diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
index 98097477c6..c643f1ecd1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
 {
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="instance">The instance.</param>
         /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        public static string? GetProviderId(this IHasProviderIds instance, string name)
+        /// <param name="id">The provider id.</param>
+        /// <returns><c>true</c> if a provider id with the given name was found; otherwise <c>false</c>.</returns>
+        public static bool TryGetProviderId(this IHasProviderIds instance, string name, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out string id)
         {
             if (instance == null)
             {
@@ -45,11 +47,35 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
 
             if (instance.ProviderIds == null)
             {
-                return null;
+                id = string.Empty;
+                return false;
             }
 
-            instance.ProviderIds.TryGetValue(name, out string? id);
-            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) ? null : id;
+            return instance.ProviderIds.TryGetValue(name, out id);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a provider id.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="instance">The instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="provider">The provider.</param>
+        /// <param name="id">The provider id.</param>
+        /// <returns><c>true</c> if a provider id with the given name was found; otherwise <c>false</c>.</returns>
+        public static bool TryGetProviderId(this IHasProviderIds instance, MetadataProvider provider, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out string id)
+        {
+            return instance.TryGetProviderId(provider.ToString(), out id);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a provider id.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="instance">The instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
+        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
+        public static string? GetProviderId(this IHasProviderIds instance, string name)
+        {
+            instance.TryGetProviderId(name, out string? id);
+            return id;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/Movies/TmdbMovieProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/Movies/TmdbMovieProvider.cs
index f6926d680d..9a3e3d5fad 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/Movies/TmdbMovieProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/Movies/TmdbMovieProvider.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using TMDbLib.Objects.Find;
+using TMDbLib.Objects.Search;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies;
@@ -43,64 +45,89 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb.Movies
 
         public async Task<IEnumerable<RemoteSearchResult>> GetSearchResults(MovieInfo searchInfo, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var tmdbId = Convert.ToInt32(searchInfo.GetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-
-            if (tmdbId == 0)
+            if (searchInfo.TryGetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, out var id))
             {
-                var movieResults = await _tmdbClientManager
-                    .SearchMovieAsync(searchInfo.Name, searchInfo.Year ?? 0, searchInfo.MetadataLanguage, cancellationToken)
+                var movie = await _tmdbClientManager
+                    .GetMovieAsync(
+                        int.Parse(id, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                        searchInfo.MetadataLanguage,
+                        TmdbUtils.GetImageLanguagesParam(searchInfo.MetadataLanguage),
+                        cancellationToken)
                     .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                var remoteSearchResults = new List<RemoteSearchResult>();
-                for (var i = 0; i < movieResults.Count; i++)
+                var remoteResult = new RemoteSearchResult
                 {
-                    var movieResult = movieResults[i];
-                    var remoteSearchResult = new RemoteSearchResult
-                    {
-                        Name = movieResult.Title ?? movieResult.OriginalTitle,
-                        ImageUrl = _tmdbClientManager.GetPosterUrl(movieResult.PosterPath),
-                        Overview = movieResult.Overview,
-                        SearchProviderName = Name
-                    };
+                    Name = movie.Title ?? movie.OriginalTitle,
+                    SearchProviderName = Name,
+                    ImageUrl = _tmdbClientManager.GetPosterUrl(movie.PosterPath),
+                    Overview = movie.Overview
+                };
+
+                if (movie.ReleaseDate != null)
+                {
+                    var releaseDate = movie.ReleaseDate.Value.ToUniversalTime();
+                    remoteResult.PremiereDate = releaseDate;
+                    remoteResult.ProductionYear = releaseDate.Year;
+                }
 
-                    var releaseDate = movieResult.ReleaseDate?.ToUniversalTime();
-                    remoteSearchResult.PremiereDate = releaseDate;
-                    remoteSearchResult.ProductionYear = releaseDate?.Year;
+                remoteResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, movie.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
 
-                    remoteSearchResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, movieResult.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
-                    remoteSearchResults.Add(remoteSearchResult);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(movie.ImdbId))
+                {
+                    remoteResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb, movie.ImdbId);
                 }
 
-                return remoteSearchResults;
+                return new[] { remoteResult };
             }
 
-            var movie = await _tmdbClientManager
-                .GetMovieAsync(tmdbId, searchInfo.MetadataLanguage, TmdbUtils.GetImageLanguagesParam(searchInfo.MetadataLanguage), cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            var remoteResult = new RemoteSearchResult
+            IReadOnlyList<SearchMovie> movieResults;
+            if (searchInfo.TryGetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb, out id))
             {
-                Name = movie.Title ?? movie.OriginalTitle,
-                SearchProviderName = Name,
-                ImageUrl = _tmdbClientManager.GetPosterUrl(movie.PosterPath),
-                Overview = movie.Overview
-            };
-
-            if (movie.ReleaseDate != null)
+                var result = await _tmdbClientManager.FindByExternalIdAsync(
+                    id,
+                    FindExternalSource.Imdb,
+                    TmdbUtils.GetImageLanguagesParam(searchInfo.MetadataLanguage),
+                    cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                movieResults = result.MovieResults;
+            }
+            else if (searchInfo.TryGetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tvdb, out id))
             {
-                var releaseDate = movie.ReleaseDate.Value.ToUniversalTime();
-                remoteResult.PremiereDate = releaseDate;
-                remoteResult.ProductionYear = releaseDate.Year;
+                var result = await _tmdbClientManager.FindByExternalIdAsync(
+                    id,
+                    FindExternalSource.TvDb,
+                    TmdbUtils.GetImageLanguagesParam(searchInfo.MetadataLanguage),
+                    cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                movieResults = result.MovieResults;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                movieResults = await _tmdbClientManager
+                    .SearchMovieAsync(searchInfo.Name, searchInfo.Year ?? 0, searchInfo.MetadataLanguage, cancellationToken)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            remoteResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, movie.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(movie.ImdbId))
+            var len = movieResults.Count;
+            var remoteSearchResults = new RemoteSearchResult[len];
+            for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
             {
-                remoteResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb, movie.ImdbId);
+                var movieResult = movieResults[i];
+                var remoteSearchResult = new RemoteSearchResult
+                {
+                    Name = movieResult.Title ?? movieResult.OriginalTitle,
+                    ImageUrl = _tmdbClientManager.GetPosterUrl(movieResult.PosterPath),
+                    Overview = movieResult.Overview,
+                    SearchProviderName = Name
+                };
+
+                var releaseDate = movieResult.ReleaseDate?.ToUniversalTime();
+                remoteSearchResult.PremiereDate = releaseDate;
+                remoteSearchResult.ProductionYear = releaseDate?.Year;
+
+                remoteSearchResult.SetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, movieResult.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                remoteSearchResults[i] = remoteSearchResult;
             }
 
-            return new[] { remoteResult };
+            return remoteSearchResults;
         }
 
         public async Task<MetadataResult<Movie>> GetMetadata(MovieInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)