diff --git a/helpers/tmdb.py b/helpers/tmdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f376d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/tmdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+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):
+    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']
+
+        req = requests.get('https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/%s' % movie_tmdbid)
+
+        if req.status_code == 200:
+            log.debug("\'%s (%s)\' [TMDb ID: %s] exists on TMDb.", movie_title, movie_year, movie_tmdbid)
+            return True
+
+        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: ")
+
+    return False
diff --git a/traktarr.py b/traktarr.py
index 1c2c42b..665cdbe 100755
--- a/traktarr.py
+++ b/traktarr.py
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ def movies(list_type, add_limit=0, add_delay=2.5, sort='votes', rating=None, gen
     from helpers import radarr as radarr_helper
     from helpers import trakt as trakt_helper
     from helpers import rating as rating_helper
+    from helpers import tmdb as tmdb_helper
 
     added_movies = 0
 
@@ -716,6 +717,10 @@ 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):
+                continue
+
             # check if genre matches genre supplied via argument
             if genre and not misc_helper.allowed_genres(genre, 'movie', sorted_movie):
                 log.debug("SKIPPING: \'%s (%s)\' because it was not from genre: %s", sorted_movie['movie']['title'],