diff --git a/api/src/controllers/movies.ts b/api/src/controllers/movies.ts
index 9e814f70..c393b581 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/movies.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/movies.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,29 @@ export const movies = new Elysia({ prefix: "/movies", tags: ["movies"] })
 						columns: {
 							pk: false,
 						},
-						where: eq(showTranslations.language, sql`any(${sqlarr(langs)})`),
+						where: !langs.includes("*")
+							? eq(showTranslations.language, sql`any(${sqlarr(langs)})`)
+							: undefined,
 						orderBy: [
 							sql`array_position(${sqlarr(langs)}, ${showTranslations.language})`,
 						],
 						limit: 1,
 					},
+					originalTranslation: {
+						columns: {
+							poster: true,
+							thumbnail: true,
+							banner: true,
+							logo: true,
+						},
+						extras: {
+							// TODO: also fallback on user settings (that's why i made a select here)
+							preferOriginal:
+								sql<boolean>`(select coalesce(${preferOriginal ?? null}::boolean, false))`.as(
+									"preferOriginal",
+								),
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			});
 
@@ -92,7 +109,13 @@ export const movies = new Elysia({ prefix: "/movies", tags: ["movies"] })
 				});
 			}
 			set.headers["content-language"] = translation.language;
-			return { ...ret, ...translation };
+			return {
+				...ret,
+				...translation,
+				...(ret.originalTranslation?.preferOriginal
+					? ret.originalTranslation
+					: {}),
+			};
 		},
 		{
 			detail: {
diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/shows.ts b/api/src/db/schema/shows.ts
index 2f43e736..4ea29f6e 100644
--- a/api/src/db/schema/shows.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/schema/shows.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ export const showTranslations = schema.table(
 	(t) => [primaryKey({ columns: [t.pk, t.language] })],
 );
 
-export const showsRelations = relations(shows, ({ many }) => ({
+export const showsRelations = relations(shows, ({ many, one }) => ({
 	translations: many(showTranslations, { relationName: "showTranslations" }),
+	originalTranslation: one(showTranslations, {
+		relationName: "originalTranslation",
+		fields: [shows.pk, shows.originalLanguage],
+		references: [showTranslations.pk, showTranslations.language],
+	}),
 }));
 export const showsTrRelations = relations(showTranslations, ({ one }) => ({
 	show: one(shows, {
@@ -118,4 +123,9 @@ export const showsTrRelations = relations(showTranslations, ({ one }) => ({
 		fields: [showTranslations.pk],
 		references: [shows.pk],
 	}),
+	originalTranslation: one(shows, {
+		relationName: "originalTranslation",
+		fields: [showTranslations.pk, showTranslations.language],
+		references: [shows.pk, shows.originalLanguage],
+	}),
 }));