CineLookup

Right-click any movie or show title to instantly search it across IMDb, Wikipedia, YouTube, Rotten Tomatoes, and TMDb

CineLookup is a browser extension that adds a right-click context menu to any webpage. Highlight any movie, TV show, or actor name, right-click, and instantly open search results across the most popular film and media databases — without ever leaving the page you're on.

It also comes with a popup panel to view your recent searches, star the ones you want to keep, and copy any query to your clipboard in one click.

Highlight any text on any webpage, right-click, and choose "Search selected text on..." to open a submenu with the following options:

• Search on IMDb — opens IMDb's search results for the selected text
• Search on Wikipedia — searches Wikipedia filtered to film and TV series results
• Search on YouTube (Trailer) — searches YouTube for the official trailer
• Search on Rotten Tomatoes — opens Rotten Tomatoes search results
• Search on TMDb — searches The Movie Database
• Search on All Sites — opens all five sites at once in background tabs

Every search you make via the context menu is saved to a Recent list in the popup (up to 10 entries). The list is session-based and resets when the browser is closed.

Pin any search from your Recent list by clicking the star icon. Starred searches are saved persistently via Chrome storage and survive browser restarts. Access them anytime from the Starred tab in the popup.

Every item in both the Recent and Starred lists has a copy button — click it to instantly copy the query to your clipboard, with a toast confirmation.

Use the Clear Recent and Clear Starred buttons in the popup footer to wipe either list whenever you want.

Prefer a full-sized view? Click the Open in Tab button inside the popup to open CineLookup as a full browser tab — same interface, more room.

Install CineLookup directly from the Chrome Web Store — no setup required:

👉 Install on the Chrome Web Store

Once installed, the extension is immediately active on all pages.

Use this method if you want to run the extension from source.

Step 1 — Get the files

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Umbra-Domini/CineLookup.git

Or click Code → Download ZIP and extract it.

Step 2 — Open your browser's Extensions page

• Chrome → chrome://extensions
• Edge → edge://extensions
• Brave → brave://extensions

Step 3 — Enable Developer Mode

Toggle Developer mode ON in the top-right corner of the Extensions page.

Step 4 — Load the extension

1. Click Load unpacked
2. Select the folder that contains manifest.json
3. Click Select Folder

CineLookup will appear in your extensions list and toolbar.

1. On any webpage, highlight a movie, show, or actor name
2. Right-click the selected text
3. Hover over "Search selected text on..."
4. Choose a site — or pick Search on All Sites to open all at once
5. Click the extension icon in your toolbar to view recent and starred searches

CineLookup/
├── manifest.json
├── popup.html
├── privacy.html
├── js/
│   ├── background.js
│   └── popup.js
├── css/
│   └── styles.css
└── icons/
    ├── search-16.png
    ├── search-48.png
    └── search-128.png

CineLookup does not collect, transmit, or share any data. All storage is local to your browser. See Privacy Policy for details.

Made by UmbraDomini
Questions? Reach out at manraaj05@gmail.com