I'm using the "Upcoming" endpoint to get a list of upcoming movies. That's returning some movies whose release dates are in the past. For example, it's including "M3GAN" in the list, which was released 2022-2023, and that's the data that's reflected in both the "Upcoming" endpoint and the "Details" endpoint. I have to look at the "Releases" endpoint to see that there's a US release in 2025, which is why it's included.
However, there's no detail for it. All I get is:
{
"certification": "PG-13",
"descriptors": [],
"iso_639_1": "",
"note": "",
"release_date": "2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z",
"type": 2
},
While looking at the IMDB Release Info for the movie, it specifically calls it out as "(re-release, limited)". Looking at the Release Dates section of the Movie Bible, it doesn't mention re-releases at all, so I assume this isn't a simple concept to add in. It's not a massive issue as they can be filtered client-side, but it is a bit frustrating.
I do wonder, though, why it's looking at the most recent release date, as opposed to the oldest available release date? Generally, if a movie has been released at all in the region for the given release type, I'd say it's no longer "Upcoming".
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Reply by ticao2 š§š· pt-BR
on April 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
See the NOTE on the page for this request.
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/movie-upcoming-list
I believe this is the solution for your case.
Replace &release_date with &primary_release_date
Maybe this will solve your problem.
But we will only know by experimenting.
See the example of the Request used and my suggested change to meet your desire.