Free Databases (all subjects): Film/TV

The Index annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly and critical to the popular. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Indiana University has converted the print version of the Film Literature Index to electronic form. Covers 1976-2005.

IMDb tries to catalog every pertinent detail about a movie, from who was in it, to who made it, to trivia about it, to filming locations, and even where you can find reviews and fan sites on the web. A wealth of information about nearly all movies and television shows.