diff --git a/src/app/components/item-form/item-form.component.ts b/src/app/components/item-form/item-form.component.ts
index 96338dc..f84eb7b 100644
--- a/src/app/components/item-form/item-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/item-form/item-form.component.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export interface ItemFormAutofillPatch {
         <span class="block mb-2 font-medium text-light-font dark:text-dark-font">Poster</span>
         <app-poster-picker
           [posterId]="formValue().posterId"
+          [searchSeed]="formValue().title"
           (posterIdChange)="updatePosterId($event)"
           (loadingChange)="posterLoading.set($event)"
           #posterPicker
diff --git a/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.spec.ts b/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.spec.ts
index c7a2e32..db873c9 100644
--- a/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.spec.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@ describe('PosterPickerComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('seeds poster search with the item title when opened', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const tmdbSuggestionService = TestBed.inject(TmdbSuggestionService);
+    const search = vi.mocked(tmdbSuggestionService.search);
+    try {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PosterPickerComponent);
+      fixture.componentRef.setInput('searchSeed', ' Test Movie ');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.openPosterSearch();
+
+      expect(fixture.componentInstance.showPosterSearch()).toBe(true);
+      expect(fixture.componentInstance.posterSearchQuery()).toBe('Test Movie');
+
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(300);
+      expect(search).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Test Movie');
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('searches TMDB for posters after debounce', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     const tmdbSuggestionService = TestBed.inject(TmdbSuggestionService);
diff --git a/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.ts b/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.ts
index 50b0688..6d89854 100644
--- a/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/poster-picker/poster-picker.component.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ import { createTmdbSearchStream } from '../../utils/tmdb-search.utils';
         @if (!showPosterSearch()) {
           <button
             type="button"
-            (click)="showPosterSearch.set(true)"
+            (click)="openPosterSearch()"
             class="self-start px-3 py-1.5 border border-light-border dark:border-dark-border rounded bg-light-bg-secondary dark:bg-dark-bg-secondary text-light-font dark:text-dark-font cursor-pointer hover:bg-light-hover dark:hover:bg-dark-hover text-sm"
           >
             Search TMDB
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export class PosterPickerComponent {
   private destroyRef = inject(DestroyRef);
 
   readonly posterId = input<string | undefined>(undefined);
+  readonly searchSeed = input('');
   readonly posterIdChange = output<string | undefined>();
   readonly loadingChange = output<boolean>();
 
@@ -170,6 +171,14 @@ export class PosterPickerComponent {
     return getPosterUrl(posterPath);
   }
 
+  openPosterSearch(): void {
+    const query = this.searchSeed().trim();
+    if (query) {
+      this.onPosterSearchChanged(query);
+    }
+    this.showPosterSearch.set(true);
+  }
+
   onPosterSearchChanged(query: string): void {
     this.posterSearchQuery.set(query);
     this.tmdb.query.next(query);