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Internet Movie Database: Browse IMDb: What To Watch
Introduction
The Internet Movie Database provides a wide variety of information and aids to help you find a wide variety of choices for your viewing pleasure as well as assisting you in determining which of those choices will best suit your tastes.
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Get Opinions:
- User Reviews: Registered IMDb users can post brief reviews of any film or other production in the database. You'll find a recent comment under the credits for those titles that have them and can access all comments by clicking the "user comments" link in the "Awards & Reviews" section (lefthand column of a title's pages).
- User Ratings: Shown above the credits for any film with at least five user votes is an average vote on a scale from 1-10. By clicking the "Vote Here" button or the "user ratings" link in the lefthand column ("Awards & Reviews" section) you can see a detailed breakdown of the voting, including a demographic breakdown (i.e. men's votes vs. women's votes in various age groups).
- Search By Ratings: Our User Ratings Browser duplicates some of the tops/bottoms lists from the Top Movies page plus it allows you to search for movies that fall within a certain user ratings range. You can also specify a genre and year or range of years... or not.
- Reviews Around the Web: In the "Awards & Reviews" section (lefthand column of a title's pages) there is an "external reviews" link. This goes to a page with links to reviews from around the Web, ranging from major newspapers and critics to little personal sites where would-be pundits post their reviews. If the reviews are in another language than English, the review language is usually noted in parentheses.
- Top Movies: Handy links to all sorts of top movie lists... Top 10 at the U.S. & UK box-office, top 250 films of all time, top 50 films by genre or decade, etc.
- Award Winners: Our awards section catalogs nominees, honorees, selections, and winners from hundreds of award ceremonies and film fests past and present. Also look for the "awards & nominations" link in the "Awards & Reviews" section on the lefthand side of a film's page.
- IMDb Movie of The Day: Each day (Mon - Fri) our editors pick a movie available on video. Find it on our home page or get it delivered daily in our FREE daily newsletter. We also have a Movie of the Day archive.
- Automated & User Recommendations: Check out our IMDb Recommends section. When you enter the name of a film you know you like, we'll direct you to a few more you might. You can also reach the recommendations by looking up a film normally and then clicking the "recommendations" link in the "Awards & Reviews" section (lefthand column on the titles's pages).
- Plot Summaries: In the "Plot & Qoutes" section (lefthand column of a title's pages) you'll find "plot summary" and "Maltin summary." If these are grayed out, no information is available. If they are linked, you can read a brief synopsis of the film. The Maltin summaries also include Maltin's ratings on a 0 ("bomb") to 4 star scale.
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Finding Movies to Watch:
- Now Playing: What's releasing this week in theaters and on video (U.S. only at present).
- Trailers & Film Clips: Visit our trailers section for trailers and clips from a wide variety of recent, current and upcoming releases. Also, when on a film's page, check for a "trailers" link in the lefthand column for links to other trailers around the web.
- Read the News: When on an individual film's page, check the lefthand column for a "news articles" link in the "Other Info" section. If that link is active, you'll go to an index of stories mentioning or relating to that film from our daily Studio Briefing and Celebrity News columns.
- Power Search: Use the IMDb Power Search to generate a list of films matching very specific criteria. For example you can find French-language horror films released in the 1980s which have an average user rating above 6 (3 at the time of this writing).
- Independent Film: Check out our independent film section for info on films, filmmakers, and the Indie world.
- Film Festivals: If you want to keep up with the newest and most cutting-edge films, festivals are where they're often seen first. Check out our list of festivals and film events.
- Random Title: This link will take you to any one of the 1000 most sought-out titles in the IMDb.
- Recent & Upcoming Releases: find out what's been released in the last couple of months and what's on the way. Information here covers a multitude of countries.
- Keep An Eye on Availability: You can keep an easy watch on when favorite films are available by using the IMDb My Movies service to keep a handy list of favorite films with a grid of what's out on video, what will be on TV this week, etc.
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Physically Locating The Movies:
- U.S. Movie Showtimes: Find out what's playing at a theater near you, or click the "showtimes" link on a film's page to see its specific showtimes near you.
- Worldwide Cinema Links: If you're outside the U.S., we catalog links to showtimes services and individual theaters/chains around the world.
- How To Buy Videos: How to use the IMDb to find VHS and DVD editions of your favorite films for sale.
- Keep An Eye on Availability: You can keep an easy watch on when favorite films are available by using the IMDb My Movies service to keep a handy list of favorite films with a grid of what's out on video, what will be on TV this week, etc.
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TV News & Listings:
- Studio Briefing
: Daily U.S. Movie & TV news - includes weekly top 10 at box office and in Nielsen TV ratings.
- IMDb TV: what's new and cool on TV
- Daily Editorial Picks: Each day our editors pick 3 movies airing on TV. The selection is available on our home page and in the daily newsletter.
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