Can I put one of your search forms on my site?

If you want to offer your users quick access to our most popular information, we've made it easy for you to add an IMDb search to your web pages with a minimum of technical skill.

There are five searches available: Movies & People, Movie Quotes, Movie Showtimes (U.S. only), Movie Recommendations, and Celebrity Birthdays. The "fancy" implementations are shown below, but when you click on "Put it on your page", you'll find instructions for both "simple" and "fancy" options.

Movies & People Search


Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from imdb.com.
 
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.
Put it on your page
 

Movie Quotes Search


Enter part of a movie or TV quote and click "Go" to search the quotes at imdb.com.
 
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.
Put it on your page
 

Movie Showtimes Search


Enter your U.S. zip code to get today's movie showtimes from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a showtimes search on your web site, click here.
Put it on your page
 

Movie Recommendations Search


Enter the name of a movie you like and click "Go" to get recommendations of other movies you might like from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.
Put it on your page
 

Celebrity Birthdays Search


Select a day and click "Go" to get a list of celebrity birthdays from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.
Put it on your page

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The Link-It Service

Link-it service where you can mail us an HTML page with the names of movies and people you want linked in brackets. An automated program will go through it and make a best-effort to create links for all the requested names and titles. We say "best effort" because it is not perfect and may miss some links. For those links you'll have to look up the items by hand. BUT, if you have 20 items and it links 16, it just cut your linking time down by 80%, so we still think it's valuable.
To use the Link-It service simply enclose the names/titles in square brackets (see the example below) and mail your page to <link-it@imdb.com>. The converted page will be mailed back within a short time. The [ ]'s are important since they tell the system where to insert the links and without them nothing will be linked. For example:
To: link-it@imdb.com <html> <head> <title>Example link-it@imdb.com Page></title> </head> <body> [Val Kilmer] was in [Batman forever] </body> </html>
Try mailing the above sample page to get a feel for how the link-it service operates.

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IMDb Logo

Here are two IMDb logos that you can use on your own web pages to signify a link to the Internet Movie Database. To download them, just right-click on the link in the lefthand box, select "save target as" and save the graphic to your hard drive for later use.

Static GIF
55x27 pixels, 2059 bytes
Animated GIF
59x40 pixels, 6848 bytes

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Embedding IMDb Flash Boxes

We have setup two flash boxes that you can embed directly in your web pages. They feature links to the top 10 movie trailers on IMDb. We offer the boxes in two different sizes, so you can use whichever size works best for your website. The HTML code for each box is listed below.

400x250 171x600

The Code

<!-- BEGIN 400x250 TOP-TEN TRAILERS BOX -->

<iframe src="http://i.imdb.com/hotlink/top10_trailers_400.html" width="400" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe>

<!-- END 400x250 TOP-TEN TRAILERS BOX -->



<!-- BEGIN 171x600 TOP-TEN TRAILERS BOX -->

<iframe src="http://i.imdb.com/hotlink/top10_trailers_171.html" width="171" height="600" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe>

<!-- END 400x250 TOP-TEN TRAILERS BOX -->

Putting An IMDb Movies, TV and People Search on Your Web Site

An IMDb movies, TV and people search allows visitors to your web site to simply enter a title or a person's name, click a button and get a list of corresponding results in the IMDb database. Best of all, it's easy to add to your web site.

We offer two implementations. A "Simple" text approach or the more attractive "Fancy" box. Both are shown below.

SIMPLE

Search The Internet Movie Database

Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from imdb.com.

 
Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

FANCY


Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from imdb.com.
 
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

How To Put Them On Your Site

The HTML code for both the simple and fancy approach are shown below. Just highlight from the begin line to the end line, copy and paste it into the code of your web page.

If you're going to use the fancy box, you'll also need to download the "Search the Internet Movie Database" graphic and put it in the same directory as any page that has the box on it. Right click here, select "save target as" (Internet Explorer) or "save link as" (Netscape) and save the graphic to your hard drive.

