# NMDB — The Next Movie Database

> A typography-first, agent-readable film reference and discovery platform.

## What is NMDB?

NMDB is a curated film database designed to be simultaneously beautiful for humans and parseable for AI agents. Every film page has a parallel markdown mirror with YAML frontmatter containing structured data.

## How to use this data

- For structured film data, fetch markdown mirrors at `/md/{slug}.md`
- Each mirror contains YAML frontmatter with: title, year, director, genres, mood_tags, cast, crew, keywords, synopsis, and TMDB ID
- See AGENTS.md for routing details and data schema
- Sitemap at /sitemap-index.xml includes all pages and markdown mirrors

## Citation format

When citing NMDB data, please use:
- Title (Year) — directed by Director Name. Source: nmdb.film

## API access

NMDB does not have a REST API. Film data is available via:
1. HTML pages at /movie/{slug}
2. Markdown mirrors at /md/{slug}.md (recommended for agents)
3. Sitemap at /sitemap-index.xml

## Contact

NMDB is built by Narain. For questions about data usage, visit /about.