diff --git a/tests/test_web.py b/tests/test_web.py
index 1a6773c..3e56410 100644
--- a/tests/test_web.py
+++ b/tests/test_web.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 import pytest
 
 from unwind import create_app
-from unwind import db, models
+from unwind import db, models, imdb
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio
 
@@ -38,8 +38,24 @@ async def test_app():
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert response.json() == [{**db.asplain(m), "user_scores": []}]
 
+        m_plain = {
+            "unwind_id": m.id,
+            "canonical_title": m.title,
+            "imdb_score": m.imdb_score,
+            "imdb_votes": m.imdb_votes,
+            "link": imdb.movie_url(m.imdb_id),
+            "media_type": m.media_type,
+            "original_title": m.original_title,
+            "user_scores": [],
+            "year": m.release_year,
+        }
+
         response = client.get("/api/v1/movies", params={"imdb_id": m.imdb_id})
         assert response.status_code == 200
-        assert response.json() == [db.asplain(m)]
+        assert response.json() == [m_plain]
+
+        response = client.get("/api/v1/movies", params={"unwind_id": str(m.id)})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json() == [m_plain]
 
     await db.close_connection_pool()
diff --git a/unwind/web.py b/unwind/web.py
index efbbb13..8590a24 100644
--- a/unwind/web.py
+++ b/unwind/web.py
@@ -283,10 +283,27 @@ async def list_movies(request):
 
         user_ids |= {user_id}
 
-    if imdb_id := params.get("imdb_id"):
+    imdb_id = params.get("imdb_id")
+    unwind_id = params.get("unwind_id")
+
+    if imdb_id or unwind_id:
         # XXX missing support for user_ids and user_scores
-        movies = [await db.get(Movie, imdb_id=imdb_id)]
-        resp = [asplain(m) for m in movies]
+        movies = [await db.get(Movie, id=unwind_id, imdb_id=imdb_id)]
+
+        resp = [
+            {
+                "unwind_id": m["id"],
+                "canonical_title": m["title"],
+                "imdb_score": m["imdb_score"],
+                "imdb_votes": m["imdb_votes"],
+                "link": imdb.movie_url(m["imdb_id"]),
+                "media_type": m["media_type"],
+                "original_title": m["original_title"],
+                "user_scores": [],
+                "year": m["release_year"],
+            }
+            for m in map(asplain, movies)
+        ]
 
     else:
         per_page = as_int(params.get("per_page"), max=1000, default=5)