diff --git a/frontend/src/App.vue b/frontend/src/App.vue
index e15540e..e70a9b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ export default class App extends Vue {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div class="h-100 w-100">
+  <div class="h-100 w-100 overflow-hidden">
     <LocaleSaver/>
     <DocumentLocaleSetter/>
     <StoragePersist/>
-    <SideBar ref="sidebar" class="h-100 w-100" :toggled="sidebarToggled"
+    <SideBar ref="sidebar" class="h-100 w-100 overflow-hidden" :toggled="sidebarToggled"
              @close="sidebarToggled=false"/>
-    <div class="d-flex flex-column h-100 w-100">
+    <div class="d-flex flex-column h-100 w-100 overflow-hidden">
       <NavBar @toggleSidebar="sidebarToggled = !sidebarToggled"/>
       <RouterView class="flex-grow-1"/>
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/FilterBar.vue b/frontend/src/components/manga/FilterBar.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa2d6c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/FilterBar.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+import {Options, Vue} from 'vue-class-component';
+import {Prop} from 'vue-property-decorator';
+
+@Options({
+  name: 'FilterBar',
+  components: {},
+  emits: {
+    'update:modelValue': (modelValue: string) => true,
+  },
+})
+export default class FilterBar extends Vue {
+  @Prop({required: true})
+  modelValue!: string;
+}
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <!-- z-index needed, otherwise shadow not showing -->
+  <nav class="navbar border-bottom shadow flex-nowrap filter-bar" style="z-index: 1">
+    <div class="input-group mx-auto">
+      <input class="form-control" :value="modelValue" :placeholder="$t('filter')"
+             @input="$emit('update:modelValue', ($event.target! as HTMLInputElement).value)"/>
+      <button v-if="modelValue?.trim().length" class="btn btn-secondary" @click="$emit('update:modelValue', '')">
+        <i class="fa fa-xmark"/>
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  </nav>
+</template>
+<style lang="scss">
+@import 'bootstrap/scss/functions';
+@import 'bootstrap/scss/variables';
+@import 'bootstrap/scss/mixins/breakpoints';
+
+@include media-breakpoint-up(sm) {
+  nav.filter-bar > div {
+    width: 33%;
+  }
+}
+</style>
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
index 6218777..a3ecd85 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {TableField, TableFieldObject} from 'bootstrap-vue-next/dist/src/typ
 import type {ViewEntry, ViewList} from '@/components/manga/MangaList.vue';
 import MangaEntryDetailsModal from '@/components/manga/MangaEntryDetailsModal.vue';
 import {get, latestChaptersSorted, latestChapterString, newChapterCount} from '@/components/manga/util.manga';
+import {decode} from 'html-entities';
 
 type HeadData<I> = {
   label: string,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type CellData<I, V> = {
 
 @Options({
   name: 'MangaListTable',
+  methods: {decode},
   components: {BTable, MangaEntryDetailsModal},
 })
 export default class MangaListTable extends Vue {
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ export default class MangaListTable extends Vue {
           </span>
           <template v-if="cd(data).item.series">
             <a :href="cd(data).item.series!.url" target="_blank">
-              {{ cd(data).item.series!.title }}
+              {{ decode(cd(data).item.series!.title) }}
             </a>
           </template>
           <span v-else>{{ $t('mangaupdates.relation.found') }}</span>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaLists.vue b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaLists.vue
index 7797ca7..472d7f3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaLists.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaLists.vue
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import type {MangaUpdatesRelation} from '@/data/models/mangaupdates/MangaUpdates
 import type {MangaUpdatesSeries} from '@/data/models/mangaupdates/MangaUpdatesSeries';
 import type {MangaUpdatesChapter} from '@/data/models/mangaupdates/MangaUpdatesChapter';
 import {newChapterCount} from '@/components/manga/util.manga';
+import FilterBar from '@/components/manga/FilterBar.vue';
 
