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# Search movies

> This endpoint allows you to search for movies by their original, translated, and alternative titles.



## OpenAPI

````yaml get /3/search/movie
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: TMDB API DOCS
  version: 1.0.0
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://api.themoviedb.org/3
  - url: https://api.themoviedb.org
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you create authentication
      sessions for TMDB Guests and User accounts.
  - name: Account
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you access and sync with TMDB
      user account information.
  - name: Certifications
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that provide an up-to-date list of the
      officially supported movies and TV show certifications on TMDB.
  - name: Changes
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you fetch the list of Movie IDs,
      People IDs, and TV show IDs that have been changed in the past 24 hours.
  - name: Collections
    description: >-
      This collection contains endpoints that let you fetch movie collection
      details.
  - name: Discover
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you search for movies and TV
      shows, using sorts and filters.
  - name: Configuration
    description: This section contains endpoints that let you query the API configuration.
  - name: Movies
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you fetch information about the
      movie resource.
  - name: Companies
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that fetch information about a movie
      production company.
  - name: Credits
    description: This section contains endpoint for credit details.
  - name: Find
    description: This section contains endpoints that let you find movie or TV data.
  - name: Genres
    description: This section contain endpoints that let you get movie and TV genres.
  - name: Search
    description: This section contains endpoints that let you search through TMDB
  - name: Keywords
    description: This section contains endpoints for keyword information in TMDB
  - name: Movie Lists
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you fetch information about list
      of movies on TMDB
  - name: Networks
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you get information about the
      streaming networks.
  - name: People Lists
    description: This section contains endpoints of list of people.
  - name: People
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you get information about a
      person.
  - name: Reviews
    description: This section contains endpoints for movie or TV reviews.
  - name: Trending
    description: This section contains endpoints for trending movies, TV shows, and people.
  - name: TV Series List
    description: This section contains endpoints for listing TV series.
  - name: TV Series
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you get information for a TV
      series by ID
  - name: TV Seasons
    description: This section contains endpoints for TV show seasons.
  - name: TV Episodes
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you query information about a TV
      episode.
  - name: TV Episode groups
    description: This section contains endpoints for TV Episode information
  - name: Watch providers
    description: >-
      This section contains endpoints that let you get information about watch
      providers.
paths:
  /3/search/movie:
    get:
      tags:
        - Search
      summary: Search movies
      description: >-
        This endpoint allows you to search for movies by their original,
        translated, and alternative titles.
      operationId: searchMovies
      parameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: The Avengers
          description: >-
            Original, translated or alternative name of the movie you want to
            search.
        - name: include_adult
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: boolean
          description: defaults to false
        - name: language
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: string
          description: defaults to en-US
        - name: primary_release_year
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: string
        - name: page
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: int32
          description: defaults to 1
        - name: region
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: string
        - name: year
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            example: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: search movies
          headers:
            Alt-Svc:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: h3=":443"; ma=86400
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: public, max-age=18758
            Connection:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: keep-alive
            Content-Encoding:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: gzip
            Date:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:31:15 GMT
            ETag:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: W/"b4adbe374cb74c72470965d5a9a6994c"
            Server:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: openresty
            Transfer-Encoding:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: chunked
            Vary:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: Origin
            Via:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: >-
                  1.1 8d6071bd169bbf5fd46638140132b1d0.cloudfront.net
                  (CloudFront)
            X-Amz-Cf-Id:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: XcPcQuj9Tbc8ljZ8FCr1wBZB1Zqrnqg_fxczRVtqqcAdaWWy_X30Kw==
            X-Amz-Cf-Pop:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: IAD89-C3
            X-Cache:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: Miss from cloudfront
            x-memc:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: HIT
            x-memc-age:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '7991'
            x-memc-expires:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: '18758'
            x-memc-key:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: 7e840cdec2f7db71ce065a42f80ca8a3
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  page:
                    type: number
                    example: 1
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        adult:
                          type: boolean
                          example: false
                        backdrop_path:
                          type: string
                          example: /zuW6fOiusv4X9nnW3paHGfXcSll.jpg
                        id:
                          type: number
                          example: 86311
                        name:
                          type: string
                          example: The Avengers Collection
                        original_language:
                          type: string
                          example: en
                        original_name:
                          type: string
                          example: The Avengers Collection
                        overview:
                          type: string
                          example: >-
                            A superhero film series produced by Marvel Studios
                            based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the
                            same name, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
                            (MCU).  The series features an ensemble cast from
                            the Marvel Cinematic Universe series films, as they
                            join forces for the peacekeeping organization
                            S.H.I.E.L.D. led by Nick Fury.
                        poster_path:
                          type: string
                          example: /yFSIUVTCvgYrpalUktulvk3Gi5Y.jpg
                    example:
                      - adult: false
                        backdrop_path: /zuW6fOiusv4X9nnW3paHGfXcSll.jpg
                        id: 86311
                        name: The Avengers Collection
                        original_language: en
                        original_name: The Avengers Collection
                        overview: >-
                          A superhero film series produced by Marvel Studios
                          based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same
                          name, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
                          (MCU).  The series features an ensemble cast from the
                          Marvel Cinematic Universe series films, as they join
                          forces for the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D.
                          led by Nick Fury.
                        poster_path: /yFSIUVTCvgYrpalUktulvk3Gi5Y.jpg
                  total_pages:
                    type: number
                    example: 1
                  total_results:
                    type: number
                    example: 1
              examples:
                search movies:
                  value:
                    page: 1
                    results:
                      - adult: false
                        backdrop_path: /zuW6fOiusv4X9nnW3paHGfXcSll.jpg
                        id: 86311
                        name: The Avengers Collection
                        original_language: en
                        original_name: The Avengers Collection
                        overview: >-
                          A superhero film series produced by Marvel Studios
                          based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same
                          name, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
                          (MCU).  The series features an ensemble cast from the
                          Marvel Cinematic Universe series films, as they join
                          forces for the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D.
                          led by Nick Fury.
                        poster_path: /yFSIUVTCvgYrpalUktulvk3Gi5Y.jpg
                    total_pages: 1
                    total_results: 1
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````