Has any one done this before? It would seem to me that there should be a webservice but i can't find one. I am writing an application for personal use that would just show basic info from IMDB.
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The libraries for IMDb seem quite unreliable at present and highly inefficient. I really wish IMDb would just create a webservice.
After a bit of searching I found a reasonable alternative to IMDb. It provides all the basic information such as overview, year, ratings, posters, trailers etc.:
It provides a webservice with wrappers for several languages and seems reliable so far. The search results have been, for myself, more accurate as well.