diff --git a/media_manager/movies/service.py b/media_manager/movies/service.py
index d9d36d3..646023b 100644
--- a/media_manager/movies/service.py
+++ b/media_manager/movies/service.py
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ from media_manager.torrent.utils import (
     import_file,
     get_files_for_import,
     remove_special_characters,
-    strip_trailing_year,
     get_importable_media_directories,
     extract_external_id_from_string,
+    remove_special_chars_and_parentheses,
 )
 from media_manager.indexer.service import IndexerService
 from media_manager.metadataProvider.abstractMetaDataProvider import (
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ class MovieService:
         self, movie: Path, metadata_provider: AbstractMetadataProvider
     ) -> MediaImportSuggestion:
         search_result = self.search_for_movie(
-            strip_trailing_year(movie.name), metadata_provider
+            remove_special_chars_and_parentheses(movie.name), metadata_provider
         )
         import_candidates = MediaImportSuggestion(
             directory=movie, candidates=search_result
diff --git a/media_manager/torrent/utils.py b/media_manager/torrent/utils.py
index bc55f47..f2b5e0e 100644
--- a/media_manager/torrent/utils.py
+++ b/media_manager/torrent/utils.py
@@ -190,11 +190,27 @@ def remove_special_characters(filename: str) -> str:
     return sanitized
 
 
-def strip_trailing_year(title: str) -> str:
+def remove_special_chars_and_parentheses(title: str) -> str:
     """
-    Removes a trailing space + (4-digit year) at end of string
+    Removes special characters and bracketed information from the title.
+
+    :param title: The original title.
+    :return: A sanitized version of the title.
     """
-    return re.sub(r"\s*\(\d{4}\)\s*$", "", title).strip()
+
+    # Remove content within brackets
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"\[.*?\]", "", title)
+
+    # Remove content within curly brackets
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"\{.*?\}", "", sanitized)
+
+    # Remove year within parentheses
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"\(\d{4}\)", "", sanitized)
+
+    # Remove special characters
+    sanitized = remove_special_characters(sanitized)
+
+    return sanitized
 
 
 def get_importable_media_directories(path: Path) -> list[Path]:
diff --git a/media_manager/tv/service.py b/media_manager/tv/service.py
index 16fa8b2..cea477f 100644
--- a/media_manager/tv/service.py
+++ b/media_manager/tv/service.py
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ from media_manager.torrent.utils import (
     import_file,
     get_files_for_import,
     remove_special_characters,
-    strip_trailing_year,
     get_importable_media_directories,
     extract_external_id_from_string,
+    remove_special_chars_and_parentheses,
 )
 from media_manager.indexer.service import IndexerService
 from media_manager.metadataProvider.abstractMetaDataProvider import (
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ class TvService:
         self, tv_show: Path, metadata_provider: AbstractMetadataProvider
     ) -> MediaImportSuggestion:
         search_result = self.search_for_show(
-            strip_trailing_year(tv_show.name), metadata_provider
+            remove_special_chars_and_parentheses(tv_show.name), metadata_provider
         )
         import_candidates = MediaImportSuggestion(
             directory=tv_show, candidates=search_result