diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/BoxSets/MovieDbBoxSetImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/BoxSets/MovieDbBoxSetImageProvider.cs
index b3e73740d..2dce13ebc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/BoxSets/MovieDbBoxSetImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/BoxSets/MovieDbBoxSetImageProvider.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.BoxSets
                 VoteCount = i.vote_count,
                 Width = i.width,
                 Height = i.height,
-                Language = i.iso_639_1,
+                Language = MovieDbProvider.AdjustImageLanguage(i.iso_639_1, language),
                 ProviderName = Name,
                 Type = ImageType.Primary,
                 RatingType = RatingType.Score
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbImageProvider.cs
index f9e9bc947..49f341f26 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbImageProvider.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies
         {
             var list = new List<RemoteImageInfo>();
 
+            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
+
             var results = await FetchImages((BaseItem)item, null, _jsonSerializer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (results == null)
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies
                     VoteCount = i.vote_count,
                     Width = i.width,
                     Height = i.height,
-                    Language = i.iso_639_1,
+                    Language = MovieDbProvider.AdjustImageLanguage(i.iso_639_1, language),
                     ProviderName = Name,
                     Type = ImageType.Primary,
                     RatingType = RatingType.Score
@@ -107,8 +109,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies
                 }));
             }
 
-            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
-
             var isLanguageEn = string.Equals(language, "en", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             return list.OrderByDescending(i =>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbProvider.cs
index 6a2e72743..27b61225b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Movies/MovieDbProvider.cs
@@ -267,9 +267,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(preferredLanguage))
             {
+                preferredLanguage = NormalizeLanguage(preferredLanguage);
+
                 languages.Add(preferredLanguage);
+
+                if (preferredLanguage.Length == 5) // like en-US
+                {
+                    // Currenty, TMDB supports 2-letter language codes only
+                    // They are planning to change this in the future, thus we're
+                    // supplying both codes if we're having a 5-letter code.
+                    languages.Add(preferredLanguage.Substring(0, 2));
+                }
             }
+
             languages.Add("null");
+
             if (!string.Equals(preferredLanguage, "en", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 languages.Add("en");
@@ -280,18 +292,35 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies
 
         public static string NormalizeLanguage(string language)
         {
-            // They require this to be uppercase
-            // https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/32454-fr-follow-tmdbs-new-language-api-update/?p=311148
-            var parts = language.Split('-');
-
-            if (parts.Length == 2)
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(language))
             {
-                language = parts[0] + "-" + parts[1].ToUpper();
+                // They require this to be uppercase
+                // https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/32454-fr-follow-tmdbs-new-language-api-update/?p=311148
+                var parts = language.Split('-');
+
+                if (parts.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    language = parts[0] + "-" + parts[1].ToUpper();
+                }
             }
 
             return language;
         }
 
+        public static string AdjustImageLanguage(string imageLanguage, string requestLanguage)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageLanguage) 
+                && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(requestLanguage) 
+                && requestLanguage.Length > 2 
+                && imageLanguage.Length == 2
+                && requestLanguage.StartsWith(imageLanguage, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return requestLanguage;
+            }
+
+            return imageLanguage;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Fetches the main result.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbEpisodeImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbEpisodeImageProvider.cs
index 719779674..0feb92e89 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbEpisodeImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbEpisodeImageProvider.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                 return list;
             }
 
+            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
+
             var response = await GetEpisodeInfo(seriesId, seasonNumber.Value, episodeNumber.Value,
-                        item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        language, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var tmdbSettings = await MovieDbProvider.Current.GetTmdbSettings(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -71,12 +73,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                 VoteCount = i.vote_count,
                 Width = i.width,
                 Height = i.height,
+                Language = MovieDbProvider.AdjustImageLanguage(i.iso_639_1, language),
                 ProviderName = Name,
                 Type = ImageType.Primary,
                 RatingType = RatingType.Score
             }));
 
-            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
 
             var isLanguageEn = string.Equals(language, "en", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbProviderBase.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbProviderBase.cs
index a6df245b0..821c26e4b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbProviderBase.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbProviderBase.cs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
             public string file_path { get; set; }
             public int height { get; set; }
             public string id { get; set; }
-            public object iso_639_1 { get; set; }
+            public string iso_639_1 { get; set; }
             public double vote_average { get; set; }
             public int vote_count { get; set; }
             public int width { get; set; }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbSeriesImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbSeriesImageProvider.cs
index 06481f8f2..ad46db677 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbSeriesImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheMovieDb/MovieDbSeriesImageProvider.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
             var tmdbImageUrl = tmdbSettings.images.secure_base_url + "original";
 
+            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
+
             list.AddRange(GetPosters(results).Select(i => new RemoteImageInfo
             {
                 Url = tmdbImageUrl + i.file_path,
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                 VoteCount = i.vote_count,
                 Width = i.width,
                 Height = i.height,
-                Language = i.iso_639_1,
+                Language = MovieDbProvider.AdjustImageLanguage(i.iso_639_1, language),
                 ProviderName = Name,
                 Type = ImageType.Primary,
                 RatingType = RatingType.Score
@@ -91,8 +93,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                 RatingType = RatingType.Score
             }));
 
-            var language = item.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage();
-
             var isLanguageEn = string.Equals(language, "en", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             return list.OrderByDescending(i =>