discover API

The Discover API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for discover.

The Movie Database Find API

The Find API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for find.

The Movie Database Genre API

The Genre API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for genre.

The Movie Database Guest Session API

The Guest Session API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for guest session.

The Movie Database Keyword API

The Keyword API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for keyword.

The Movie Database List API

The List API from The Movie Database — 6 operation(s) for list.

The Movie Database Movie API

The Movie API from The Movie Database — 23 operation(s) for movie.

The Movie Database Network API

The Network API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for network.

The Movie Database Person API

The Person API from The Movie Database — 12 operation(s) for person.

The Movie Database Review API

The Review API from The Movie Database — 1 operation(s) for review.

The Movie Database Search API

The Search API from The Movie Database — 7 operation(s) for search.

The Movie Database Trending API

The Trending API from The Movie Database — 4 operation(s) for trending.

The Movie Database Tv API

The Tv API from The Movie Database — 46 operation(s) for tv.

The Movie Database Watch API

The Watch API from The Movie Database — 3 operation(s) for watch.

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Pricing Plans 1

Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the things the Kin Score reads for access clarity — renamed from commercial clarity in rubric 0.12, because a free statutory interface has access terms and no commercial ones.

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tmdb Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tmdb Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Tmdb Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Tmdb Context

149 classes · 324 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.

The Movie Database API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

The Movie Database API Rules

42 rules · 16 errors · 22 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 149

Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AccountAddFavoriteResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountAddToWatchlistResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountDetailsResponse

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountFavoriteTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountGetFavoritesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountListsResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountRatedMoviesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountRatedTvEpisodesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountRatedTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountWatchlistMoviesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AccountWatchlistTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AlternativeNamesCopyResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthenticationCreateSessionResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthenticationDeleteSessionResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthenticationValidateKeyResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthenticationValidateKey401Response

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CertificationMovieListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CertificationsTvListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ChangesMovieListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ChangesPeopleListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ChangesTvListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CollectionDetailsResponse

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CollectionImagesResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CollectionTranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CompanyAlternativeNamesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CompanyDetailsResponse

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CompanyImagesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ConfigurationDetailsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreditDetailsResponse

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DetailsCopyResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DiscoverMovieResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DiscoverTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ErrorResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FindByIdResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GenreMovieListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GenreTvListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GuestSessionRatedMoviesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GuestSessionRatedTvEpisodesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GuestSessionRatedTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

KeywordDetailsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

KeywordMoviesResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListAddMovieResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListCheckItemStatusResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListClearResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListCreateResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDeleteResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDetailsResponse

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListRemoveMovieResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListsCopyResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieAccountStatesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieAddRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieAlternativeTitlesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieChangesResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieDeleteRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieDetailsResponse

26 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieExternalIdsResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieImagesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieKeywordsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieLatestIdResponse

25 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieListsResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieNowPlayingListResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MoviePopularListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieRecommendationsResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieReleaseDatesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieReviewsResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieSimilarResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieTopRatedListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieTranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieUpcomingListResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieVideosResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MovieWatchProvidersResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NetworkDetailsResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonChangesResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonCombinedCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonDetailsResponse

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonExternalIdsResponse

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonImagesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonLatestIdResponse

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonMovieCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonPopularListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonTaggedImagesResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonTvCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ReviewDetailsResponse

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchCollectionResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchCompanyResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchKeywordResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchMovieResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchMultiResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchPersonResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TrendingAllResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TrendingMoviesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TrendingPeopleResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TrendingTvResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeAccountStatesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeAddRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeChangesByIdResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeCreditsResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeDeleteRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeDetailsResponse

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeExternalIdsResponse

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeGroupDetailsResponse

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeImagesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeTranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvEpisodeVideosResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonAccountStatesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonAggregateCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonChangesByIdResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonDetailsResponse

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonExternalIdsResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonImagesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonTranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonVideosResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeasonWatchProvidersResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesAccountStatesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesAddRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesAggregateCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesAiringTodayListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesAlternativeTitlesResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesChangesResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesContentRatingsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesCreditsResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesDeleteRatingResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesDetailsResponse

32 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesEpisodeGroupsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesExternalIdsResponse

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesImagesResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesKeywordsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesLatestIdResponse

32 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesOnTheAirListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesPopularListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesRecommendationsResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesReviewsResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesScreenedTheatricallyResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesSimilarResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesTopRatedListResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesTranslationsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesVideosResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TvSeriesWatchProvidersResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WatchProviderTvListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WatchProvidersMovieListResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 149

JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Tmdb Api Account Lists Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Company Images Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Credit Details Response Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Details Copy Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Discover Movie Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Discover Tv Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Error Response Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Find By Id Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Genre Tv List Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Keyword Movies Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api List Add Movie Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api List Clear Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api List Create Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api List Delete Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api List Details Response Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Lists Copy Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Changes Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Credits Response Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Details Response Structure

26 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Images Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Keywords Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Latest Id Response Structure

25 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Lists Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Reviews Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Similar Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Movie Videos Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Person Changes Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Person Details Response Structure

14 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Person Images Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Review Details Response Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Company Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Keyword Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Movie Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Multi Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Person Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Search Tv Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Translations Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Trending All Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tmdb Api Trending Tv Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 149

Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Tmdb Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Every other property we hold for The Movie Database — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of The Movie Database, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.

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