The Code



<!- BEGIN SIMPLE BASIC SEARCH HTML ->

<h4>Search The Internet Movie Database</h4>

<P>Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then
click "Go" to get more information about it/them from
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.</P>

<form action="http://www.imdb.com/Find" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=select value="All">
<input type=text name="for" size=14>
&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Go"></form>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=2>Search provided by
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>.
To put a search on your web site,
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click
here</A>.</font>

<!- END SIMPLE BASIC SEARCH HTML ->


<!- BEGIN FANCY BASIC SEARCH HTML ->

<img src="basictop.gif" width=250 height=22 border=0><br>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF"
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<table border=0 width=244 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<font size=2>Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or
person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.<br>
&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<form action="http://www.imdb.com/Find" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=select value="All">
<input type=text name="for" size=14>&nbsp;
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=left><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=1>Search provided by
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>.
To put a search on your web site,
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click
here</A>.</td></tr></table>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF"
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1><tr>
<td></tr></td></table>
</td></tr></table></form>

<!- END FANCY BASIC SEARCH HTML ->

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Putting An IMDb Quotes Search on Your Web Site

An IMDb quotes search allows visitors to your web site to simply enter part of a quote and search for matching quotes in our database. Best of all, it's simple to add to your web site.

We offer two implementations. A "Simple" text approach or the more attractive "Fancy" box. Both are shown below.

SIMPLE

Search The Internet Movie Database

Enter part of a movie or TV quote and click "Go" to search the quotes at imdb.com.

 
Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

FANCY


Enter part of a movie or TV quote and click "Go" to search the quotes at imdb.com.
 
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

How To Put Them On Your Site

The HTML code for both the simple and fancy approach are shown below. Just highlight from the begin line to the end line, copy and paste it into the code of your web page.

If you're going to use the fancy box, you'll also need to download the "Search the Internet Movie Database" graphic and put it in the same directory as any page that has the box on it. Right click here, select "save target as" (Internet Explorer) or "save link as" (Netscape) and save the graphic to your hard drive.

The Code


<!- BEGIN SIMPLE QUOTES SEARCH HTML ->

<h4>Search The Internet Movie Database</h4>

<P>Enter part of a movie or TV quote and 
click "Go" to search the quotes at 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.</P>

<form action="http://www.imdb.com/Find" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=select value="Quotes">
<input type=text name="for" size=14>
&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Go"></form>

<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=2>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</font>

<!- END SIMPLE QUOTES SEARCH HTML ->

<!- BEGIN FANCY QUOTES SEARCH HTML ->

<img src="basictop.gif" width=250 height=22 border=0><br>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<table border=0 width=244 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<font size=2>Enter part of a movie or TV quote 
and click "Go" to search the quotes at 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.
<br>&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<form action="http://www.imdb.com/Find" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=select value="Quotes">
<input type=text name="for" size=14>
&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Go">
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=left><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=1>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</td></tr></table>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1>
<tr><td></tr></td></table>
</td></tr></table></form>

<!- END FANCY QUOTES SEARCH HTML ->

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Putting An IMDb Showtimes Search on Your Web Site

An IMDb showtimes search allows visitors to your web site to simply enter their U.S. zip code, click a button and see movie showtimes for theaters in their area. Best of all, it's simple to add to your web site.

We offer two implementations. A "Simple" text approach or the more attractive "Fancy" showtimes box. Both are shown below.

SIMPLE

Movie Showtimes Near You

Enter your U.S. zip code to get today's movie showtimes from imdb.com

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a showtimes search on your web site, click here.

FANCY


Enter your U.S. zip code to get today's movie showtimes from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a showtimes search on your web site, click here.

How To Put Them On Your Site

The HTML code for both the simple and fancy approach are shown below. Just highlight from the begin line to the end line, copy and paste it into the code of your web page.

If you're going to use the fancy box, you'll also need to download the "Movie Showtimes Near You" graphic and put it in the same directory as any page that has the box on it. Right click here, select "save target as" (Internet Explorer) or "save link as" (Netscape) and save the graphic to your hard drive.

