Historical Film Explorer API is the go-to source for discovering a wide variety of movies, providing detailed historical data as of July 2024. This API provides a wealth of details such as movie titles, release dates, trailers, thumbnails, embedded URLs and YouTube IDs for both recent movies and historical releases. It provides a complete overview of both new and past movie events.
Designed for easy integration, this API allows you to effortlessly add current and historical movie information to your apps, websites or digital platforms. Its intuitive interface and comprehensive coverage make it an essential resource for keeping your audience informed and engaged with notable contemporary and historical cinema. By leveraging this API, you'll ensure that users are up to date on important film details and can explore the wide world of cinema.
This endpoint will allow you to retrieve past movie releases based on date and country.
Supported countries list:
Past Films Data - Endpoint Features
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
country |
[Required] Two-Letter code for country. Check supported countries on the documentation. |
date |
[Required] Date. YYYY-MM |
{"status":"success","country":"United States","past_movies":[{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Twisters","movie_genre":"Action","movie_duration":"128 min.","movie_synopsis":"An update of the 1996 film 'Twister'. Kate Cooper, a storm digger haunted by a devastating tornado encounter during her college years; now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Lee Isaac Chung","movie_cast":"Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x8skbq6","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/twisters-941584698-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Before Dawn","movie_genre":"War","movie_duration":"95 min.","movie_synopsis":"Based on real life war diaries, Before Dawn is an epic retelling of one of Australia's biggest victories during WW1. Jim Collins, a young man from the outback, leaves his family-run sheep station to ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Jordon Prince-Wright","movie_cast":"Levi Miller, Travis Jeffery, Myles Pollard ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x8wcpo4","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/before_dawn-895844874-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Crumb Catcher","movie_genre":"Mystery","movie_duration":"103 min.","movie_synopsis":"A newlywed couple is held captive in a remote lake house by a maniacally optimistic inventor and his sour wife who are desperate to finance his dream project with a half-baked blackmail plot.","movie_director":"Chris Skotchdopole","movie_cast":"Rigo Garay, Ella Rae Peck, John Speredakos ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8ob30k?queue-enable=false&autoplay=true","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/crumb_catcher-227361084-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Customs Frontline","movie_genre":"Action","movie_duration":"120 min.","movie_synopsis":"After boarding an unauthorized cargo ship and finding its entire crew dead, Hong Kong customs officers discover a hidden cache of illegal weapons and trace them back to an ongoing and highly volatile ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Herman Yau","movie_cast":"Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Karena Lam ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ouppHeHbSeY?rel=0&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&autoplay=1","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/customs_frontline-214186301-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Burden of Dreams","movie_genre":null,"movie_duration":"95 min.","movie_synopsis":"A feature-length documentary about the messianic German director Werner Herzog struggling against desperate odds in the Amazon basin to make his epic feature, Fitzcarraldo.","movie_director":"Les Blank","movie_cast":"Documentary, Self: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FYOYi9WLLVU?rel=0&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&autoplay=1","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/burden_of_dreams-457195754-mmed.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-19","movie_title":"Clear Cut","movie_genre":"Thriller","movie_duration":"","movie_synopsis":"A team of loggers discover a meth cook site in the middle of the forest and are forced to fight for their lives while being hunted by a drug cartel.","movie_director":"Brian Skiba","movie_cast":"Clive Standen, Stephen Dorff, Alec Baldwin ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x913su2","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/clear_cut-852164016-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-23","movie_title":"The Good Half","movie_genre":"Comedy","movie_duration":"110 min.","movie_synopsis":"Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.","movie_director":"Robert Schwartzman","movie_cast":"Nick Jonas, Brittany Snow, David Arquette ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x8zxev0","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_good_half-915150757-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-25","movie_title":"Deadpool & Wolverine","movie_genre":"Action","movie_duration":"127 min.","movie_synopsis":"Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.","movie_director":"Shawn Levy","movie_cast":"Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8e1diy?queue-enable=false&autoplay=true","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/deadpool_wolverine-864471588-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"Dead Sea","movie_genre":"Drama","movie_duration":"","movie_synopsis":"Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.","movie_director":"Phil Volken","movie_cast":"Isabel Gravitt, Genneya Walton, Kekoa Kekumano ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x90x5ls","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/dead_sea-722522976-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"The Girl in the Pool","movie_genre":"Thriller","movie_duration":"","movie_synopsis":"On his birthday, Tom's life collapses when his mistress is found dead in his pool. Terrified of the consequences, and desperate to protect his family, he conceals the truth, triggering a chaotic night ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Dakota