diff --git a/api/src/models/external-id.ts b/api/src/models/external-id.ts
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+++ b/api/src/models/external-id.ts
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+import { t } from "elysia";
+
+export const ExternalId = t.Record(
+	t.String(),
+	t.Object({
+		dataId: t.String(),
+		link: t.Nullable(t.String({ format: "uri" })),
+	}),
+);
+
+export type ExternalId = typeof ExternalId.static;
diff --git a/api/src/models/image.ts b/api/src/models/image.ts
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+++ b/api/src/models/image.ts
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+import { t } from "elysia";
+
+export const Image = t.Object({
+	source: t.String({ format: "uri" }),
+	blurhash: t.String(),
+	low: t.String({ format: "uri" }),
+	medium: t.String({ format: "uri" }),
+	high: t.String({ format: "uri" }),
+});
+export type Image = typeof Image.static;
diff --git a/api/src/models/movie.ts b/api/src/models/movie.ts
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+++ b/api/src/models/movie.ts
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+import { t } from "elysia";
+import { Genre, ShowStatus } from "./show";
+import { Image } from "./image";
+import { ExternalId } from "./external-id";
+
+export const Movie = t.Object({
+	id: t.String({ format: "uuid" }),
+	slug: t.String(),
+	name: t.String(),
+	description: t.Nullable(t.String()),
+	tagline: t.Nullable(t.String()),
+	aliases: t.Array(t.String()),
+	tags: t.Array(t.String()),
+
+	genres: t.Array(Genre),
+	rating: t.Nullable(t.Number({ minimum: 0, maximum: 100 })),
+	status: ShowStatus,
+
+	airDate: t.Nullable(t.Date()),
+	originalLanguage: t.Nullable(t.String()),
+
+	trailerUrl: t.Nullable(t.String()),
+	poster: t.Nullable(Image),
+	thumbnail: t.Nullable(Image),
+	banner: t.Nullable(Image),
+	logo: t.Nullable(Image),
+
+	// this is a datetime, not just a date.
+	createdAt: t.Date(),
+	nextRefresh: t.Date(),
+
+	externalId: ExternalId,
+});
+
+export type Movie = typeof Movie.static;
+
+// Movie.examples = [{
+// 	slug: "bubble",
+// 	title: "Bubble",
+// 	tagline: "Is she a calamity or a blessing?",
+// 	description: " In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl. ",
+// }]
diff --git a/api/src/models/show.ts b/api/src/models/show.ts
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+++ b/api/src/models/show.ts
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+import { t } from "elysia";
+
+export const ShowStatus = t.UnionEnum([
+	"unknown",
+	"finished",
+	"airing",
+	"planned",
+]);
+export type ShowStatus = typeof ShowStatus.static;
+
+export const Genre = t.UnionEnum([
+	"action",
+	"adventure",
+	"animation",
+	"comedy",
+	"crime",
+	"documentary",
+	"drama",
+	"family",
+	"fantasy",
+	"history",
+	"horror",
+	"music",
+	"mystery",
+	"romance",
+	"science-fiction",
+	"thriller",
+	"war",
+	"western",
+	"kids",
+	"reality",
+	"politics",
+	"soap",
+	"talk",
+]);
+export type Genre = typeof Genre.static;