You could use Freebase to download movies and actors in JSON format. See the API wiki for more information.
For example, the query:
GET https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/mqlread?query=[{%22type%22:%22/film/actor%22,%22id%22:null,%22name%22:null}]
will return:
{
"result": [{
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/milla_jovovich",
"name": "Milla Jovovich"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/angus_macfadyen",
"name": "Angus Macfadyen"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/aisha_tyler",
"name": "Aisha Tyler"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/stephen_dorff",
"name": "Stephen Dorff"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/vincent_laresca",
"name": "Vincent Laresca"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dawn_greenhalgh",
"name": "Dawn Greenhalgh"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/nola_augustson",
"name": "Nola Augustson"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dudley_moore",
"name": "Dudley Moore"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/julie_andrews",
"name": "Julie Andrews"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/bo_derek",
"name": "Bo Derek"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/robert_webber",
"name": "Robert Webber"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dee_wallace-stone",
"name": "Dee Wallace-Stone"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/ryan_phillippe",
"name": "Ryan Phillippe"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/salma_hayek",
"name": "Salma Hayek"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/neve_campbell",
"name": "Neve Campbell"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/mike_myers",
"name": "Mike Myers"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/satoshi_tsumabuki",
"name": "Satoshi Tsumabuki"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/masanobu_ando",
"name": "Masanobu Ando"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/david_gahan",
"name": "Dave Gahan"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/martin_gore",
"name": "Martin Gore"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/andrew_fletcher_1961",
"name": "Andrew Fletcher"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/alan_wilder",
"name": "Alan Wilder"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/gerard_butler",
"name": "Gerard Butler"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/lena_headey",
"name": "Lena Headey"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/david_wenham",
"name": "David Wenham"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/robert_de_niro",
"name": "Robert De Niro"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/gerard_depardieu",
"name": "G\u00e9rard Depardieu"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dominique_sanda",
"name": "Dominique Sanda"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/john_belushi",
"name": "John Belushi"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/ned_beatty",
"name": "Ned Beatty"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dan_aykroyd",
"name": "Dan Aykroyd"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/lorraine_gary",
"name": "Lorraine Gary"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/murray_hamilton",
"name": "Murray Hamilton"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/robert_downey_jr",
"name": "Robert Downey Jr."
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/kiefer_sutherland",
"name": "Kiefer Sutherland"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/winona_ryder",
"name": "Winona Ryder"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/john_hurt",
"name": "John Hurt"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/richard_burton",
"name": "Richard Burton"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/suzanna_hamilton",
"name": "Suzanna Hamilton"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/cyril_cusack",
"name": "Cyril Cusack"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/gregor_fisher",
"name": "Gregor Fisher"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/tony_leung_chiu_wai",
"name": "Tony Leung Chiu Wai"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/gong_li",
"name": "Gong Li"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/faye_wong",
"name": "Faye Wong"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/takuya_kimura",
"name": "Takuya Kimura"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/zhang_ziyi",
"name": "Zhang Ziyi"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/carina_lau",
"name": "Carina Lau"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/chang_chen",
"name": "Chang Chen"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/bird_mcintyre",
"name": "Bird McIntyre"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/maggie_cheung",
"name": "Maggie Cheung"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/chevy_chase",
"name": "Chevy Chase"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/steve_martin",
"name": "Steve Martin"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/martin_short",
"name": "Martin Short"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/joe_mantegna",
"name": "Joe Mantegna"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/jon_lovitz",
"name": "Jon Lovitz"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/alfonso_arau",
"name": "Alfonso Arau"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/tony_plana",
"name": "Tony Plana"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/al_pacino",
"name": "Al Pacino"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/carmen_maura",
"name": "Carmen Maura"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/luis_hostalot",
"name": "Luis Hostalot"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/veronica_forque",
"name": "Veronica Forqu\u00e9"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/hume_cronyn",
"name": "Hume Cronyn"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/jessica_tandy",
"name": "Jessica Tandy"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/frank_mcrae",
"name": "Frank McRae"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/elizabeth_pena",
"name": "Elizabeth Pe\u00f1a"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dennis_boutsikaris",
"name": "Dennis Boutsikaris"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/hal_warren",
"name": "Hal Warren"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/tom_neyman",
"name": "Tom Neyman"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/john_reynolds_1941",
"name": "John Reynolds"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/rajnikanth",
"name": "Rajnikanth"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/sridevi_kapoor",
"name": "Sridevi Kapoor"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/kantimathi",
"name": "Kantimathi"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/konkona_sen_sharma",
"name": "Konkona Sen Sharma"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/shabana_azmi",
"name": "Shabana Azmi"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/soumitra_chatterjee",
"name": "Soumitra Chatterjee"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/waheeda_rehman",
"name": "Waheeda Rehman"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/rahul_bose",
"name": "Rahul Bose"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/william_hopper",
"name": "William Hopper"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/joan_taylor",
"name": "Joan Taylor"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/frank_puglia",
"name": "Frank Puglia"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/james_garner",
"name": "James Garner"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/rod_taylor_1930",
"name": "Rod Taylor"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/eva_marie_saint",
"name": "Eva Marie Saint"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/paul_walker",
"name": "Paul Walker"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/eva_mendes",
"name": "Eva Mendes"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/devon_aoki",
"name": "Devon Aoki"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/john_payne_1912",
"name": "John Payne"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/evelyn_keyes",
"name": "Evelyn Keyes"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/brad_dexter",
"name": "Brad Dexter"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/frank_faylen",
"name": "Frank Faylen"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/peggie_castle",
"name": "Peggie Castle"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/jean-hugues_anglade",
"name": "Jean-Hugues Anglade"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/beatrice_dalle",
"name": "B\u00e9atrice Dalle"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/vincent_lindon",
"name": "Vincent Lindon"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dominique_pinon",
"name": "Dominique Pinon"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/joaquin_phoenix",
"name": "Joaquin Phoenix"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/james_gandolfini",
"name": "James Gandolfini"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/catherine_keener",
"name": "Catherine Keener"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/norman_reedus",
"name": "Norman Reedus"
}, {
"type": "/film/actor",
"id": "/en/dean_martin",
"name": "Dean Martin"
}]
}
Similary, you would do:
https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/mqlread?query=[{%22type%22:%22/film/film%22,%22id%22:null,%22name%22:null}]
to fetch movie titles.
