Quick Search for IMDb

Search movies and TV from the address bar and jump straight to the exact IMDb page

Getting to a film's IMDb page normally takes a search engine, a results page, and a click or two. This takes a few keystrokes in the address bar. Type imdb, press Space, then a title. Suggestions appear as you type, and picking one opens that exact IMDb page — nothing in between. How it works 1. Type imdb in the address bar 2. Press Space 3. Type a title — suggestions appear as you type 4. Pick one to open its IMDb page, or press Enter to search IMDb Alt+Enter opens the result in a new tab. What you get • Live suggestions as you type, straight from IMDb's own search service • Every row shows the title, year and type — Movie, TV Series, TV Mini-Series, TV Movie, Short • Picking a result lands on the exact IMDb page, with no redirect in between • Making-of featurettes and promo clips are filtered out, so they can't crowd out the film they were made for • Nothing to set up — no account, no sign-up, no API key Options Both are off by default and live in the toolbar popup, which shows a live preview of exactly what each one changes. Show cast in suggestions — adds the leading cast after the year. Useful when several results share a title; there are four different TV series simply called "The Office". Include actors and directors — people join the results and open their IMDb profile. Search "nolan" and you get Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and Nolan Gould, each with the credit they're best known for. Privacy • No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking of any kind • No account, no sign-in, no API key • Your searches are never stored or logged. Suggestions stay in memory for a few minutes so backspacing is instant, then they're gone • The only thing saved is your two on/off preferences • The only network requests go to IMDb's suggestion service, carrying nothing but your search text, sent without cookies and without a referrer Permissions • Storage — remembers the two on/off preferences • Access to IMDb's suggestion host — fetches the suggestions That's the whole list. No access to your browsing history, your open tabs, or the content of any page you visit. No frameworks, no third-party libraries, no remotely hosted code. Works in Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi and other Chromium browsers, version 116 or newer. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by IMDb. IMDb is a trademark of IMDb.com, Inc.