diff --git a/app/Services/Releases/ReleaseSearchService.php b/app/Services/Releases/ReleaseSearchService.php
index 5c191fe09..962a85832 100644
--- a/app/Services/Releases/ReleaseSearchService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Releases/ReleaseSearchService.php
@@ -1636,6 +1636,16 @@ class ReleaseSearchService
                             $query->where($field, 'LIKE', '%'.$term.'%');
                         }
                     }
+
+                    if ($field === 'searchname' && count($terms) > 1) {
+                        $normalizedPhrase = $this->normalizeMysqlFallbackPhrase($value);
+                        if ($normalizedPhrase !== '') {
+                            $query->whereRaw(
+                                "LOWER(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE($field, '.', ' '), '-', ' '), '_', ' ')) LIKE ?",
+                                [$normalizedPhrase.'%']
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1655,6 +1665,15 @@ class ReleaseSearchService
         }
     }
 
+    private function normalizeMysqlFallbackPhrase(string $value): string
+    {
+        $normalized = strtolower(trim($value));
+        $normalized = str_replace(['.', '-', '_'], ' ', $normalized);
+        $normalized = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $normalized);
+
+        return trim((string) $normalized);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param  array<string, mixed>  $siteIdArr
      */
diff --git a/tests/Feature/MovieSearchApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/MovieSearchApiTest.php
index bc84ccab4..dbda9fcc1 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/MovieSearchApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/MovieSearchApiTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,39 @@ final class MovieSearchApiTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('Resurrection.2025.1080p.WEB-DL.TEST', $results[0]->searchname);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function movies_search_mysql_fallback_excludes_unrelated_2025_and_resurrection_releases(): void
+    {
+        config(['nntmux.mysql_search_fallback' => true]);
+
+        $mock = Mockery::mock(SearchService::class, [$this->app]);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleasesByExternalId')->never();
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleases')->once()->with(['searchname' => 'Resurrection 2025'], 1000)->andReturn([]);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleasesWithFuzzy')->never();
+        $mock->shouldReceive('isAvailable')->andReturn(false);
+
+        $this->app->instance(SearchService::class, $mock);
+
+        $service = new ReleaseSearchService;
+        $results = $service->moviesSearch(
+            '',
+            -1,
+            -1,
+            0,
+            100,
+            'Resurrection 2025',
+            [2030],
+            -1,
+            0,
+            [],
+            'posted_desc'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $results);
+        $this->assertSame(['Resurrection.2025.1080p.WEB-DL.TEST'], $results->pluck('searchname')->all());
+        $this->assertNotContains('Titanic.The.Digital.Resurrection.2025.720p.WEBRip-LAMA', $results->pluck('searchname')->all());
+    }
+
     private function registerSqliteConcatIfNeeded(): void
     {
         if (DB::getDriverName() !== 'sqlite') {
@@ -215,6 +248,20 @@ final class MovieSearchApiTest extends TestCase
                 'traktid' => 2002,
                 'title' => 'Resurrection Road',
             ],
+            [
+                'id' => 3,
+                'imdbid' => '2468135',
+                'tmdbid' => 1003,
+                'traktid' => 2003,
+                'title' => 'Drop',
+            ],
+            [
+                'id' => 4,
+                'imdbid' => '1123581',
+                'tmdbid' => 1004,
+                'traktid' => 2004,
+                'title' => 'Titanic: The Digital Resurrection',
+            ],
         ]);
 
         $now = now()->toDateTimeString();
@@ -252,6 +299,38 @@ final class MovieSearchApiTest extends TestCase
                 'imdbid' => '7654321',
                 'movieinfo_id' => 2,
             ],
+            [
+                'id' => 3,
+                'searchname' => 'Drop.2025.2160p.BluRay.TEST',
+                'guid' => 'movie-guid-3',
+                'postdate' => $now,
+                'adddate' => $now,
+                'categories_id' => 2030,
+                'groups_id' => 1,
+                'size' => 1000,
+                'totalpart' => 1,
+                'passwordstatus' => 0,
+                'grabs' => 0,
+                'comments' => 0,
+                'imdbid' => '2468135',
+                'movieinfo_id' => 3,
+            ],
+            [
+                'id' => 4,
+                'searchname' => 'Titanic.The.Digital.Resurrection.2025.720p.WEBRip-LAMA',
+                'guid' => 'movie-guid-4',
+                'postdate' => $now,
+                'adddate' => $now,
+                'categories_id' => 2030,
+                'groups_id' => 1,
+                'size' => 1000,
+                'totalpart' => 1,
+                'passwordstatus' => 0,
+                'grabs' => 0,
+                'comments' => 0,
+                'imdbid' => '1123581',
+                'movieinfo_id' => 4,
+            ],
         ]);
 
         Release::clearBootedModels();
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TvSearchApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/TvSearchApiTest.php
index c2fabafbf..7297040f7 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/TvSearchApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/TvSearchApiTest.php
@@ -151,6 +151,40 @@ final class TvSearchApiTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('Simpsons.S06E24.Test', $results[0]->searchname);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function tv_search_mysql_fallback_excludes_mid_title_false_positives_for_multi_word_queries(): void
+    {
+        config(['nntmux.mysql_search_fallback' => true]);
+
+        $mock = Mockery::mock(SearchService::class, [$this->app]);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleasesByExternalId')->never();
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleases')->once()->with(['searchname' => 'The Simpsons'], 1000)->andReturn([]);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('searchReleasesWithFuzzy')->never();
+        $mock->shouldReceive('isAvailable')->andReturn(false);
+
+        $this->app->instance(SearchService::class, $mock);
+
+        $service = new ReleaseSearchService;
+        $results = $service->tvSearch(
+            [],
+            '',
+            '',
+            '',
+            0,
+            100,
+            'The Simpsons',
+            [5030],
+            -1,
+            0,
+            [],
+            'posted_desc'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $results);
+        $this->assertSame(['The.Simpsons.S06E24.Test'], $results->pluck('searchname')->all());
+        $this->assertNotContains('Titanic.The.Digital.The.Simpsons.2025.Special', $results->pluck('searchname')->all());
+    }
+
     private function bindSearchIndexMockReturningBothReleases(): void
     {
         $mock = Mockery::mock(SearchService::class, [$this->app]);
@@ -462,6 +496,38 @@ final class TvSearchApiTest extends TestCase
                 'videos_id' => 1,
                 'tv_episodes_id' => 2,
             ],
+            [
+                'id' => 3,
+                'searchname' => 'The.Simpsons.S06E24.Test',
+                'guid' => 'guid-the-s06e24',
+                'postdate' => $now,
+                'adddate' => $now,
+                'categories_id' => 5030,
+                'groups_id' => 1,
+                'size' => 1500,
+                'totalpart' => 1,
+                'passwordstatus' => 0,
+                'grabs' => 0,
+                'comments' => 0,
+                'videos_id' => 1,
+                'tv_episodes_id' => 1,
+            ],
+            [
+                'id' => 4,
+                'searchname' => 'Titanic.The.Digital.The.Simpsons.2025.Special',
+                'guid' => 'guid-titanic-simpsons-special',
+                'postdate' => $now,
+                'adddate' => $now,
+                'categories_id' => 5030,
+                'groups_id' => 1,
+                'size' => 2500,
+                'totalpart' => 1,
+                'passwordstatus' => 0,
+                'grabs' => 0,
+                'comments' => 0,
+                'videos_id' => 1,
+                'tv_episodes_id' => 2,
+            ],
         ]);
 
         Release::clearBootedModels();