The Code



<!- BEGIN SIMPLE SHOWTIMES HTML ->

<h4>Movie Showtimes Near You</h4>

<P>Enter your U.S. zip code to get today's movie showtimes from 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a></P>

<FORM ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/Showtimes" 
METHOD="POST" TARGET="_top">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="DATE" VALUE="">
<input name="LOCATION" size="9" VALUE="">
<input type="HIDDEN" name="MOVIE" VALUE="">
 <input type=submit value="Get Times">
</form>

<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=2>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a showtimes search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click 
here</A>.</font>

<!- END SIMPLE SHOWTIMES HTML ->


<!- BEGIN FANCY SHOWTIMES HTML ->

<img src="showtop.gif" width=250 height=22 border=0><br>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" 
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<table border=0 width=244 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 
cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<font size=2>Enter your U.S. zip code to get today's movie 
showtimes from 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.<br>
&nbsp;
</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<FORM ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/Showtimes" 
METHOD="POST" TARGET="_top">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="DATE" VALUE="">
<input name="LOCATION" size="9" VALUE="">
<input type="HIDDEN" name="MOVIE" VALUE="">
<input type=submit value="Get Times">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=left><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=1>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a showtimes search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</td></tr></table>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" cellpadding=0 
cellspacing=1><tr><td></tr></td></table>
</td></tr></table></form>

<!- END FANCY SHOWTIMES HTML ->

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Putting An IMDb Recommendations Search on Your Web Site

An IMDb movie recommendations search allows visitors to your web site to simply enter the name of a movie they like, click a button and see recommendations of other movies they might like. Best of all, it's simple to add to your web site.

We offer two implementations. A "Simple" text approach or the more attractive "Fancy" recommendations box. Both are shown below.

SIMPLE

What to Watch?

Enter the name of a movie you like and click "Go" to get recommendations of other movies you might like from imdb.com

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

FANCY


Enter the name of a movie you like and click "Go" to get recommendations of other movies you might like from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

How To Put Them On Your Site

The HTML code for both the simple and fancy approach are shown below. Just highlight from the begin line to the end line, copy and paste it into the code of your web page.

If you're going to use the fancy box, you'll also need to download the "What to Watch?" graphic and put it in the same directory as any page that has the box on it. Right click here, select "save target as" (Internet Explorer) or "save link as" (Netscape) and save the graphic to your hard drive.

The Code



<!- BEGIN SIMPLE RECOMMENDATIONS HTML ->

<h4>What to Watch?</h4>

<P>Enter the name of a movie you like and click 
"Go" to get recommendations of other movies you might like 
from <A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a></P>

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/List">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="bounce" VALUE="on">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recommendations" VALUE="on">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="heading" VALUE="16">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="page" VALUE="/Recommendations">
<INPUT NAME="words" SIZE="21">
<input type="submit" value="Go"></form>

<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=2>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</font></td>

<!- END SIMPLE RECOMMENDATIONS HTML ->


<!- BEGIN FANCY RECOMMENDATIONS HTML ->

<img src="watchtop.gif" width=250 height=22 border=0><br>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" 
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<table border=0 width=244 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 
cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<font size=2>Enter the name of a movie you like and click "Go" 
to get recommendations of other movies you might like from 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.<br>
&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/List">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="bounce" VALUE="on">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recommendations" VALUE="on">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="heading" VALUE="16">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="page" VALUE="/Recommendations">
<INPUT NAME="words" SIZE="21">
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=left><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=1>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</td></tr></table>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" 
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1>
<tr><td></tr></td></table>
</td></tr></table></form>

<!- END FANCY RECOMMENDATIONS HTML ->

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Putting An IMDb Celebrity Birthdays Search on Your Web Site

An IMDb celebrity birthdays search allows visitors to your web site to simply enter a date, click a button and see celebrity births, deaths and marriages for that day. Best of all, it's simple to add to your web site.

