How to see IMDb ratings on Netflix
Netflix doesn’t show IMDb ratings anywhere, on its website or in its apps. Here are the three ways to see them, from the slowest to the quickest.
1. Look each title up on IMDb
Search the title on imdb.com or in the IMDb app. It’s free and works on any device, phone and TV included. It also takes one search per title: fine for one film, slow for a whole row.
2. Search for the title and “IMDb”
Type the title and the word IMDb into a search engine, and the rating usually shows near the top. Quicker than opening IMDb, and still one title at a time.
3. Put the rating on every title, on your computer
A browser extension can put the IMDb rating on every card on Netflix’s own page, so you see them as you browse instead of looking them up. Extensions run in a browser on a computer (Chrome, Edge or Brave): the Netflix apps for phones and TVs can’t use them.
With Sorted, step by step
- Add Sorted to Chrome, Edge or Brave on your computer. There’s nothing to sign up for.
- Open Netflix in the same browser. The ratings arrive on every card within about a minute the first time, and at once after that.
- Point at a rating to see how many people voted and the year.
- Click Filters, in Sorted’s panel at the bottom right of the page, and set a lowest rating, say 7.5. Everything under it fades back; nothing is removed.
- Click Hidden categories to open any of Netflix’s 184 hidden categories, ranked by IMDb rating, best first. Or click Pick for me, and Sorted picks something good you haven’t seen.
Questions
Does Netflix show IMDb ratings?
No. Netflix doesn’t show IMDb’s score on any title. You have to look it up, or add it with an extension on a computer.
Can I see IMDb ratings in the Netflix app on my phone or TV?
Not inside the app: apps can’t run extensions. Keep the IMDb app open beside it, or use Netflix in a browser on your computer with Sorted.
Where do Sorted’s ratings come from?
From IMDb’s public ratings files, which Sorted downloads into your browser and checks for a new copy once a day. Each rating is read on your own computer, not fetched from a server of ours: there isn’t one.
Does it work on Prime Video too?
Yes. The same rating on every card, the same fading, and Prime Video’s own categories with their Top 10.
What does it cost?
Every feature is free for 7 days, with no card and no account. Then $19 once if you keep it: no subscription.
Does it track what I watch?
No. There’s no account and no tracking, and what Sorted knows about your viewing stays in your browser. The privacy policy has the detail.