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How to discover new movies that skipped the theatre?
posted by rollololoSTAFFMOD on April 22, 2018 at 5:50 AM
To find new movies up until now I've been using /movie/now_playing, but this doesn't seem to include movies straight to Netflix for example - which method should I use to basically find all new movies so I don't miss any?
Thanks!
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 22, 2018 at 10:45 AM
Hi @rollololo,
/now_playing is just a discover query behind the scenes. With discover you can specify which release type you want to include. Here's an example:
The default /now_playing is only querying '
2|3'. If you want to include Netflix, you'll want to include digital releases. You can see which release date types are available here on the release dates method. So '2|3|4' is saying "Theatrical (limited)", "Theatrical" or "Digital".Reply by rollololo
on April 22, 2018 at 11:45 AM
Thanks!
Reply by rollololo
on April 22, 2018 at 11:51 AM
..out of interest if I leave region blank will it return results from all regions?
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM
Yes, it will.
Reply by rollololo
on April 24, 2018 at 12:12 PM
Thanks!