diff --git a/helpers/tmdb.py b/helpers/tmdb.py
index f376d0a..4b36188 100644
--- a/helpers/tmdb.py
+++ b/helpers/tmdb.py
@@ -1,29 +1,47 @@
-from helpers import str as misc_str
 from misc.log import logger
-
 import requests
 
 log = logger.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
-def does_movie_exist_on_tmdb(sorted_movie):
+def validate_movie_tmdb_id(movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdb_id):
     try:
-        movie_title = sorted_movie['movie']['title']
-        movie_year = str(sorted_movie['movie']['year']) \
-            if sorted_movie['movie']['year'] else '????'
-        movie_tmdbid = sorted_movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb']
+        if not movie_tmdb_id or not isinstance(movie_tmdb_id, int):
+            log.debug("SKIPPING: \'%s (%s)\' blacklisted it has an invalid TMDb ID", movie_title, movie_year)
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception("Exception validating TMDb ID for \'%s (%s)\'.", movie_title, movie_year)
+    return False
 
-        req = requests.get('https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/%s' % movie_tmdbid)
 
+def verify_movie_exists_on_tmdb(movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdb_id):
+    try:
+        req = requests.get('https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/%s' % movie_tmdb_id)
         if req.status_code == 200:
-            log.debug("\'%s (%s)\' [TMDb ID: %s] exists on TMDb.", movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdbid)
+            log.debug("\'%s (%s)\' [TMDb ID: %s] exists on TMDb.", movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdb_id)
             return True
+        else:
+            log.debug("SKIPPING: \'%s (%s)\' [TMDb ID: %s] because it does not exist on TMDb.", movie_title, movie_year,
+                      movie_tmdb_id)
+            return False
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception("Exception verifying TMDb ID for \'%s (%s)\'.", movie_title, movie_year)
+    return False
 
-        log.debug("SKIPPING: \'%s (%s)\' [TMDb ID: %s] because it does not exist on TMDb.", movie_title, movie_year,
-                  movie_tmdbid)
-        return False
 
-    except Exception:
-        log.exception("Exception validating TMDb ID: ")
+def check_movie_tmdb_id(sorted_movie):
+
+    movie_title = sorted_movie['movie']['title']
+    movie_year = str(sorted_movie['movie']['year']) \
+        if sorted_movie['movie']['year'] else '????'
+    movie_tmdb_id = sorted_movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb']
 
+    try:
+        if validate_movie_tmdb_id(movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdb_id) and \
+                verify_movie_exists_on_tmdb(movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdb_id):
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception("Exception verifying/validating TMDb ID for \'%s (%s)\'.", movie_title, movie_year)
     return False
diff --git a/helpers/trakt.py b/helpers/trakt.py
index f201615..0a1fa5e 100644
--- a/helpers/trakt.py
+++ b/helpers/trakt.py
@@ -250,16 +250,13 @@ def blacklisted_movie_id(movie, blacklisted_ids):
     blacklisted = False
     blacklisted_ids = sorted(map(int, blacklisted_ids))
     try:
-        if not movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb'] or not isinstance(movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb'], int):
-            log.debug("\'%s\' was blacklisted because it had an invalid TMDb ID", movie['movie']['title'])
-            blacklisted = True
-        elif movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb'] in blacklisted_ids:
+        if movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb'] in blacklisted_ids:
             log.debug("\'%s\' was blacklisted because it had a blacklisted TMDb ID of: %d", movie['movie']['title'],
                       movie['movie']['ids']['tmdb'])
             blacklisted = True
 
     except Exception:
-        log.exception("Exception determining if show had a blacklisted TMDb ID %s: ", movie)
+        log.exception("Exception determining if movie had a blacklisted TMDb ID %s: ", movie)
     return blacklisted
 
 
diff --git a/traktarr.py b/traktarr.py
index a1092d2..2b737ca 100755
--- a/traktarr.py
+++ b/traktarr.py
@@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ def movies(list_type, add_limit=0, add_delay=2.5, sort='votes', rating=None, gen
             if sorted_movie['movie']['genres'] else 'N/A'
 
         try:
-            # check if movie exists on TMDb website
-            if not tmdb_helper.does_movie_exist_on_tmdb(sorted_movie):
+            # check if movie has a valid TMDb ID and that it exists on TMDb
+            if not tmdb_helper.check_movie_tmdb_id(sorted_movie):
                 continue
 
             # check if genre matches genre supplied via argument