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The best Movie Database alternative to The Movie Database is IMDb, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to The Movie Database and many of them are Movie Databases so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Movie Database alternatives to The Movie Database are Letterboxd, JustWatch, ratehouse and ShowCase App.

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  1. IMDb icon

    IMDb

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    Launched online in 1990 and a subsidiary of Amazon.com since 1998, IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, designed to help fans explore the world of movies and shows and decide what to watch.

    135 IMDb alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    • iPhone
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    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Almost everyone thinks IMDb is a great The Movie Database alternative.

    • IMDb is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to The Movie Database .

    • IMDb is the most popular free alternative to The Movie Database .

    • IMDb is Freemium and ProprietaryThe Movie Database is Free and Proprietary
  2. Letterboxd icon

    Letterboxd

     112 likes

    Keep a detailed log of watched films, review and rate movies, create customizable lists, interact with a global film community, track statistics, discover new releases, follow friends' activities, use filtering tools, and export your viewing data easily.

    133 Letterboxd alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. ratehouse icon

    ratehouse

     48 likes

    Ratings, reviews, discussions, recommendations, lists for all media genres: music, movies, tv shows, books, video games, and podcasts. Like IMDb or Goodreads, but with more media types. Join ratehouse to consolidate your entertainment and art interests.

    120 ratehouse alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    rate.house is a media database to rate, track, and discover music, movies, TV, books, games, and podcasts.
     
  6. ShowCase App icon

    ShowCase App

     15 likes

    ShowCase (formerly Movie DB) is a fully open-source android application for exploring and organizing your personal collection of films and television series.

    49 ShowCase App alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • ShowCase App is the most popular Open Source alternative to The Movie Database .

    • ShowCase App is Free and Open SourceThe Movie Database is Free and Proprietary
  7. Rotten Tomatoes icon

    Rotten Tomatoes

     101 likes

    Rotten Tomatoes and the Tomatometer score are the world’s most trusted recommendation resources for quality entertainment. As the leading online aggregator of movie and TV show reviews from critics, we provide fans with a comprehensive guide to what’s Fresh – and what’s Rotten –...

    81 Rotten Tomatoes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. TheTVDB.com icon

    TheTVDB.com

     45 likes

    An open TV series database that can be modified by anybody, and accessed vi an XML API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. OMDB icon

    OMDB

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    omdb (open media database) is a free database for film media. There is no set editorial staff, but rather a large number of movie addicts and lovers who volunteer their time to provide material and develop the site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. MovieChat icon

    MovieChat

     11 likes

    MovieChat provides a discussion forum for chatting about movies, a great replacement for IMDb's discontinued message boards.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  12. Movieo icon

    Movieo

     11 likes

    Browse, discover and organize over 180,000 movies. Movieo aggregates movie data from various sources and presents it in a simple, compact and well designed format.

    21 Movieo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  13. Wanted TV Movies & Shows icon

    Wanted TV Movies & Shows

     1 like

    Wanted TV helps you find what to watch on your favourite streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO, or Apple TV+.

    Connect with your friends to see what they're watching and recommend movies / shows to each others.

    15 Wanted TV Movies & Shows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
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  14. KinoPoisk icon

    KinoPoisk

     6 likes

    The largest Russian-language service about movies and TV series. IMDb-like database. Associated with the movie streaming service KinoPoisk HD.

    20 KinoPoisk alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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