Following a list in Sonarr and Radarr

Sonarr and Radarr can follow a list of shows or movies. Every title on it gets added and searched. With zurg as the download client each grab lands on your debrid account and imports into __magic__ like any other. So a list is a whole library section that fills itself. A horror list gives you a horror section and new titles show up as the list grows.

This page assumes the *arrs already grab through zurg. If they do not yet then start with Sonarr & Radarr for torrents.

Use MDBList and not IMDb

Both apps still show an IMDb list type and neither works with a normal IMDb list anymore.

• Radarr refuses a list ID of the form ls12345678. It only takes top250 or popular or a user watchlist ur12345678.
• Sonarr accepts the ID and then gets an empty answer from IMDb. The Test button says Imdb call resulted in an unexpected StatusCode [Accepted].

MDBList is the way around both. It publishes any list as a JSON feed that both apps read with their Custom List type. Movies and shows sit on separate lists so you add one to each app.

1. Pick a list

Public lists need no account. Search MDBList for the genre you want and open a list. Two horror lists that work as of October 2026

List	Holds	Feed URL
Horror	movies	https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/horror/json
Horror Shows	shows	https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/horror-shows/json

The feed URL is the list's page URL with /json on the end. Open it in a browser first. You should see a page of text that starts with [{"id":.

To build your own list sign in to MDBList and create one. It can follow filters such as a genre and a minimum rating or it can copy an IMDb list you already have. The feed URL works the same way.

2. Add it to Radarr

Settings → Import Lists → + → Custom Lists

Field	Value
Name	anything, for example Horror
Enable	on
Enable Automatic Add	on
Search on Add	read the warning below first
Monitor	Movie Only
Root Folder	your movies folder inside __magic__, for example /mnt/zurg/__magic__/movies
Quality Profile	the one you use
List URL	the movie feed URL

Press Test and then Save.

3. Add it to Sonarr

Settings → Import Lists → + → Custom List

Field	Value
Name	anything, for example Horror Shows
Enable Automatic Add	on
Monitor	All Episodes, or Pilot Episode to try a show first
Root Folder	your TV folder inside __magic__, for example /mnt/zurg/__magic__/tv
Quality Profile	the one you use
Series Type	Standard
Season Folder	on
Search for Missing Episodes	read the warning below first
List URL	the show feed URL

Press Test and then Save.

Big lists grab everything at once

A list with search on add switched on grabs every title the moment it syncs. The movie list above holds 400 titles and the show list holds 148 shows with every episode. That is a lot of grabs in one go. Your debrid account and your indexers will feel it and an indexer with a rate limit will start refusing searches.

There are two gentler ways in.

• Leave search on add off. The titles get added and monitored and nothing is searched. Search the ones you want from the Movies or Series page.
• Start with a short list. Add the big one once the first batch has landed.

The apps also sync lists on their own schedule. System → Tasks → Import List Sync runs one now.

Removing a list

Deleting a list stops new titles from coming in. What it already added stays. Under Settings → Import Lists the Clean Library Level decides what happens to titles that drop off a list. Leave it on Disabled unless you want the apps to remove things for you.