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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

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

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

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

tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title

ordering (integer) – a number to uniquely identify rows for a given titleId

nconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the name/person

category (string) - the category of job that person was in

job (string) - the specific job title if applicable, else '\N'

characters (string) - the name of the character played if applicable, else '\N'

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

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

- Contains the following information for titles:– Contains the director and writer information for all the titles in IMDb. Fields include:– Contains the tv episode information. Fields include:– Contains the principal cast/crew for titles– Contains the IMDb rating and votes information for titles– Contains the following information for names: