This page describes various alternate ways to access IMDb
locally by holding copies of the data
directly on your system. See more about using our data on the Non-Commercial Licensing page.
A subset of the IMDb plain text data files is available from our FTP sites as follows:
Please refer to the
copyright/license information listed in each file for
instructions on allowed usage. The data is NOT FREE
although it may be used for free in specific circumstances.
The files are compressed using GNUzip in order to save space
and network bandwidth. Once uncompressed many of them make
interesting reading and can be browsed using your prefered
editor.
The Unix Command Line Search Programs
Col Needham's package of Unix command line programs
can be installed on your machine. However they are no longer
supported by IMDb and may require manual modification in order
to run.