diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
index 7ad4d8afd..205f1bfe8 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParsingService.cs
@@ -355,14 +355,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
 
         private Movie GetMovie(ParsedMovieInfo parsedEpisodeInfo, string imdbId, SearchCriteriaBase searchCriteria)
         {
+            Movie possibleMovie = null;
             if (searchCriteria != null)
             {
                 var possibleTitles = new List<string>();
-
-				Movie possibleMovie = null;
-
                 possibleTitles.Add(searchCriteria.Movie.CleanTitle);
-
                 foreach (string altTitle in searchCriteria.Movie.AlternativeTitles)
                 {
                     possibleTitles.Add(altTitle.CleanSeriesTitle());
@@ -392,49 +389,50 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                     }
                 }
 
-				if (possibleMovie != null && (parsedEpisodeInfo.Year < 1800 || possibleMovie.Year == parsedEpisodeInfo.Year))
-				{
-					return possibleMovie;
-				}
-
-                    
+                if (possibleMovie != null && (parsedEpisodeInfo.Year < 1800 || possibleMovie.Year == parsedEpisodeInfo.Year))
+                {
+                    return possibleMovie;
+                }
             }
-
-            Movie movie = null;
-
-            if (searchCriteria == null)
+            else
             {
+                // search by title and year
                 if (parsedEpisodeInfo.Year > 1900)
                 {
-                    movie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle, parsedEpisodeInfo.Year);
-                    
+                    possibleMovie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle, parsedEpisodeInfo.Year);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    movie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
+                    // search by title
+                    possibleMovie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
                 }
 
-                if (movie == null)
+                // search by title
+                if (possibleMovie == null)
                 {
-                    movie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
+                    possibleMovie = _movieService.FindByTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
                 }
-                return movie;
-            }
 
+                // search by alternative titles
+                if (possibleMovie == null)
+                {
+                    possibleMovie = _movieService.FindByAlternativeTitle(parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
+                }
+            }
 
 
-            if (movie == null && imdbId.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            if (possibleMovie == null && imdbId.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
             {
-                movie = _movieService.FindByImdbId(imdbId);
+                possibleMovie = _movieService.FindByImdbId(imdbId);
             }
 
-            if (movie == null)
+            if (possibleMovie == null)
             {
-                _logger.Debug("No matching movie {0}", parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle);
+                _logger.Error($"Unable to match movie {parsedEpisodeInfo.MovieTitle}, try adding a alternative title to themoviedb.org for this movie.");
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return movie;
+            return possibleMovie;
         }
 
         private Series GetSeries(ParsedEpisodeInfo parsedEpisodeInfo, int tvdbId, int tvRageId, SearchCriteriaBase searchCriteria)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieRepository.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieRepository.cs
index 816b6f35d..03c234610 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieRepository.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieRepository.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
     public interface IMovieRepository : IBasicRepository<Movie>
     {
         bool MoviePathExists(string path);
+        Movie FindByAlternativeTitle(string cleanTitle);
         Movie FindByTitle(string cleanTitle);
         Movie FindByTitle(string cleanTitle, int year);
         Movie FindByImdbId(string imdbid);
@@ -61,16 +62,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
             cleanTitle = cleanTitle.ToLowerInvariant();
 
             var cleanRoman = cleanTitle;
-
             var cleanNum = cleanTitle;
 
             foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in romanNumeralsMapper)
             {
                 string num = entry.Key;
                 string roman = entry.Value.ToLower();
-
                 cleanRoman = cleanRoman.Replace(num, roman);
-
                 cleanNum = cleanNum.Replace(roman, num);
             }
 
@@ -102,6 +100,33 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
             }
         }
 
+        public Movie FindByAlternativeTitle(string cleanTitle)
+        {
+            cleanTitle = cleanTitle.ToLowerInvariant();
+
+            var cleanRoman = cleanTitle;
+
+            var cleanNum = cleanTitle;
+
+            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in romanNumeralsMapper)
+            {
+                string num = entry.Key;
+                string roman = entry.Value.ToLower();
+
+                cleanRoman = cleanRoman.Replace(num, roman);
+
+                cleanNum = cleanNum.Replace(roman, num);
+            }
+
+            var result = Query.Where(m => m.AlternativeTitles.Any(t => 
+            Parser.Parser.CleanSeriesTitle(t.ToLower()) == cleanTitle ||
+            Parser.Parser.CleanSeriesTitle(t.ToLower()) == cleanRoman ||
+            Parser.Parser.CleanSeriesTitle(t.ToLower()) == cleanNum))
+            .FirstOrDefault();
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
         public Movie FindByTitle(string cleanTitle, int year)
         {
             cleanTitle = cleanTitle.ToLowerInvariant();
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieService.cs
index 110f82a40..d0d2ba119 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/MovieService.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
         Movie AddMovie(Movie newMovie);
         List<Movie> AddMovies(List<Movie> newMovies);
         Movie FindByImdbId(string imdbid);
+        Movie FindByAlternativeTitle(string title);
         Movie FindByTitle(string title);
         Movie FindByTitle(string title, int year);
         Movie FindByTitleInexact(string title);
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
             return _movieRepository.FindByTitle(title.CleanSeriesTitle());
         }
 
+        public Movie FindByAlternativeTitle(string title)
+        {
+            return _movieRepository.FindByAlternativeTitle(title.CleanSeriesTitle());
+        }
+
         public Movie FindByImdbId(string imdbid)
         {
             return _movieRepository.FindByImdbId(imdbid);