We offer two implementations. A "Simple" text approach or the more attractive "Fancy" birthdays box. Both are shown below.

SIMPLE

Who Shares Your Birthday?

Select a day and click "Go" to get a list of celebrity birthdays from imdb.com

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

FANCY


Select a day and click "Go" to get a list of celebrity birthdays from imdb.com.
 

Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.

How To Put Them On Your Site

The HTML code for both the simple and fancy approach are shown below. Just highlight from the begin line to the end line, copy and paste it into the code of your web page.

If you're going to use the fancy box, you'll also need to download the "Who Shares Your Birthday" graphic and put it in the same directory as any page that has the box on it. Right click here, select "save target as" (Internet Explorer) or "save link as" (Netscape) and save the graphic to your hard drive.

The Code



<!- BEGIN SIMPLE BIRTHDAYS HTML ->

<h4>Who Shares Your Birthday?</h4>

<FORM ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/OnThisDay" METHOD="GET">
<P>Select a day and click "Go" to get a list of celebrity 
birthdays from 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a></P>

<P><SELECT NAME="day">
<OPTION SELECTED>1
<OPTION>2
<OPTION>3
<OPTION>4
<OPTION>5
<OPTION>6
<OPTION>7
<OPTION>8
<OPTION>9
<OPTION>10
<OPTION>11
<OPTION>12
<OPTION>13
<OPTION>14
<OPTION>15
<OPTION>16
<OPTION>17
<OPTION>18
<OPTION>19
<OPTION>20
<OPTION>21
<OPTION>22
<OPTION>23
<OPTION>24
<OPTION>25
<OPTION>26
<OPTION>27
<OPTION>28
<OPTION>29
<OPTION>30
<OPTION>31
</SELECT>
<SELECT NAME="month">
<OPTION SELECTED>January
<OPTION>February
<OPTION>March
<OPTION>April
<OPTION>May
<OPTION>June
<OPTION>July
<OPTION>August
<OPTION>September
<OPTION>October
<OPTION>November
<OPTION>December
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="GO"></P>
<P><font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=2>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</font></FORM></P>
</td>

<!- END SIMPLE BIRTHDAYS HTML ->


<!- BEGIN FANCY BIRTHDAYS HTML ->

<img src="birthtop.gif" width=250 height=22 border=0><br>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" 
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<table border=0 width=244 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 
cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td align=left>
<font size=2>Select a day and click "Go" to get 
a list of celebrity birthdays 
from <A href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a>.
<br>&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<FORM ACTION="http://us.imdb.com/OnThisDay" METHOD="GET">
<SELECT NAME="day">
<OPTION SELECTED>1
<OPTION>2
<OPTION>3
<OPTION>4
<OPTION>5
<OPTION>6
<OPTION>7
<OPTION>8
<OPTION>9
<OPTION>10
<OPTION>11
<OPTION>12
<OPTION>13
<OPTION>14
<OPTION>15
<OPTION>16
<OPTION>17
<OPTION>18
<OPTION>19
<OPTION>20
<OPTION>21
<OPTION>22
<OPTION>23
<OPTION>24
<OPTION>25
<OPTION>26
<OPTION>27
<OPTION>28
<OPTION>29
<OPTION>30
<OPTION>31
</SELECT>
<SELECT NAME="month">
<OPTION SELECTED>January
<OPTION>February
<OPTION>March
<OPTION>April
<OPTION>May
<OPTION>June
<OPTION>July
<OPTION>August
<OPTION>September
<OPTION>October
<OPTION>November
<OPTION>December
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="GO">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=left><br>
<font face="arial,helvetica,geneva" size=1>Search provided by 
<A href="http://www.imdb.com">The Internet Movie Database</a>. 
To put a search on your web site, 
<A href="http://us.imdb.com/how_to_link">click here</A>.
</td></tr></table>
<table border=0 width=250 bgcolor="#0000FF" 
cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1><tr><td></tr></td>
</table>
</td></tr></table></form>

<!- END FANCY BIRTHDAYS HTML ->

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