Hydra Movies

hydramovies · Media

Media No Auth Free & Open entertainment

Hydra Movies is a streaming service that holds information on thousands of popular movies. The Hydra Movies API gives you access to [their entire collection of full movies.](https://hydramovies.com) Each film returned provides you with the following data: - Movie Title - Movie Release Year - Genre - Movie Summary - Movie Poster - IMDB ID - IMDB Rating - Runtime - Language - YouTube trailer

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET getMovieByIMDBid

Returns a movie using the films unique IMDB identifier

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&imdb_id={IMDBid}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET getMovieByYear

Returns a movie based on the year of its release

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/hydramovies.com/1.1/current-Movie-Data.csv&movie_year={MovieYear}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with Hydra Movies?

Hydra Movies is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Hydra Movies is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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