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IMDb

IMDb, formerly known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. As of September 2025, IMDb ranks as the 40th most visited…

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Founded
October 17, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10-17)
Owner
IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (since 1998)
Available in
English
Commercial
Yes
Content license
Proprietary
Current status
Active

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IMDb STARmeter Awards

Legal and policy issues

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IMDb

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples151
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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IMDb

Top relations

related to Legal and policy issues · 25
IMDb → Also, Amazon, Appeals, Com Inc, Court, Federal Circuit, Hoang, Huong Hoang, In, In April, Inc, Judge Marsha, Junie Hoang, March, Ninth Circuit, Pechman, Rovi, Rovi Corporation, Seattle, Texas
related to Pre-website · 19
IMDb → Actors List, Actress List, Andy Krieg, Both, Bristol, Col Needham, Dave Knight, Dead Actors/Actresses List, Directors List, English, Hank Driskill, He, Hewlett-Packard, In, Needham, Steve Hammond, THE LIST, Those Eyes, Usenet
related to As Amazon.com subsidiary (1998–present) · 12
IMDb → Amazon, Bezos, CEO, Col Needham, DVDs, From, In, In April, Jeff Bezos, Needham, The, This
related to IMDb STARmeter Awards · 12
IMDb → Annually, Celebrating, IMDb Breakout STARmeter Award, IMDb Fan, IMDb Icon STARmeter Award, IMDb STARmeter Awards, IMDbPro, IMDbPro STARmeter, Initially IMDb STARmeter Awards, Professionals, Salma Hayek, STARmeter Award
related to Data format and access · 11
IMDb → AI-automated, API, English, GUI, However, IMDbPY, Java-based, Python, SQL, There, This GUI
related to Copyright, vandalism and error issues · 10
IMDb → Conversely, Discogs, Due, Given, However, OpenStreetMap, The, Volunteers, We, Wikipedia
related to Message boards · 9
IMDb → According, Archive, By February, February, In, MovieChat, Needham, Others, The
related to Further reading · 8
IMDb → February, Internet's Favorite Movie Site, Lurrie, Meet, Retrieved February, Stephen, Superusers Behind IMDb, WIRED
related to IMDbPro · 6
IMDb → Actors, Anyone, Enrolling, IMDbPro, Membership, US
related to As an independent company · 5
IMDb → Founder Col Needham, General, In, Internet Movie Database Ltd, United Kingdom

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database information list movie users also needham content data site amazon top imdbpro films ratings com lists world boards since

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IMDbAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
IMDbCommercialYes1.00infobox
IMDbContent licenseProprietary1.00infobox
IMDbCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
IMDbFoundedOctober 17, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10-17)1.00infobox
IMDbFounderCol Needham1.00infobox
IMDbOwnerIMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (since 1998)1.00infobox
IMDbRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
IMDbSubsidiariesBox Office Mojo1.00infobox
IMDbType of siteDatabase1.00infobox
IMDbURLimdb.com1.00infobox
photosinstance ofThese badges range from total contributions made to independent categories0.80text

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