The Movie Database Support

I am using the TV api and it would be very helpful if it took a status paramater. By enabling that, it'll be so much easier so keep track of active tv shows and pull out episode data.

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Hi Mikez,

I've created a new ticket for this request here. I'm not sure when I will get to it but it's a good filter to add.

Cheers.

Saw that you just added air_date filters. That's even better. Thank you and keep up the good work! :)

Hi Mikez,

Perfect, no worries!

@travisbell said:

Hi Mikez,

I've created a new ticket for this request here. I'm not sure when I will get to it but it's a good filter to add.

Cheers.

Hi,

It is a useful filter. Can we expect it anytime soon?

@shahood said: Hi,
It is a useful filter.
Can we expect it anytime soon?

I believe it is already implemented.
TMDb TV SHOW

*TV Show Type* (&with_type string)
ID  Type
0   Documentary
1   News
2   Miniseries
3   Reality
4   Scripted
5   Talk Show
6   Video

Source:
Forum https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/5e1a60f7459ad6001435e0ae#6196d75e9512e1002a0020ac
Trello https://trello.com/c/Op5LGPeh/63-add-show-type-as-a-tv-discover-filter
Bible https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/tv/59f73eb49251416e7100001f#59f7403f9251416e7100002a

*TV Show Status* (&with_status string)
ID  Status
0   Returning Series
1   Planned
2   In Production
3   Ended
4   Canceled
5   Pilot

Source:
Forum https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/6685c10585e1cbe90c4a5fe0#6686cbdea1784ec9b1334d0f
Trello https://trello.com/c/0EN8qEVX/117-add-tv-show-status-field-to-discover
Bible https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/tv/59f73eb49251416e7100001f#59f7403f9251416e7100002b

TMDb MOVIES

*Movie Release Type* (with_release_type string)
ID  Release Type
1   Premiere
2   Theatrical (limited)
3   Theatrical
4   Digital
5   Physical
6   TV

Source:
DOCs https://developer.themoviedb.org/docs/region-support
Trello https://trello.com/c/bpPVVwUr/69-support-and-queries-on-withreleasetype
Bible https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/movie/59f3b16d9251414f20000009#59f73d3c9251416e71000013

*Movie Status* (&with_status string)  
ID  Status
0   Rumored
1   Planned
2   In Production
3   Post Production
4   Released
5   Canceled

Source:
Forum https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/6685c10585e1cbe90c4a5fe0#6686d1756a0e4f721e1be5d6
Trello https://trello.com/c/nPA8zE8k/146-add-a-withstatus-filter-to-movie-discover
Bible https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/movie/59f3b16d9251414f20000001#59f73b759251416e71000003
I believe this feature has not yet been implemented in Discovery.
Forum https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/6685c10585e1cbe90c4a5fe0#6686da2bdc7a9accc91a712f

@ticao2 said:

TMDb MOVIES

*Movie Status*  (with_release_type string)  
ID    Status
0 Rumored
1 Planned
2 In Production
3 Post Production
4 Released
5 Canceled

Firstly, are you sure that the values are from 0-5, because the API reference says that the possible values are from 1-6?

Secondly, I'm trying the following query but no matter what value I give to with_release_type, the total number of results remains the same:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]®ion=US&language=en&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&primary_release_date.gte=2025-05-04&primary_release_date.lte=2026-05-03&with_release_type=4

Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Hi @shahood, you can't use primary release dates and release types together. If you want to use release type, you have to switch to use plain release dates.

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]&region=US&language=en-US&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&release_date.gte=2025-05-04&release_date.lte=2026-05-03&with_release_type=4

@travisbell said:

Hi @shahood, you can't use primary release dates and release types together. If you want to use release type, you have to switch to use plain release dates.

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]&region=US&language=en-US&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&release_date.gte=2025-05-04&release_date.lte=2026-05-03&with_release_type=4

I want to query for movies that are being released in the next one year and have a type of Post Production. I have tried the following query with both 3 and 4 release_type but it is returning movies with the status Released instead of Post Production.

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]®ion=US&language=en&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&release_date.gte=2025-05-04&release_date.lte=2026-05-03&with_release_type=3

I also tried removing the release dates from the query thinking that if a movie is with Post Production status, its release date should already be in the future. However, the result showed that with_release_type is not working at all without the use of release_date parameter:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]®ion=US&language=en&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&with_release_type=3

@shahood said:

@ticao2 said:

TMDb MOVIES

*Movie Status*  (with_release_type string)  
ID  Status
0   Rumored
1   Planned
2   In Production
3   Post Production
4   Released
5   Canceled

Firstly, are you sure that the values are from 0-5, because the API reference says that the possible values are from 1-6?

I made a mistake.
In Movie I mixed up and inverted Type with Status.
And I added Movie Type.
I made the correction in my comment.
Tell me here if it was understandable.

Secondly, I'm trying the following query but no matter what value I give to with_release_type, the total number of results remains the same:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=[API_KEY]®ion=US&language=en&with_original_language=en&sort_by=popularity.desc&page=1&primary_release_date.gte=2025-05-04&primary_release_date.lte=2026-05-03&with_release_type=4

Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Follow the instructions in Travis Bell's comment.

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