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Better Search Results from IMDb with URL Tweaks

If you’re a serious IMDb user like me, you know the built-in IMDb Advanced Search is super powerful — but sometimes it feels a bit clunky to use every time. The cool trick? You can manually tweak IMDb URLs to create custom, detailed searches instantly! Why manually tweak URLs? It’s faster once you know the syntax. You can combine lots of filters that the normal UI doesn’t expose easily. Perfect for bookmarking or sharing specific searches. How do IMDb URLs work? IMDb’s advanced search URLs are basically a list of parameters connected by & . Each parameter filters a part of the search, like: languages=en,hi — English or Hindi language titles num_votes=500, — at least 500 votes release_date=1980-01-01, — from January 1, 1980 onward title_type=feature — only feature films user_rating=7.5, — user rating 7.5 and above Add or combine parameters based on what you want. Examples: Crafting...

IMDB API's and URL based search parameters

Advanced Search in IMDB I'm a big fan of IMDB and everytime if you really want to do detailed search, you need to use IMDB Advanced Search . But this is not practical each time, but seems you could tweak IMDB URL's to do magic searches. Few examples below. If you look the search tag, everything is self explanatory Most Popular English/Hindi-Language Feature Films Released 1 January 1980 Or Later With User Rating Between 7.5 And 10 and At Least 500 Votes http://www.imdb.com/search/title?languages=en,hi&num_votes=500,&release_date=1980-01-01,&title_type=feature&user_rating=7.5, Highest Rated Feature Films Not In "watchlist" Released 2011 Or Later With At Least 5,000 Votes http://www.imdb.com/search/title?num_votes=5000,&release_date=2011,&sort=user_rating,desc,&title_type=feature&my_ratings=exclude&lists=!watchlist IMDB Top TV Series - Highest Rated TV Series With At Least 2,000 Votes http://www.imdb.com/sea...