# Do you like IMDB? Or allmovie.com? Or something else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870 "2005-04-30T17:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/1 "2005-04-30T17:17:53Z")
I’ve noticed that when people link movies here, they usually use [www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com). To me, [www.allmovie.com](http://www.allmovie.com) has always seemed better in its overall look and feel. It seems more technically current; while IMDB has the feel of something from the days of Webcrawler. What gives? Is IMDB better in the quality of the descriptions and criticism? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/2 "2005-04-30T17:49:57Z")
IMDB is more widely known. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/3 "2005-04-30T19:05:59Z")
I’ve used IMDB forever, it does what I want, and it invariably comes up when you do a Google search. Good enough for me. Another issue: Allmusic (and presumably Allmovies too) used to not allow deep-linking. If you cut-and-pasted the link from the page you were on, it wouldn’t work for anyone else. This seems to be fixed now, but people don’t change quickly. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/4 "2005-04-30T20:23:04Z")
Some imdb features, like “trivia” and “goofs,” aren’t available on “[allmovies.com](http://allmovies.com)” AFAICT, and they’re one of the reasons I use imbd. I’m not even sure if I can access as wide an array of reviews or user comments as easily. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/5 "2005-04-30T20:44:30Z")
I have a writing credit on IMDB, but not at allmovie. So fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/6 "2005-05-02T17:29:48Z")
Number of film credits for filmmaker Norman McLaren at IMDB: 69 Number of film credits listed at AMG: 8 Number of film credits for filmmaker Stan Brakhage at IMDB: 371 Number of film credits listed at AMG: 36 Number of film credits for filmmaker Len Lye at IMDB: 18 Number of film credits listed at AMG: 1 No comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/7 "2005-05-02T17:36:44Z")
[IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com) is great - very detailed, intuitive, usefully cross-referenced. I check it about once or twice a week, on average, and almost always find what I’m looking for. It’s almost addictive for true movie buffs. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-imdb-or-allmovie-com-or-something-else/301870/8 "2005-05-02T18:02:29Z")
I probably hit imdb three times a day on average. Never heard of [allmovie.com](http://allmovie.com) until now (or likely heard of it and forgot it).