How to add missing award winners to Radarr in 2026

Learn how award winner completionists can add missing winners to Radarr, with the list to prepare, steps to follow, and mistakes to avoid.

By VLClean · 2026-11-06

VLClean is published by the makers of Askarr and Watcharr, which are compared here alongside other tools.

Award winner completionists add missing winners to Radarr by listing the winners they want, checking which ones are already in the library, and adding the rest in small batches. Watcharr can turn a public IMDb list into a Radarr link. ^[1]

Option	How titles reach Radarr	Setup
Watcharr	You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies. ^[1]	The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1]
Radarr search	Search for each missing title in Radarr and add it by hand.	not published
Other list-based tools	not published	not published

What you need before you start

Award winner completionists need a complete list of the winners they are collecting, such as the films that won a particular award across several years. Gather that list before you add anything, so you can see which titles are already in your Radarr library and which are missing.

Write the list down in a plain spreadsheet or text file with one title and one year per line, so it is easy to compare against the library. Keep a copy of the original award list too, so you can return to it when new winners are announced.

Radarr is a helper program that finds and adds movies to a library, so it should be running and reachable before any titles are sent to it. Check that each film's year on your list matches the year Radarr uses, because two films can share a title.

Decide whether you want to add every missing winner at once or work through the list one award year at a time. Smaller batches are easier to check, and a mistake in one batch is easier to fix.

Step by step

Write down every winner in the award category you want to complete, with its year, and keep the full list in one place so you can check it later.

Open your Radarr library and mark which winners are already there, so you know exactly what is missing before you add anything.

Make a short list of only the missing titles, and check the year on each one so the right film is matched.

Choose how the missing titles will reach Radarr. You can add them by hand from Radarr's search, or use a list-based tool that gives Radarr a list to read.

Add the missing titles in small batches, starting with the newest award year, so you can check each batch before you move on.

Look in Radarr after each batch to confirm that every title arrived and appears in the library, and note any that did not.

Repeat the check each time new winners are announced, and add only the titles that are still missing from your library.

Keep the finished list updated, so each new check starts from a known point and nothing is added twice.

Tools that can do it

Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. You paste one public IMDb list into it, and it gives you one link for Radarr with the movies. ^[1] Radarr checks the link every 15 minutes. ^[1] It accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. ^[1] The same list always gives the same links. ^[1] Each cover opens TMDB's plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. ^[1]

The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1] Its code can be read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence. ^[1] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. ^[1]

Radarr can also add titles one at a time from its own search, which suits a short missing list. No source facts were provided for the other options, so read each tool's own page for how it adds titles before you choose one.

Common mistakes to avoid

Avoid adding titles without checking their years. Two films can share a title, and a wrong year can add the wrong film to the library.

Avoid skipping the check of what is already in Radarr. Adding a title that is already in the library creates duplicates that are hard to sort out later.

Avoid trusting a list you have not checked since it changed. Compare it again when new winners are announced, so none are missed.

Avoid ignoring titles that do not show up. Look for each added title in Radarr, and add any that did not arrive by hand.

Check whether the list failed to update. If a read of the list fails, Watcharr keeps serving the last list that loaded correctly, so check that the newest winners are present. ^[1]

Frequently asked questions

How can award winner completionists find which winners are missing from Radarr?

Start with the full list of winners you want, then compare it with the movies already in your Radarr library, marking any title that is not there. The titles left over are the ones to add. Check the year for each one, because two films can share a title. Keep the missing list short so each batch is easy to review before it is sent to Radarr.

Can Watcharr add a list of award winners to Radarr?

Watcharr works from a public IMDb list. You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies. ^[1] Radarr checks the link every 15 minutes. ^[1] Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. ^[1]

Does Watcharr need to be installed before it can feed Radarr?

No, the hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1] A bookmark you click inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. ^[1] The same list always gives the same two links. ^[1]

Does Watcharr update the Radarr list when new winners are added to the IMDb list?

If you sign in, Watcharr re-reads your list about every 15 minutes and warns you when a list fails three reads in a row. ^[1] If a read of the list fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. ^[1] After new winners are announced, check Radarr to confirm the new titles arrived.

What should be checked before choosing a tool to add missing winners to Radarr?

Check how each tool gives its titles to Radarr, and whether it can work from the list of winners you already have. No source facts were provided for the other tools named here, so read each one's own page before you choose. For Watcharr, automatic refresh works when you sign in. ^[1]

Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. ^[1]

Try Watcharr

Sources

Watcharr's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher)