`imdb_top_rated`

Pack: imdb · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/imdb/mcp

Highest-rated titles, filterable by title_type, genre, year range, and min vote count. Use min_votes to filter out obscure titles with inflated averages (e.g. min_votes=10000 for IMDB-Top-250-style lists).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`title_type`	string	no	${TITLE_TYPES.join(’ \| ’)} (default “movie”)
`genre`	string	no	Genre filter (e.g. “Horror”, “Documentary”)
`year_from`	number	no	Minimum start year
`year_to`	number	no	Maximum start year
`min_votes`	number	no	Minimum num_votes (default 10000)
`limit`	number	no	1-100 (default 25)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "title_type": "movie",
  "min_votes": 10000
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/imdb/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"imdb_top_rated","arguments":{"title_type":"movie","min_votes":10000}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('imdb_top_rated', {
  "title_type": "movie",
  "min_votes": 10000
});

More examples

{
  "title_type": "tvSeries",
  "genre": "Drama",
  "year_from": 2010,
  "limit": 15
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, filters, results

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of results returned
`filters`	object	Filters applied to the query
`results`	array	List of top-rated titles

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results returned"
    },
    "filters": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Filters applied to the query",
      "properties": {
        "title_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Title type filter used"
        },
        "min_votes": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Minimum votes filter"
        },
        "genre": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Genre filter if applied"
        },
        "year_from": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Start year filter if applied"
        },
        "year_to": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "End year filter if applied"
        }
      }
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of top-rated titles",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "imdb_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "IMDB title ID (tconst)"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Primary title"
          },
          "original_title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Original title if different from primary"
          },
          "title_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Type: movie, tvSeries, tvMiniSeries"
          },
          "is_adult": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Adult content flag"
          },
          "start_year": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Release year"
          },
          "end_year": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "End year for TV series"
          },
          "runtime_minutes": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Runtime in minutes"
          },
          "genres": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Genre tags",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "rating": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Rating data",
            "properties": {
              "average": {
                "type": [
                  "number",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Average rating (0-10)"
              },
              "votes": {
                "type": [
                  "number",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Number of votes"
              }
            }
          },
          "crew": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Director and writer info",
            "properties": {
              "directors": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "Director nconsts",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "writers": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "Writer nconsts",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "IMDB title URL"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "filters",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imdb": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/imdb/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

imdb_top_rated