diff --git a/src/lib/server/omdb.ts b/src/lib/server/omdb.ts
index 740870d..8079abb 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/omdb.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/omdb.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import type { MediaDetails } from '#lib/media/types';
 const cacheDuration = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const imdbIdPattern = /tt\d+/;
 const missingValue = 'N/A';
+const omdbUrl = 'https://www.omdbapi.com/';
+const omdbDemoUrl = 'http://www.omdbapi.com/demo.aspx/';
+const rateLimitedStatus = 401;
 
 interface OmdbResponse {
 	Response: 'True' | 'False';
@@ -35,13 +38,21 @@ function toMediaDetails(result: OmdbResponse): MediaDetails {
 	};
 }
 
+async function requestOmdb(imdbId: string): Promise<Response> {
+	const params = new URLSearchParams({ apikey: OMDB_API_KEY ?? '', i: imdbId, plot: 'short' });
+	const response = await fetch(`${omdbUrl}?${params}`);
+	if (response.status !== rateLimitedStatus) return response;
+
+	const demoParams = new URLSearchParams({ i: imdbId, token: 'demo' });
+	return fetch(`${omdbDemoUrl}?${demoParams}`);
+}
+
 async function fetchDetails(imdbId: string): Promise<MediaDetails | null> {
 	const cached = detailsCache.get(imdbId);
 	if (cached && Date.now() - cached.fetchedAt < cacheDuration) return cached.details;
 
 	try {
-		const params = new URLSearchParams({ apikey: OMDB_API_KEY ?? '', i: imdbId, plot: 'short' });
-		const response = await fetch(`https://www.omdbapi.com/?${params}`);
+		const response = await requestOmdb(imdbId);
 		if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`OMDb returned ${response.status}`);
 
 		const result: OmdbResponse = await response.json();
diff --git a/tools/content/imdb.py b/tools/content/imdb.py
index cc99414..50c283e 100644
--- a/tools/content/imdb.py
+++ b/tools/content/imdb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ from jsonfile import PROJECT_ROOT
 
 IMDB_ID_PATTERN = re.compile(r"tt\d{7,9}")
 ENV_FILE = PROJECT_ROOT / ".env"
+OMDB_URL = "https://www.omdbapi.com/"
+OMDB_DEMO_URL = "http://www.omdbapi.com/demo.aspx/"
+RATE_LIMITED_STATUS = 401
 
 
 def imdb_id(text: str) -> str | None:
@@ -31,14 +35,22 @@ def omdb_api_key() -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
+def request_json(url: str, parameters: dict) -> dict:
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(parameters)}", timeout=10) as response:
+        return json.load(response)
+
+
 def lookup(identifier: str) -> dict | None:
     api_key = omdb_api_key()
     if not api_key:
         return None
-    query = urllib.parse.urlencode({"apikey": api_key, "i": identifier})
     try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(f"https://www.omdbapi.com/?{query}", timeout=10) as response:
-            result = json.load(response)
+        try:
+            result = request_json(OMDB_URL, {"apikey": api_key, "i": identifier})
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
+            if error.code != RATE_LIMITED_STATUS:
+                raise
+            result = request_json(OMDB_DEMO_URL, {"i": identifier, "token": "demo"})
     except (OSError, ValueError):
         return None
     return result if result.get("Response") == "True" else None