Add Rotten Tomatoes Ratings to Your App with a Single API Call

Building a movie recommendation engine? A watchlist app? Or maybe just a weekend project that helps you decide what to watch on Friday night? You're going to need ratings data — and Rotten Tomatoes is the gold standard for aggregated critic and audience scores. The Rotten Tomatoes Ratings API gives you instant access to movie and TV show ratings through a simple REST endpoint. No scraping, no browser automation, no headaches. Just send a query and get structured data back. What It Does This API lets you search for any movie or TV show by title and returns Rotten Tomatoes rating data — including critic scores, audience scores, and metadata. It's perfect for: Movie recommendation apps that rank content by critical reception Watchlist tools that display ratings alongside your saved titles Data dashboards comparing ratings across studios, genres, or time periods Discord/Slack bots that respond to "is this movie any good?" Quick Start Here's how to fetch ratings for any title using JavaScri