Data Sources & API Attribution

TVmaze — television data

TV show, season, episode, schedule, cast and image information is provided by TVmaze through the TVmaze API. TVmaze data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. In accordance with the ShareAlike terms, TVmaze-derived text and data as presented on MoviesFreeOnline (show and episode summaries and factual metadata) are likewise available under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution to TVmaze. Each show page links back to its TVmaze source.

Wikidata — film data

Film titles, dates, runtimes, genres, countries, languages, directors, cast and identifiers come from Wikidata, available under CC0 1.0. We store the original Wikidata entity ID with every imported film.

Wikipedia — film summaries

Film synopses are the introductory text of the corresponding English Wikipedia article, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Every summary links to its source article; the text is shared under the same licence.

Wikimedia Commons — images

Some film images come from Wikimedia Commons. We only use files whose licences permit commercial reuse (public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA), and we display the author, licence and a link to the file page on each title. Non-commercial and no-derivatives licences are excluded automatically.

Generated artwork

Where no licensed image is available, MoviesFreeOnline generates original artwork from the title, year and genre. These images are our own and do not depict official posters.

YouTube — trailers

Trailers are located using the YouTube API Services and played with the standard embedded YouTube player. By watching, you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service; see also the Google Privacy Policy. We do not download, modify or re-host videos.

Community rating and other ratings

The community rating on MoviesFreeOnline comes only from our members, and it alone is used in our structured data. Next to it, some titles show other ratings for reference, always labelled with their source and never mixed into the community rating:

• TVmaze — the show and episode rating from TVmaze (CC BY-SA 4.0).
• Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic — review scores published by Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), with the date they were recorded.

Charts rank titles by member ratings once members have rated them enough, and use these outside scores only as a temporary signal until then. We do not use IMDb data, OMDb or scraped scores.

Corrections

Spotted an error? Most data can be corrected at its source (TVmaze, Wikidata or Wikipedia) and will update here at the next synchronisation. You can also contact us.