You’re about to finish work and you don’t know what to watch tonight. The International Movies Database and the Powershell script printed here will help you with your decision:

# https://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=nv_mv_250 - Top Rated Movies
# https://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv/?ref_=nv_tvv_250 - Top Rated TV Shows

$outfile = "C:\temp\movies.json";

$website = Invoke-WebRequest https://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=nv_mv_250
$rows = $website.ParsedHtml.body.getElementsByClassName("titleColumn") | select InnerText

$AllMovies = @{Movies = @()};

$rows.InnerText | select-string -Pattern ("^(\d*)([.])(.*)(\()(\d\d\d\d)") -AllMatches | % {

    $AllMovies.Movies += @{
            Rank = $("{0:000}" -f [Int32]$_.Matches.Groups[1].Value)
            Title = $_.Matches.Groups[3].Value.Trim()
            Release = $_.Matches.Groups[5].Value
        }
    
    # Write-Host is just for debugging
    Write-Host  $("{0:000}" -f [Int32]$_.Matches.Groups[1].Value) : $_.Matches.Groups[3].Value.Trim() : $_.Matches.Groups[5].Value;
}

ConvertTo-Json $AllMovies | Out-File $outfile -Force;

Have fun!

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