IMDb scores on title cards
Title cards show the IMDb rating from the OMDb database, refreshed up to weekly. No guessing, no leaving Netflix.
Free Chrome extension
Know if it's worth watching before you press play.
Rating Watch is a free Chrome extension that shows the IMDb rating on Netflix title cards as you browse, plus the Rotten Tomatoes score where one exists (mostly films). The extension needs no account, no second tab, no searching. Just scroll and decide.
- Free download, added in Chrome in a minute
- Chrome, Edge & Brave
- Extension needs no account
Illustrative scores. The extension fetches real ratings as you browse. TV series usually show IMDb only.
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rating sources
IMDb, plus Rotten Tomatoes where OMDb has it
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accounts needed for the extension
no login needed
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sites it can access
netflix.com + omdbapi.com
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cost of the extension
free, no card needed
Illustrative scores, for demonstration only. TV series usually show IMDb only.
Why it matters
Why put IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes scores on Netflix title cards?
Choosing what to watch often turns into a long scroll that ends with giving up or settling for something forgettable. Netflix shows you gorgeous artwork and a one-line hook, but never the one number that helps you judge whether you'll enjoy it. So you open a second tab, search the title, skim a rating, switch back, and repeat. Every single time. A short routine helps: how to find what to watch on Netflix.
Rating Watch removes that loop entirely. By placing the IMDb user score, and the Rotten Tomatoes critic score where OMDb has one, directly on each title card, the decision happens where you already are. You glance, you compare the audience and the critics in the same look, and you press play with confidence, or scroll on without a second thought.
Because ratings load in parallel as you browse, there's no lag and no card-by-card waiting. New rows, search results and “More Like This” suggestions are all covered automatically. Rating Watch is an independent project; read about the maker and where the scores come from.
“The scores you would have searched for, on the card, in the time it takes to scroll.”
Overview
Rating Watch in 30 seconds
Before & after
What changes on a Netflix card with the extension?
Without the extension
Great artwork. Zero idea if it's actually good.
With Rating Watch
Audience 7.6, critics 96% (illustrative). Press play.
Features
What can Rating Watch do?
Rotten Tomatoes where available
When OMDb has a Tomatometer score for a title, it sits right beside the IMDb number. Films usually have one; TV series often do not.
Loads in parallel
Every visible card fetches its rating at once. Scroll, and the next batch fires automatically, with no waiting card by card.
Private by default
The extension needs no account or login and has no analytics. It only talks to the ratings source, OMDb, so your watch history stays yours. This website measures visits only if you accept analytics in the cookie banner.
Fits right in
A subtle badge in the corner of each card. It matches the Netflix UI without covering artwork or breaking your flow.
Covers new rows
Badges follow you as you browse: new rows, search results, “More Like This.” Looked-up scores are cached on your device for up to a week.
How it works
How does Rating Watch work?
Rating Watch reads the title cards on netflix.com, looks up each title's IMDb rating and Rotten Tomatoes score through the OMDb API, and draws a small badge in the top-right corner of the card. Setup takes three steps, and the guide to showing IMDb ratings on Netflix walks through each one.
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Install the extension
Download the free zip from this site and add it to Chrome through Developer mode. It takes about a minute and needs no account.
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Open Netflix
Browse like you always do. The extension activates automatically on netflix.com.
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See ratings everywhere
IMDb scores appear on title cards, with Rotten Tomatoes beside them where OMDb has one, and on new rows as you scroll.
Two scores, one card
IMDb tells you what audiences think. Rotten Tomatoes tells you what critics think.
They often disagree, and that gap is exactly what helps you pick. In our data study of 44 Netflix films the two scores differed by 18.7 points on average. We also break down how the two systems work and when to trust each.
Read: IMDb vs Rotten TomatoesIMDb7.6
RT96%
Illustrative example: Roma (film)
Questions, answered
What is Rating Watch?
Rating Watch is a free Chrome extension that shows the IMDb rating, and the Rotten Tomatoes score where one exists, in a small badge on each Netflix title card as you browse. You see the scores without opening another tab or searching anything. It runs on netflix.com in Chromium browsers such as Chrome, Edge and Brave. There is also an optional Pro AR mode that shows scores over a TV screen through your phone camera.
Is Rating Watch free?
The Chrome extension is free: no account and nothing to subscribe to. AR mode, which draws ratings over your TV through your phone camera, is Pro: $2.99 a month or $29 a year, with a 3-day free trial that needs no card. You can cancel any time from your account page.
Where do the ratings come from?
Ratings come from OMDb, the Open Movie Database. The extension looks up each Netflix title by name through the OMDb API and reads the IMDb rating and Rotten Tomatoes score OMDb returns. The scores are not calculated or edited by Rating Watch, so they match what OMDb has on file for that title.
How is the Rotten Tomatoes score defined?
The Tomatometer is the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive, according to Rotten Tomatoes. It is a head-count, not an average of how good the reviews were. A title is labelled Fresh when at least 60% of reviews are positive and Rotten below that. The IMDb number is a separate 1 to 10 audience rating.
Does it show ratings for every title?
No. A title OMDb can match gets its IMDb rating, but the Rotten Tomatoes score is mostly available for films. In our own data study, OMDb returned no Rotten Tomatoes score for any Netflix series, so series cards usually show IMDb only. Very new releases and titles whose Netflix name differs from the database listing can show no badge at all.
Do I need an API key?
No key is needed to start. The extension works out of the box using a shared OMDb lookup allowance (1,000 requests a day across all users), so on a busy day ratings can pause and the toolbar icon shows a red exclamation mark. You can add a free personal OMDb key in the extension options page to use your own daily allowance instead.
Does it work on the Netflix mobile app or TV?
No. Rating Watch is a browser extension, and its manifest only covers www.netflix.com, so it works when you browse Netflix on a computer in Chrome, Edge, Brave or another Chromium browser. Browser extensions do not run inside the Netflix app on phones, tablets, smart TVs or game consoles, so no badges appear there. AR mode (Pro) is the way to get scores for a TV, through your phone camera.
Does it slow Netflix down?
It is designed not to. The extension only adds a small text badge to title cards, waits 300 milliseconds after the page changes before scanning, fetches ratings in a background worker in parallel, and caches repeat lookups locally. It does not touch video playback. We have not published benchmark numbers.
Is Rating Watch affiliated with Netflix?
No. Rating Watch is an independent project by Igor Gazivoda and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Netflix, IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix, IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are trademarks of their respective owners. The extension only reads the title cards that your own browser already displays.
Does the extension collect my data?
It has no account, no analytics and does not read your viewing history. To look up a rating it sends the title text and the OMDb API key to omdbapi.com, so OMDb can see your IP address like any site you connect to. Looked-up scores are cached in the extension’s private browser database on your device. Its permissions are limited to netflix.com and omdbapi.com.
How do I install Rating Watch?
It is a free download that you add to Chrome yourself, because it is not on the Chrome Web Store yet. Download the zip from the install page, unzip it, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and choose the unzipped folder. Then open netflix.com and the badges appear on title cards. The whole process takes about a minute.
Stop opening that second tab.
Add IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes to Netflix in about a minute. The extension is a free download that you add to Chrome yourself; it is not in the Chrome Web Store yet. Want scores over a TV screen too? See Pro AR mode.
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