GET/metacritic/browseapiKey1 credit/request
Browse Metacritic titles by content type, optionally filtered by genre and ordered by Metascore, popularity, or release date. Returns paginated title cards with Metascore and user score.
Required: type (3 allowed values: game, movie, tv). Optional: genre, sort (4 allowed values: score, popularity, release_date, oldest), page, per_page.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: id, type, title, slug, url, premiere_year, release_date, rating and 5 more. In the sample: release_date: 1997-08-25 to 2018-10-26; rating: M (9), T (5), E (4) and 1 more; premiere_year: 1,997 to 2,018, median 2,004; title: “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)” and 19 other values; url: metacritic.com; description: median 469 characters; genres: median 1 entry; user_score: 5.2 to 9.1, median 8.8.
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GET/metacritic/game/{slug}apiKey2 credits/request
Returns a Metacritic game: Metascore (critic) and user score with sentiment and review counts, genres, per-platform scores, developer/publisher, rating, release date, and trailer.
Required: slug.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 31 fields returned with a value. In the sample: release_date: 2022-02-25; premiere_year: 2,022; type: “game”; url: metacritic.com; description: 1,059 characters; genres: 1 entry; title: “Elden Ring”; rating: “M”.
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GET/metacritic/game/{slug}/critic-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists critic reviews for a Metacritic game by `slug` (such as `elden-ring`). Each review has the publication, score, quote, author, date, platform and source URL. `sort` is `date` (default), `score` or `publication`; `page` defaults to 1 and `per_page` to 20 with a max of 50. The response includes the `total` count.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, publication).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: publication, publication_slug, score, quote, date, platform, url. In the sample: date: 2022-02-23; url: areajugones.sport.es and 9 other hosts; quote: median 161 characters.
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GET/metacritic/game/{slug}/user-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns paginated user reviews for a game: author, score (0-10), quote, date, platform, helpfulness, and spoiler flag.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, helpful).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: id, author, score, quote, date, platform. In the sample: date: 2025-09-26 to 2026-10-11; score: 4 to 10, median 9; quote: median 244 characters.
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GET/metacritic/movie/{slug}apiKey2 credits/request
Returns a Metacritic movie: Metascore (critic) and user score with sentiment and review counts, genres, cast/crew, rating, runtime, release date, IMDb id, and trailer.
Required: slug.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 17 items. Filled in every item: name. In the sample: name: “Christopher Nolan” and 14 other values.
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GET/metacritic/movie/{slug}/critic-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists critic reviews for a Metacritic movie by `slug` (such as `oppenheimer`). Each review has the publication, score, quote, author, date and source URL. `sort` is `date` (default), `score` or `publication`; `page` defaults to 1 and `per_page` to 20 with a max of 50. The response includes the `total` count.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, publication).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: publication, publication_slug, score, quote, author, date, url. In the sample: date: 2023-07-20 to 2023-08-03; score: 60 to 100, median 80; url: filmthreat.com and 8 other hosts; quote: median 170 characters.
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GET/metacritic/movie/{slug}/user-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns paginated user reviews for a movie: author, score (0-10), quote, date, helpfulness, and spoiler flag.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, helpful).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: id, author, score, quote, date. Not in every item: spoiler (1). In the sample: date: 2023-07-23 to 2026-08-21; score: 0 to 10, median 9; spoiler: true in 1 of 1; quote: median 225 characters.
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GET/metacritic/tv/{slug}apiKey2 credits/request
Returns a Metacritic TV show: Metascore (critic) and user score with sentiment and review counts, genres, networks, season count, rating, release date, IMDb id, and trailer.
Required: slug.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: name. In the sample: name: “Vince Gilligan” and 15 other values.
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GET/metacritic/tv/{slug}/critic-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists critic reviews for a Metacritic TV show by `slug` (such as `breaking-bad`). Each review has the publication, score, quote, author, date and source URL. `sort` is `date` (default), `score` or `publication`; `page` defaults to 1 and `per_page` to 20 with a max of 50. The response includes the `total` count.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, publication).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: publication, publication_slug, score, quote, author, date. Not in every item: url (8). In the sample: date: 2012-07-12 to 2012-08-22; score: 67 to 100, median 100; url: newyorker.com and 7 other hosts; quote: median 104 characters.
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GET/metacritic/tv/{slug}/user-reviewsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns paginated user reviews for a TV show: author, score (0-10), quote, date, helpfulness, and spoiler flag.
Required: slug. Optional: page, per_page, sort (3 allowed values: date, score, helpful).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: id, author, score, quote, date. Not in every item: spoiler (5). In the sample: date: 2026-05-13 to 2026-10-09; score: 0 to 10, median 10; spoiler: true in 5 of 5; quote: median 129 characters.
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