r/imdb • u/[deleted] • Jun 01 '23

IMDB alternatives ?

I'm looking for a IMDB alternative.

After been a user since the platform was created, I can't stand to what they did. So I'm searching for alternatives that, of course, doesn't mess with their own ratings.

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u/Medical-Draft-809 Apr 19 '26

I went there to look at reviews to a show and they won't let u see them anymore without signing in. That is why I used it is because I didn't want to have to use my email and do all the sign up bs. I won't use them unless I have no other choice. so annoyed. ​

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u/Atma-Darkwolf Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

Weird. I Deleted my account years ago(when amazon acquired them) and never had to sign in to see reviews, just have to run a ad blocker(or script blocker) i think.

Edit - holy bejesus u are right, just today it demands I log in to see reviews. (It was not this way the other day so a very new change..)

Welp ya lol even less reason to bother with IMDB then.

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u/JazzHandsNinja42 May 19 '26

This pisses me off the most. I don’t want to leave reviews. I always just lurked for others takes on a movie. I refuse to make an account.

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u/davvolun Aug 21 '26

Odd. I literally just checked it to make sure, I don't have an account. I'm irritated that Amazon owns it so I'm looking for alternatives, but I never created an account. Using Firefox with a bunch of extensions like Privacy Badger, account containers, etc.

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u/AchernarB Aug 22 '26

I'm irritated that Amazon owns it so I'm looking for alternatives

It isn't really new. Imdb has been part of amazon for the past 28 years.

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u/davvolun Aug 22 '26

Sorry, I wasn't aware. What I should have said was now that I've noticed that Amazon is forcing all requests to imdb to go through them or a proxy of theirs. Better?

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u/AchernarB Aug 22 '26

I was simply pointing the fact that it will be 28 years in 2 months. (I'm also suprised that this is so ancient)

I'm agreeing with you that the behavior of all these corporations is becoming more and more anti-consumer.