diff --git a/internal/metadata/match_candidates.go b/internal/metadata/match_candidates.go
index d6cec77d..345b2c0c 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/match_candidates.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/match_candidates.go
@@ -539,7 +539,11 @@ func selectInitialMatchCandidate(hints *MatchHints, candidates []MatchCandidate,
 			titleCorroborated := hints.Year != 0 && best.candidate.Year != 0 &&
 				absYearDelta(best.candidate.Year, hints.Year) <= 2 &&
 				normalizeTitleForScoring(best.candidate.Title) == normalizeTitleForScoring(hints.Title)
-			if yearCorroborated || multiSourceCorroborated || titleCorroborated {
+			// Year or source-count corroboration is only meaningful when the winning
+			// candidate is at least title-coherent with the scanner hint. Otherwise a
+			// high source/provider score can auto-accept an unrelated same-year result.
+			hintTitleCoherent := inferTitleSimilarity(hints.Title, best.candidate.Title, hints.Year) > 0
+			if (hintTitleCoherent && (yearCorroborated || multiSourceCorroborated)) || titleCorroborated {
 				return pickByProviderPriority(topGroup, providerPriority), true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/metadata/match_candidates_select_test.go b/internal/metadata/match_candidates_select_test.go
index 49e23858..699c94e4 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/match_candidates_select_test.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/match_candidates_select_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,26 @@ func TestSelectInitialMatchCandidate_LoneResultYearMismatchStillRejected(t *test
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSelectInitialMatchCandidate_CorroborationRequiresHintTitleCoherence(t *testing.T) {
+	// Same-year, multi-source candidate scores above the 55 floor via provider
+	// evidence, but the title is not coherent with the scanner hint. The lone
+	// result rule must not rescue it just because the year/source evidence is
+	// strong enough to reach the corroboration branch.
+	hints := &MatchHints{Title: "Hotel Transylvania Puppy!", Year: 2017, Type: "movie"}
+	cands := []MatchCandidate{
+		{
+			Title:       "Puppy!",
+			Year:        2017,
+			ContentType: "movie",
+			Sources:     []string{"tmdb", "tvdb", "imdb"},
+			ProviderIDs: map[string]string{"tmdb": "222"},
+		},
+	}
+	if got, ok := selectInitialMatchCandidate(hints, cands, []string{"tmdb", "tvdb", "imdb"}); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unrelated same-year candidate must not be auto-accepted, got %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSelectInitialMatchCandidate_TwoDifferentShowsUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	// Two genuinely different shows that BOTH score >=55 (so the new rule IS evaluated,
 	// not short-circuited by the <55 floor): candidatesAreSingleDistinctShow must return
diff --git a/internal/naming/folderid.go b/internal/naming/folderid.go
index 473308ba..d977648a 100644
--- a/internal/naming/folderid.go
+++ b/internal/naming/folderid.go
@@ -18,15 +18,11 @@ var trailingNumericIDPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s)(\d+)$`)
 // tt-prefixed number is unambiguously IMDb.
 var bracketedBareImdbPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)[{\[](tt\d{7,8})[}\]]`)
 
-// ParseStructuredFolderIDs extracts only explicit structured provider IDs from
-// a folder or file name, such as {tmdb-27205} or [imdbid-tt1375666}. It does
+// ParseStructuredFolderIDs extracts only explicit provider IDs from a folder or
+// file name, such as {tmdb-27205}, [imdbid-tt1375666], or [tt1375666]. It does
 // not consider trailing bare IDs or folderType-based heuristics.
 func ParseStructuredFolderIDs(name string) *FolderIDHints {
 	matches := folderIDPattern.FindAllStringSubmatch(name, -1)
-	if len(matches) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	hints := &FolderIDHints{}
 	for _, m := range matches {
 		provider := strings.ToLower(m[1])
@@ -42,6 +38,10 @@ func ParseStructuredFolderIDs(name string) *FolderIDHints {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if m := bracketedBareImdbPattern.FindStringSubmatch(name); m != nil && hints.ImdbID == "" {
+		hints.ImdbID = strings.ToLower(m[1])
+	}
+
 	if hints.TmdbID == "" && hints.ImdbID == "" && hints.TvdbID == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ func ParseFolderIDs(folderName string, folderType string) *FolderIDHints {
 		return hints
 	}
 
-	if m := bracketedBareImdbPattern.FindStringSubmatch(folderName); m != nil {
-		return &FolderIDHints{ImdbID: strings.ToLower(m[1])}
-	}
-
 	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(folderName)
 	if m := trailingImdbIDPattern.FindStringSubmatch(trimmed); m != nil {
 		return &FolderIDHints{ImdbID: strings.ToLower(m[1])}
diff --git a/internal/naming/folderid_test.go b/internal/naming/folderid_test.go
index 471e9417..45960787 100644
--- a/internal/naming/folderid_test.go
+++ b/internal/naming/folderid_test.go
@@ -27,3 +27,20 @@ func TestParseFolderIDs_BracketedBareImdb(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("no-id folder must return nil, got %+v", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseStructuredFolderIDs_BracketedBareImdb(t *testing.T) {
+	got := ParseStructuredFolderIDs("17 Blocks (2021) [tt10011226]")
+	if got == nil || got.ImdbID != "tt10011226" {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseStructuredFolderIDs bare imdb = %+v, want ImdbID tt10011226", got)
+	}
+
+	got = ParseStructuredFolderIDs("Some Movie {tmdb-12345} [tt7654321]")
+	if got == nil || got.TmdbID != "12345" || got.ImdbID != "tt7654321" {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseStructuredFolderIDs mixed ids = %+v, want tmdb+imdb", got)
+	}
+
+	got = ParseStructuredFolderIDs("Some Movie [imdb-tt1375666] [tt7654321]")
+	if got == nil || got.ImdbID != "tt1375666" {
+		t.Fatalf("structured imdb should win over bare imdb, got %+v", got)
+	}
+}