Best IMDb Scrapers in 2026: Movies, TV Shows & Ratings via Apify

Getting structured data from IMDb has always been tricky. There's no official public API, the HTML is dense, and rate limits hit hard. But in 2026, several Apify actors make it surprisingly easy to extract movie data, ratings, cast info, and more. I tested the top IMDb scrapers on Apify Store so you don't have to. Here's how they compare. Why Scrape IMDb? IMDb holds data on 10M+ titles — movies, TV shows, video games, documentaries. Developers scrape it for: Movie database apps — build your own Letterboxd or watchlist tool Rating aggregators — combine IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic scores Research & analytics — genre trends, box office patterns, actor career trajectories Content recommendation engines — feed ML models with structured movie metadata The challenge? IMDb doesn't offer a free API (their datasets are limited TSV dumps). Scrapers fill that gap. The Contenders Actor Author Users Runs Key Strength IMDb Scraper cryptosignals New — JSON-LD + NEXT_DATA parsing, 4 modes IMD