Frequently Asked Questions

Main idea behind TGMF is to provide movie buffs a quick and powerful search engine for finding and discovering movies. TGMF started as a hobby project created for personal use to address the shortcomings of existing movie search engines, which seem either too simple or too complex.
TGMF primarily relies on data from The Movie Database. Some of the data is also retrieved from The Open Movie Database.

Search by title or plot allows you to find movies according to keywords present in movie's title, original title (non-english) or plot/overview.

Search results are always sorted by relevance.

Advanced search allows you to combine multiple search criteria when looking for movies. These can be one or multiple actors, one or multiple crew members (directors, producers, writers etc), one or multiple keywords, genre, decade and rating.

All entered search terms are combined and a match is displayed only if it satisfies all search criteria.

Search results can be sorted by multiple options available in the "Sort by" dropdown. Popularity and Vote Average sorting criteria are based on data from TMDB.

Just separate them with a , (comma), e.g. Margot Robbie,Brad Pitt,Leonardo di Caprio — take a look at this example.

Ratings are based on the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used in the United States:

NC-17
No one 17 and under admitted. These films contain excessive graphic content not suitable for children or teens.
R
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. May contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use.
PG-13
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. May contain sexual content, brief nudity, some strong language, mature themes, and/or intense action violence.
PG
Some material may not be suitable for children under 10. May contain mild language, crude humor, scary moments and/or mild violence.
G
All ages admitted. No content objectionable to most parents.
NR
No rating information available.
A decade is a period of ten years that begins with a year ending in 0. So for example if "1950s" is selected, the search will return movies with release date between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1959.