diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
index 079b9ecf5..bc8516c95 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Languages;
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ public class MovieLookupController : RestController<MovieResource>
         private readonly IMapCoversToLocal _coverMapper;
         private readonly IConfigService _configService;
 
+        private static readonly Regex ImdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"imdb\.com/title/(?<id>tt\d+)",
+                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex TmdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"themoviedb\.org/movie/(?<id>\d+)",
+                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
         public MovieLookupController(ISearchForNewMovie searchProxy,
                                  IProvideMovieInfo movieInfo,
                                  IBuildFileNames fileNameBuilder,
@@ -71,11 +77,29 @@ public object SearchByImdbId(string imdbId)
         [HttpGet]
         public object Search([FromQuery] string term)
         {
-            var searchResults = _searchProxy.SearchForNewMovie(term);
+            var convertedTerm = ConvertDbLinkToId(term);
+            var searchResults = _searchProxy.SearchForNewMovie(convertedTerm);
 
             return MapToResource(searchResults);
         }
 
+        private string ConvertDbLinkToId(string title)
+        {
+            var match = ImdbIdRegex.Match(title);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                return "imdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
+            }
+
+            match = TmdbIdRegex.Match(title);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                return "tmdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
+            }
+
+            return title;
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<MovieResource> MapToResource(IEnumerable<Movie> movies)
         {
             var movieInfoLanguage = (Language)_configService.MovieInfoLanguage;