About the Awards
IMDb and IMDbPro present STARmeter “Fan Favorite,” “Fan Favorite Ensemble,” “Fan Favorite Filmmaker,” “Breakout,” and “Icon” STARmeter awards throughout the years at major entertainment events such as the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Cannes Film Festival, Comic-Con International: San Diego, Toronto International Film Festival, and other industry activations.
The awards are based on the IMDbPro exclusive STARmeter rankings chart, which highlight the actors and filmmakers most searched by hundreds of millions of IMDb customers all over the world. IMDb STARmeter Awards have proven to be a keenly accurate predictor of stars who are about to have a breakthrough career moment.
The awards are based on the IMDbPro exclusive STARmeter rankings chart, which highlight the actors and filmmakers most searched by hundreds of millions of IMDb customers all over the world. IMDb STARmeter Awards have proven to be a keenly accurate predictor of stars who are about to have a breakthrough career moment.
"Off Campus" Receives "Ensemble" STARmeter Award
"Off Campus" Receives "Ensemble" STARmeter Award
IMDb presented a “Fan Favorite Ensemble” STARmeter Award to the cast and creators of "Off Campus."
Dexter Sol Ansell Wins IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
Dexter Sol Ansell Wins IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
IMDb presented an IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award to Dexter Sol Ansell, star of HBO's "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" and the youngest recipient in the history of the IMDb STARmeter Award program.
Maya Hawke Receives IMDb STARmeter Award at SXSW
Maya Hawke Receives IMDb STARmeter Award at SXSW
Maya Hawke accepted the "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival, where she screened her latest film, Wishful Thinking.
Lewis Pullman Receives IMDb STARmeter Award at TIFF
Lewis Pullman Receives IMDb STARmeter Award at TIFF
Lewis Pullman — star of Thunderbolts* — accepted the "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award at the 2025 Toronto Internation Film Festival, where he screened his latest film, Ann Lee.
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Discover which stars have been named fan favorites and breakout stars, based on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart.
Ambrish Verma Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
Ambrish Verma Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Ambrish Verma for receiving the IMDb "Breakout Star" STARmeter Award. Take a look at exclusive photos from his award acceptance.
Barry Keoghan Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Barry Keoghan Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Barry Keoghan for receiving the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award in the Getty Images Portrait Studio during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sydney Sweeney Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Sydney Sweeney Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Sydney Sweeney for receiving the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award in the Getty Images Portrait Studio during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
"The Studio" Cast Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
"The Studio" Cast Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
"The Studio" cast are joined by creators Evan Golderg, Frida Perez, and James Weaver to receive the IMDb STARmeter Award at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival.
Bowen Yang Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Bowen Yang Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Actor, comedian, and writer Bowen Yang accepted the "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Yang premiered his movie The Wedding Banquet at this year's fest.
Alexandra Daddario Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Alexandra Daddario Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Alexandra Daddario for receiving the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award on board the IMDboat at San Diego Comic-Con. Take a look at exclusive photos from her award acceptance.
Sharvari Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Nitanshi Goel Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Nitanshi Goel Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Nitanshi Goel shares exclusive behind the scenes stories from the sets of Laapata Ladies. She also talks about her first role in Vicky Donor and thanks her fans for all the support.
'Saiyaara' Co-Stars Receive IMDb STARmeter Awards
'Saiyaara' Co-Stars Receive IMDb STARmeter Awards
Congratulations to Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda for receiving the IMDb "Breakout Star" STARmeter Awards. Take a look at exclusive photos from their award acceptance.
Kani Kusruti Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Kani Kusruti Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Kani Kusruti for receiving the IMDb "Breakout Star" STARmeter Award. Take a look at exclusive photos from her award acceptance.
Preity Mukhundhan Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
Preity Mukhundhan Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Preity Mukhundhan for receiving the IMDb "Breakout Star" STARmeter Award. Take a look at exclusive photos from her award acceptance.
Kingsley Ben-Adir Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Kingsley Ben-Adir Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Kingsley Ben-Adir for receiving the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award. Take a look at exclusive photos from his award acceptance.
Ashley Park Receives the STARmeter Award
Ashley Park Receives the STARmeter Award
IMDb users agree, the "Emily in Paris" and Joy Ride star never fails to deliver a memorable performance. Celebrate Ashley Park's "Breakout Star" award with us.
Medha Shankr Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Medha Shankr Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Congratulations to Medha Shankr for receiving the IMDb "Breakout Star" STARmeter Award. Take a look at exclusive photos from her award acceptance.
See the IMDb STARmeter Award Winners
See the IMDb STARmeter Award Winners
IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize the stars who are fan favorites on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, determined by the page views of the more than 200 million unique monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.
Jennifer Connelly Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Jennifer Connelly Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Jennifer Connelly talks Tom Cruise, Labyrinth, and more as she recevies the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Emma D'Arcy Receives the IMDb "Breakout" Award
Emma D'Arcy Receives the IMDb "Breakout" Award
We raise a toast to 2022 Breakout STARmeter Award winner Emma D’Arcy for their stellar performance in HBO’s "House of the Dragon."
"Armchair Expert" Co-Hosts Accept the STARmeter Award
"Armchair Expert" Co-Hosts Accept the STARmeter Award
We're celebrating Spotify's "Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard" co-hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for receiving the first-ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Podcasts.
Salma Hayek Pinault Receives IMDb's First "Icon" Award
Salma Hayek Pinault Receives IMDb's First "Icon" Award
Eternals star Salma Hayek Pinault receives the first-ever IMDb "Icon" STARmeter Award and shares why it's so important to celebrate women's contributions to cinema.
Stan Lee Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award for Lifetime Achievement
Stan Lee Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award for Lifetime Achievement
Legend Stan Lee received the first-ever "IMDb STARmeter Award for Lifetime Achievement" for his role in the creation of beloved characters and franchises including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Avengers.
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RAAKH CO-STARS AKASH MAKHIJA AND RAMANDEEP YADAV RECEIVE IMDb STARMETER AWARDS
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MONIKA PANWAR RECEIVES AN IMDb STARmeter AWARD
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