diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/search.ts b/src/backend/metadata/search.ts
index 08671db7..2bbee195 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata/search.ts
+++ b/src/backend/metadata/search.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   getMediaDetails,
   getMediaPoster,
   multiSearch,
+  searchMovies,
+  searchTVShows,
 } from "./tmdb";
 import { TMDBContentTypes } from "./types/tmdb";
 
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ const tmdbIdPattern = /^tmdb:(\d+)(?::(movie|tv))?$/i;
 // detect "year:YYYY"
 const yearPattern = /(.+?)\s+year:(\d{4})$/i;
 
+// detect "type:movie" or "type:tv"
+const typePattern = /(.+?)\s+type:(movie|tv)$/i;
+
 export async function searchForMedia(query: MWQuery): Promise<MediaItem[]> {
   if (cache.has(query)) return cache.get(query) as MediaItem[];
   const { searchQuery } = query;
@@ -82,8 +87,25 @@ export async function searchForMedia(query: MWQuery): Promise<MediaItem[]> {
     yearValue = yearMatch[2];
   }
 
-  // normal search
-  const data = await multiSearch(queryWithoutYear);
+  // type extract logic
+  let typeValue: string | undefined;
+  let queryWithoutType = queryWithoutYear;
+
+  const typeMatch = queryWithoutYear.match(typePattern);
+  if (typeMatch && typeMatch[2]) {
+    queryWithoutType = typeMatch[1].trim();
+    typeValue = typeMatch[2].toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  let data: any[];
+  if (typeValue === "movie") {
+    data = await searchMovies(queryWithoutType);
+  } else if (typeValue === "tv") {
+    data = await searchTVShows(queryWithoutType);
+  } else {
+    data = await multiSearch(queryWithoutType);
+  }
+
   let results = data.map((v) => {
     const formattedResult = formatTMDBSearchResult(v, v.media_type);
     return formatTMDBMetaToMediaItem(formattedResult);
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts b/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts
index 875046e7..92628fe2 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts
+++ b/src/backend/metadata/tmdb.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,38 @@ export async function multiSearch(
   return results;
 }
 
+export async function searchMovies(
+  query: string,
+): Promise<TMDBMovieSearchResult[]> {
+  const data = await get<{
+    results: TMDBMovieSearchResult[];
+  }>("search/movie", {
+    query,
+    include_adult: false,
+    page: 1,
+  });
+  return data.results.map((result) => ({
+    ...result,
+    media_type: TMDBContentTypes.MOVIE,
+  }));
+}
+
+export async function searchTVShows(
+  query: string,
+): Promise<TMDBShowSearchResult[]> {
+  const data = await get<{
+    results: TMDBShowSearchResult[];
+  }>("search/tv", {
+    query,
+    include_adult: false,
+    page: 1,
+  });
+  return data.results.map((result) => ({
+    ...result,
+    media_type: TMDBContentTypes.TV,
+  }));
+}
+
 export async function generateQuickSearchMediaUrl(
   query: string,
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
diff --git a/src/components/form/SearchBar.tsx b/src/components/form/SearchBar.tsx
index 6ef95665..b86abcd3 100644
--- a/src/components/form/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/form/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ export const SearchBarInput = forwardRef<HTMLInputElement, SearchBarProps>(
                       Inception year:2010
                     </p>
                   </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <p className="mb-0.5">Type search:</p>
+                    <p className="text-type-secondary italic pl-2">
+                      Marvel type:movie
+                    </p>
+                    <p className="text-type-secondary italic pl-2">
+                      Friends type:tv
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
                   <div>
                     <p className="mb-0.5">TMDB ID search:</p>
                     <p className="text-type-secondary italic pl-2">