# Criterion IMDb Overlay

> Shows IMDb ratings and film metadata while you browse the Criterion Channel and Criterion film pages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/criterion-imdb-overlay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/criterion-imdb-overlay)

## Overview

- **ID:** `criterion-imdb-overlay`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Raymond Lim
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11
- **First published:** 2026-05-13
- **Size:** 200 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/criterion-imdb-overlay/)
- **Website:** [https://raylim.github.io/criterion-imdb/](https://raylim.github.io/criterion-imdb/)

## Description

Criterion IMDb Overlay adds a lightweight IMDb badge to supported Criterion pages so you can see film ratings and a few useful details without leaving the page.

Features:
<ul><li>Shows IMDb ratings directly on Criterion Channel and Criterion film listings</li><li>Can also show runtime, genres, languages, director, and country</li><li>Uses a repo-hosted Criterion score cache for fast lookups</li><li>Falls back to public metadata services for missing titles when OMDb keys are configured</li><li>Stores results locally to speed up repeated browsing</li></ul>
Notes:
<ul><li>This is an unofficial fan-made extension and is not affiliated with Criterion, IMDb, or OMDb.</li><li>Some titles may still appear without a rating if no reliable public match is available.</li><li>Collection rows, editorial programs, and other non-film shelves are intentionally filtered where possible.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #115,251 — Overall
- #96 — overlay
- #167 — ai writer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://www.criterion.com/*`
- `https://criterionchannel.com/*`
- `https://www.criterionchannel.com/*`
- `https://films.criterionchannel.com/*`
- `https://raylim.github.io/*`
- `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/*`
- `https://www.omdbapi.com/*`
- `https://v2.sg.media-imdb.com/*`
- `https://v3-cinemeta.strem.io/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.criterion.com`
- `criterionchannel.com`
- `www.criterionchannel.com`
- `films.criterionchannel.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/criterion-imdb-overlay)