imdb.com
Mixed
Results vary across imdb.com: of 63 URLs tested, 6 are blocked, 5 are disrupted some of the time, 51 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 4,091 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-02-18, the most recent on 2026-07-26.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://imdb.comIntermittenthttps://imdb.comNot blockedhttp://www.imdb.comNot blockedhttps://www.imdb.comNot blockedPages and subdomains (59)
http://m.imdb.comNot blockedhttps://r.imdb.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://m.imdb.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://akas.imdb.comUnresolvablehttp://www.imdb.com/oscarsNot blockedhttps://app.imdb.com/chart/topas of 2024Blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/genre/adultas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com?ref_=nv_homeas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482730Blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878379Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268093as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1164880as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379210as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119994as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112919Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540068Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819354Blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482730as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399095as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051378as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt4908644as of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947as of 2025Intermittenthttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt8081062Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8081062Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310042Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt19623240as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt35489613as of 2025Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt33296751Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com?ref_=ttep_nv_homeNot blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/tv/?ref_=nb_tv_1_hmNot blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/news/top?ref_=nb_nw_1_tpas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1138491673Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/?ref_=sr_1Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/?ref_=sr_1Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=sr_1Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/showtimes/title/tt1790885as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/?ref_=sr_1Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/showtimes/?ref_=nb_sh_2_shas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113147/qg8o0PlwJMXwIntermittenthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001838/?ref_=tt_cl_t1as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/?ref_=nv_sr_1as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034800/?ref_=nv_sr_1as of 2025Intermittenthttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt7185492/?ref_=nv_sr_2Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8081062/?ref_=nv_sr_1as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111890/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt4908644/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1as of 2026Blockedhttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt1438461/reviews?ref_=m_tt_urvas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/movies-in-theaters/?ref_=nb_mv_1_inthas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1138491673?ref_=tt_pv_vi_aiv_1as of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_plas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304583/board/nest/202788221?ref_=tt_bd_1Blockedhttps://www.imdb.com/video/vi973841433?playlistId=tt1074638&ref_=tt_ov_vias of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482730?cron_key=HW_OMiFD8hN_jLld01nMor9QRryzNeJqho7yuMCADkkas of 2026BlockedAbout imdb.com and the Great Firewall
Results vary across imdb.com: of 63 URLs tested, 6 are blocked, 5 are disrupted some of the time, 51 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 4,091 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-02-18, the most recent on 2026-07-26.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://imdb.com is intermittent, https://imdb.com is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks imdb.com. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
Elsewhere on the site
imdb.com is ranked #250 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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