IMDb Datasets

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Data Location

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IMDb Dataset Details

Each dataset is contained in a gzipped, tab-separated-values (TSV) formatted file in the UTF-8 character set. The first line in each file contains headers that describe what is in each column. A ‘\N’ is used to denote that a particular field is missing or null for that title/name. The available datasets are as follows:

title.akas.tsv.gz - Contains the following information for titles:

  • titleId (string) - a tconst, an alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
  • ordering (integer) – a number to uniquely identify rows for a given titleId
  • title (string) – the localized title
  • region (string) - the region for this version of the title
  • language (string) - the language of the title
  • types (array) - Enumerated set of attributes for this alternative title. One or more of the following: "alternative", "dvd", "festival", "tv", "video", "working", "original", "imdbDisplay". New values may be added in the future without warning
  • attributes (array) - Additional terms to describe this alternative title, not enumerated
  • isOriginalTitle (boolean) – 0: not original title; 1: original title
title.basics.tsv.gz - Contains the following information for titles:
  • tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
  • titleType (string) – the type/format of the title (e.g. movie, short, tvseries, tvepisode, video, etc)
  • primaryTitle (string) – the more popular title / the title used by the filmmakers on promotional materials at the point of release
  • originalTitle (string) - original title, in the original language
  • isAdult (boolean) - 0: non-adult title; 1: adult title
  • startYear (YYYY) – represents the release year of a title. In the case of TV Series, it is the series start year
  • endYear (YYYY) – TV Series end year. ‘\N’ for all other title types
  • runtimeMinutes – primary runtime of the title, in minutes
  • genres (string array) – includes up to three genres associated with the title
title.crew.tsv.gz – Contains the director and writer information for all the titles in IMDb. Fields include:
  • tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
  • directors (array of nconsts) - director(s) of the given title
  • writers (array of nconsts) – writer(s) of the given title
title.episode.tsv.gz – Contains the tv episode information. Fields include:
  • tconst (string) - alphanumeric identifier of episode
  • parentTconst (string) - alphanumeric identifier of the parent TV Series
  • seasonNumber (integer) – season number the episode belongs to
  • episodeNumber (integer) – episode number of the tconst in the TV series
title.principals.tsv.gz – Contains the principal cast/crew for titles
  • tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
  • principalCast (array of nconsts) – title’s top-billed cast/crew
title.ratings.tsv.gz – Contains the IMDb rating and votes information for titles
  • tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
  • averageRating – weighted average of all the individual user ratings
  • numVotes - number of votes the title has received
name.basics.tsv.gz – Contains the following information for names:
  • nconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the name/person
  • primaryName (string)– name by which the person is most often credited
  • birthYear – in YYYY format
  • deathYear – in YYYY format if applicable, else ‘\N’
  • primaryProfession (array of strings)– the top-3 professions of the person
  • knownForTitles (array of tconsts) – titles the person is known for