The Movie Database

free, collaborative database about films
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Summary

The Movie Database is a website[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: online film database[3]
  • Owned by: TiVo Corporation[4], privately held company[5]
  • Commons category: The Movie Database[6]
  • Language of work or name: multiple languages[7]
  • Review score: 3.9[8]
  • Inception: 2008[9]
  • Official website: https://www.themoviedb.org[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:TMDb person[11], Template:TMDb movie[12], Template:TMDb TV series[13], Template:TMDb[14]
  • Alexa rank: 5536[15]
  • Main Wikidata property: P4947[16], P4983[17], P4985[18], P11806[19], P11805[20], P12558[21], P12559[22], P13128[23], P14271[24]
  • Short name: TMDb[25]
  • Different from: IMDb[26]
  • Hashtag: TMDb[27]
  • Production date: 2008[28]
  • Search formatter URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/search?query=$1[29]
  • API endpoint URL: https://api.stoplight.io/v1/versions/9WaNJfGpnnQ76opqe/export/oas.json[30], https://api.stoplight.io/v1/versions/9WaNJfGpnnQ76opqe/export/raml.yaml[31], https://api.themoviedb.org/[32]
  • Terms of service URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/website/terms-of-use[33]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/privacy-policy[34]
  • Social media followers: 15,577[35], 15,193[36], 17,009[37], 19,179[38]
  • Maintains linking to: Facebook[39], Instagram[40], TikTok[41], X[42], YouTube[43], IMDb[44], Wikidata[45], Freebase[46]
  • Login URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/login[47]
  • Registration page URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/signup[48]
  • Random page URL: https://www.mangle.ca/movies/[49], https://www.mangle.ca/tvshows/[50]

Why It Matters

The Movie Database is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Ringbang · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Short name: TMDb"
  2. 13w ago · Nintendofan885 · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Icannwiki page id: TMDB"
  3. 17w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: TMDB, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294327910|TMDB (#294327910)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 23w ago · Animalparty · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintains linking to → Facebook, Instagram, TikTok +5
    Hashtag → —
    Website → —
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11bymn1dqt
    + 58 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: IMDb"
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