Gorman","movie_cast":"Freddie Prinze Jr., Monica Potter, Kevin Pollak ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x90x7si","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_girl_in_the_pool-953134052-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"The Arctic Convoy","movie_genre":"Action","movie_duration":"108 min.","movie_synopsis":"In 1941, Hitler's Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union and the war becomes extremely complicated. To avoid further losses, the Allies are forced to help. Convoys of civilian cargo ships filled with ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken","movie_cast":"Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x8rzd1a","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/konvoi-480221118-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"The Last Breath","movie_genre":"Thriller","movie_duration":"96 min.","movie_synopsis":"The survival thriller follows five college friends who go scuba diving into a recently uncovered WWII shipwreck in the British Virgin Islands, where they find themselves trapped by great white sharks.","movie_director":"Joachim Hed\u00e9n","movie_cast":"Kim Spearman, Jack Parr, Alexander Arnold ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x913su4","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_last_breath-273860983-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"The Fabulous Four","movie_genre":"Comedy","movie_duration":"99 min.","movie_synopsis":"It tells the story of two friends who travel to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend.","movie_director":"Jocelyn Moorhouse","movie_cast":"Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x90gzcu","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_fabulous_four-821154536-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-26","movie_title":"The Beast Within","movie_genre":"Drama","movie_duration":"","movie_synopsis":"After a series of strange events leads her to question her family\u2019s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret ...\u00a0[+]","movie_director":"Alexander J. Farrell","movie_cast":"Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x90kzok","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_beast_within-705108213-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-28","movie_title":"Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps","movie_genre":"Adventure","movie_duration":"94 min.","movie_synopsis":"A heartwarming homage to the lo-fi fantasy films of the 80s and a comic adventure that both fulfills and subverts the expectations of what a fantasy universe can be.","movie_director":"Michael Hines","movie_cast":"Tami Stronach, Greg Steinbruner, Sean Astin ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x929vag","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/man_and_witch_the_dance_of_a_thousand_steps-913757056-msmall.jpg"},{"date":"2024-07-31","movie_title":"The Duel","movie_genre":"Comedy","movie_duration":"95 min.","movie_synopsis":"It follows a group of friends. When Woody finds out Colin has slept with Abbie, their group starts to unravel, taking them on a drug-fueled adventure over the border to a mysterious estate.","movie_director":"Justin Matthews, Luke Spencer Roberts","movie_cast":"Dylan Sprouse, Callan McAuliffe, Denny Love ...","movie_trailer":"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xbpgj.html?video=x911o0u","movie_poster":"https:\/\/pics.filmaffinity.com\/the_duel-886369165-msmall.jpg"}]}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/5472/historical+film+explorer+api/7094/past+films+data?country=US&date=2024-07' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
| Header | Description |
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Authorization
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[Required] Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed. |
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This API provides detailed information about past movie releases. It includes movie titles, release dates, trailers, thumbnails, embedded URLs, YouTube IDs and other relevant metadata.
The API uses API keys for authentication. To access the API, include your API key in the request header. The API key is provided upon registration and should be kept secure.
Movie data is updated regularly to ensure accuracy. Updates typically occur daily or weekly, depending on the availability of new information from data sources.
The API usually supports JSON as a response format. JSON is widely used due to its simplicity and compatibility with most programming languages and frameworks.
The API returns standard HTTP status codes to indicate the outcome of requests. Common codes include 200 (OK), 400 (Bad Request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden), 404 (Not Found), and 500 (Internal Server Error).
The Past Films Data endpoint returns detailed information about past movie releases, including movie titles, release dates, genres, durations, synopses, directors, cast, trailers, and poster images.
Key fields in the response include "date," "movie_title," "movie_genre," "movie_duration," "movie_synopsis," "movie_director," "movie_cast," "movie_trailer," and "movie_poster."
The response data is structured in JSON format, with a main object containing a "status" and "country," followed by an array of "past_movies," each represented as an object with relevant movie details.
Users can customize their requests using parameters such as "date" to specify the release date and "country" to filter results by supported countries.
This endpoint provides comprehensive details about historical movie releases, including metadata like titles, release dates, genres, and links to trailers and posters.
Data accuracy is maintained through regular updates from reliable sources, ensuring that the information reflects the latest available details about films.
Typical use cases include integrating movie information into websites, creating film databases, enhancing user engagement with historical film content, and supporting educational projects related to cinema.
Users can utilize the returned data to display detailed film information on their platforms, create interactive movie lists, or generate recommendations based on historical film trends and genres.
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