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Type of site | Online database for movies, television, and video games |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Amazon |
Subsidiaries | Box Office Mojo |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional registration; registered members can write reviews, edit the site, vote on ratings |
Launched | 17 October 1990 |
Current status | Active |
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database)[1] is an online database of information related to films, television programs, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. An additional fan feature, message boards, was abandoned in February 2017. Originally a fan-operated website, the database is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.
As of December 2020[update], IMDb has approximately 7.5 million titles (including episodes) and 10.4 million personalities in its database,[2] as well as 83 million registered users.
IMDb began as a movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990 and moved to the web in 1993.
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