diff --git a/app/covers.py b/app/covers.py
index 8aa49ce..01a4439 100644
--- a/app/covers.py
+++ b/app/covers.py
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ def get_movie_metadata(title, timeout=10):
 # Manual linking (pick the correct movie/game when the auto-match is wrong)
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 def search_movies(query, limit=20, timeout=10):
-    """Return [{id, title, year, overview, thumb_url, source}] for a movie search.
+    """Return [{id, title, year, overview, thumb_url, image_url, source}] for a movie search.
 
     TheMovieDB first; keyless Wikipedia page titles as a fallback.
     """
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ def search_movies(query, limit=20, timeout=10):
                     "year": (r.get("release_date") or "")[:4],
                     "overview": (r.get("overview") or "").strip(),
                     "thumb_url": (_TMDB_IMAGE + "w185" + poster) if poster else "",
+                    "image_url": (_TMDB_IMAGE + "w500" + poster) if poster else "",
                     "source": "tmdb",
                 })
     if not out:
@@ -1432,6 +1433,7 @@ def search_movies(query, limit=20, timeout=10):
                 "year": "",
                 "overview": "",
                 "thumb_url": "",
+                "image_url": "",
                 "source": "wikipedia",
             })
     return out[:limit]