No longer just a trivia repository, IMDb now shows movies and shows

The millions of people who visit the Internet Movie Database to learn about movies and television shows can now stay there to watch them.

Parent company Amazon.com today said IMDb.com, famous for providing casts, memorable quotes and other trivia from film and TV, had started offering more than 6,000 feature films and television episodes for free viewing online.

The current selections include recent and classic films, such as "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," "Hoop Dreams" and "Some Like it Hot." 

The lineup also includes such hit television shows as "Heroes," "The Simpsons" and "The Office," together with television classics including "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Star Trek."

Content is provided by the NBC Universal and News Corp. online video venture, Hulu, as well as by CBS, Sony Pictures Television and more than 500 independent filmmakers.

-- Dawn C. Chmielewski

Photo: From left, Steve Carrell, John Krasinski and Rainn Wilsom in a scene from "The Office." Credit: NBC Universal

Comments

[Dr. Jim Anderson]

Hat's off to the folks at IMDb. In an IT industry that is littered with the remains of too many companies that got greedy way too early and ended up losing their focus, IMDb is a pleasant change. I can't tell you how many times I've been watching a movie / TV show and had one of those "oh, I just know that I've seen him/her in something else before" moments. With supporting laptop, wireless networking, and IMDb I have been able to answer those previously unanswerable questions almost instantly. If I can now view other films with these actors that I've looked up, then I suspect that we all may be looking at some more challenges in managing our free time going forward...
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