We import all non-compilation titles and some adult titles from TMDB’s Movies section daily, and we manually add limited series and miniseries from TMDB’s TV section. If a film has not been imported, chances are it’s marked as “Video” or is a TV entry, or it is marked as “Adult” but doesn’t meet our criteria for import. (The “Video” tag on TMDB is mostly for compilations such as collections of exercise or music videos, and the “Adult” tag is for pornographic material.) We do import entries marked “Video” if they have a theatrical release date listed. If an entry has been miscategorized according to TMDB’s guidelines, change the appropriate setting at TMDB and we’ll restore the film on our next scheduled import. (TMDB’s API has a six-hour cache and we import once per day, so the update process may take up to 30 hours.)
If you find a non-compilation or qualifying adult entry on TMDB that doesn’t appear on Letterboxd, please email details (including the TMDB URL) to data@letterboxd.com and request a manual import.