 @Options({
   name: 'MangaLists',
-  components: {MangaList, BTable},
+  components: {FilterBar, MangaList, BTable},
 })
 export default class MangaLists extends Vue {
+  filter: string | undefined = '';
+
   get mangaStore(): MangaStore {
     return new MangaStore();
   };
@@ -42,33 +45,50 @@ export default class MangaLists extends Vue {
     const lists = this.mangaStore.aniListLists;
     const manga = this.mangaStore.aniListManga;
 
+    const filterparts = this.filter?.trim().toLowerCase().split(' ') ?? [];
     return lists.map(l => ({
       list: l,
-      entries: (manga.get(l.name) ?? []).map(e => {
-        const media = this.mediaById.get(e.mediaId) ?? null;
-        const relation = this.relationsByAniListMediaId.get(e.mediaId) ?? null;
-        const series = this.seriesById.get(relation?.mangaUpdatesSeriesId as any) ?? null;
-        const chapters = this.chaptersBySeriesId.get(relation?.mangaUpdatesSeriesId as any) ?? [];
-        const viewEntry = {
-          entry: e,
-          media: media,
-          relation: relation,
-          series: series,
-          chapters: chapters,
-          newChapters: 0,
-        } as ViewEntry;
-        viewEntry.newChapters = newChapterCount(viewEntry);
-        return viewEntry;
-      }),
+      entries: (manga.get(l.name) ?? [])
+          .filter(e => { // apply filter if set
+            const media = this.mediaById.get(e.mediaId) ?? null;
+            return !this.filter?.trim().length
+                || filterparts.some(fp => media!.title.english?.toLowerCase().includes(fp))
+                || filterparts.some(fp => media!.title.native?.toLowerCase().includes(fp))
+                || filterparts.some(fp => media!.title.romaji?.toLowerCase().includes(fp));
+          })
+          .map(e => {
+            const media = this.mediaById.get(e.mediaId) ?? null;
+            const relation = this.relationsByAniListMediaId.get(e.mediaId) ?? null;
+            const series = this.seriesById.get(relation?.mangaUpdatesSeriesId as any) ?? null;
+            const chapters = this.chaptersBySeriesId.get(relation?.mangaUpdatesSeriesId as any) ?? [];
+            const viewEntry = {
+              entry: e,
+              media: media,
+              relation: relation,
+              series: series,
+              chapters: chapters,
+              newChapters: 0,
+            } as ViewEntry;
+            viewEntry.newChapters = newChapterCount(viewEntry);
+            return viewEntry;
+          }),
     }))
+        .filter(e => !this.filter?.trim().length || e.entries.length) // hide empty lists when filtering
         .sort((l, r) => order.indexOf(l.list.name.toLowerCase()) - order.indexOf(r.list.name.toLowerCase()));
   }
 }
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div class="overflow-y-auto manga-lists">
-    <MangaList v-for="viewList in viewLists" :key="viewList.list.name" :viewList="viewList" class="mb-3"/>
+  <div class="d-flex flex-column overflow-hidden">
+    <div>
+      <FilterBar v-model="filter"/>
+    </div>
+    <div class="flex-grow-1 overflow-y-auto">
+      <div class="manga-lists">
+        <MangaList v-for="viewList in viewLists" :key="viewList.list.name" :viewList="viewList" class="mb-3"/>
+      </div>
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/data/models/anilist/AniListMedia.ts b/frontend/src/data/models/anilist/AniListMedia.ts
index 13569fa..f9c308b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/data/models/anilist/AniListMedia.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/data/models/anilist/AniListMedia.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export type AniListMedia = {
   title: {
     userPreferred: string,
     romaji: string,
-    english: string,
+    english?: string,
     native: string,
   }
   coverImage: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/locale/de.ts b/frontend/src/locale/de.ts
index de0cb37..0a4b621 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locale/de.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/locale/de.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const messagesDe = {
       series: 'Kapitel',
     },
   },
+  filter: 'Filter',
   locale: 'Sprache',
   locales: messagesEn.locales,
   localStorage: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/locale/en.ts b/frontend/src/locale/en.ts
index ac93208..9c2259d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locale/en.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/locale/en.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const messagesEn = {
       series: 'Series',
     },
   },
+  filter: 'Filter',
   locale: 'Language',
   locales: {
     'de': 'Deutsch',