diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80526e7..4ada9d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A [maubot](https://github.com/maubot/maubot) to get information about movies fro
 ## Usage
 Use `!movie-id {tmdb id}` to get movie detail for tmdb-id.
 
-Use `!movie-search {title}` to get movie detail based on the given title.
+Use `!movie-search {title} [y:{release year}]` to get movie detail based on the given title. 
 
 Use `!movie-language {language}` to set your prefered language.
 
diff --git a/test_tmdb.py b/test_tmdb.py
index 123c241..ac8f3af 100644
--- a/test_tmdb.py
+++ b/test_tmdb.py
@@ -64,7 +64,23 @@ class TestTmdbMethods(unittest.TestCase):
         id = movie.search_title('Breakfast Club 2019')
         self.assertEqual(id, None)
         self.assertEqual(None, movie.title)
-        
+
+    def test_search_year(self):
+        movie = Movie()
+        id = movie.search_title('Dune')
+        self.assertEqual(id, 841)
+        id = movie.search_title('Dune', 2020)
+        self.assertEqual(id, 438631)
+
+    def test_split_year(self):
+        tmdb = TmdbBot("","" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" ,"" )
+        title, year = tmdb.split_title_year('Dune')
+        self.assertEqual('Dune', title)
+        self.assertEqual(None, year)
+        title, year = tmdb.split_title_year('Dune y:2020 ')
+        self.assertEqual('Dune', title)
+        self.assertEqual(2020, year)
+
     # TV Shows   
     def test_search_tvshow(self):
         movie = TvShow()
diff --git a/tmdb/tmdb.py b/tmdb/tmdb.py
index 4d9a8d1..2afd256 100644
--- a/tmdb/tmdb.py
+++ b/tmdb/tmdb.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General  Public License
 along with tmdb-bot.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 from html import escape
+import re
 
 from mautrix.types import TextMessageEventContent, MediaMessageEventContent, MessageType, Format, RelatesTo, RelationType
 
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ class TmdbBot(Plugin):
                            <p>Taken from www.themoviedb.org</p>"""
         return html_message
 
+    def split_title_year(self, message : str) -> (str, int):
+        m = re.search(r'^(.*) (y:\d\d\d\d)', message)
+        if m:
+            title = m.group(1)
+            year = int(m.group(2)[2:])
+            return (title, year)
+        return (message, None)
+
     async def send_movie_info(self, evt: MessageEvent, movie) -> None:
         html_message = self.construct_html_message(movie)
         await self.send_html_message(evt, f'{movie.title}', html_message)
@@ -86,7 +95,8 @@ class TmdbBot(Plugin):
         language = self.db.get_language(evt.sender)
         if language:
             movie.set_language(language)
-        movie.search_title(message)
+        title, year = self.split_title_year(message)
+        movie.search_title(title, year)
         if movie.valid:
             await self.send_movie_info(evt, movie)
         else:
diff --git a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
index b2013b7..cb2ee1f 100644
--- a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
+++ b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ class Movie(TmdbApi):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         
-    def search_title(self, title):
+    def search_title(self, title : str, year: int = None) -> int:
         payload = {}
         payload['query'] = title
+        if year:
+            payload['year'] = year
         result = self.request('search/movie', params=payload)
         json = result.json()
         if json['total_results'] > 0: