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IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by King Si » 2025-11-07, 09:34

Windows 10:
3.3.91:
64-bit browser?:
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/:
Drark:
Installed Add-ons: uBlock Origin, Pure URL 3.4, Properties dialog 1.0, Privacy Badger 2.0.4, GetEmAll! 1.2.4, Dubtap 1.0.1, Classic Password Editor 1.1.2, Cache Switch 0.7:
Installed plugins: VLC Web Plugin 3.0.3.0:
Advance search on https://www.imdb.com/ does not work, the page opens but when the drop down button on search input named "All" is clicked, nothing happens.
Advance search page can also be opened by this url: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/
Also, if this link : https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genr ... e=keywords apage pens but when clicked on any of the option on left side bar , nothing happens, eg., title, genre year etc, all appears to be disabled.

I switched from K-Meleon Goanna to Palemoon. I also tried this on latest Basilisk, but same result, advance search does not work,

All these works fine in Firefox 143.0.0.19 portable.
My workaround (that didnt fix it):
Disabled uBlock.
delete hosts file and restore the windows 10 original hosts file.
delete permission.sqlite
Nothing did fix the problem.

If possible, please include the output of help->troubleshooting information (as text):
**PASTE troubleshooting information here**

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by adoxa » 2025-11-07, 13:49

Have a look at this.

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by King Si » 2025-11-16, 16:40

adoxa wrote:
2025-11-07, 13:49
Have a look at this.
Oh , well I downloaded the extension and installed it, took a minute to understand how to put the filter because toolbar icon does not have it, but ok IMDb advance search works now

Thank you, the extension made it work.

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by King Si » 2025-12-09, 07:11

Hello again,
IMDB login doesn't work, nothing happens when clicked.
IMDB's rating ( when click on star to rate a movie) does not work, nothing happens.
My details are same as in the 1st post.
Thanks

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by Drugwash » 2025-12-19, 21:19

Unfortunately there's much more broken at IMDb currently. We'll have to wait for a while, or use an alternative browser until PM gets fixed.

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by Gemmaugr » 2025-12-20, 08:46

Drugwash wrote:
2025-12-19, 21:19
Unfortunately there's much more broken at IMDb currently. We'll have to wait for a while, or use an alternative browser until PM gets fixed.
Or use https://www.themoviedb.org/ (which I moved to after I deleted my IMDB account because they took away the forums).
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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by Drugwash » 2025-12-20, 13:10

Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-12-20, 08:46
Or use https://www.themoviedb.org/
No no no. :( It looks horrible, information is either scattered around, hidden under obscure links, or not available at all. But that's not the main problem (for me at least). I'm working on a private movie catalogue written in Python which uses a module that grabs information solely from IMDb, and I need to access IMDb in the browser in order to check that the information [still] exists and has been collected correctly, considering all their latest changes. There is no Python module I know of that would retrieve information from TMDb or any other similar site, and even if it were it'd be a huge task to redesign the application using different data, especially the IDs that are the main "anchor", plus converting all the existing database. Moreover, there is no guarantee TMDb wouldn't become difficult to access in Pale Moon in the future so it could all be work in vain.

Surprisingly, today IMDb seems to work better in PM, at least some of the features that had failed lately. Maybe they fixed it...? Here's hoping!

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by King Si » 2025-12-21, 09:06

Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-12-20, 08:46
Or use https://www.themoviedb.org/ (which I moved to after I deleted my IMDB account because they took away the forums).
But I have a decade long history with IMDB, so it is hard to switch BUT in the meantime i will try your suggestion.
Thanks all of you

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Re: IMDB Advance Search NOT Working

Post by King Si » 2025-12-21, 09:08

Drugwash wrote:
2025-12-20, 13:10
Surprisingly, today IMDb seems to work better in PM, at least some of the features that had failed lately. Maybe they fixed it...? Here's hoping!
Good, and I hope for better.