diff --git a/lib/services/seerr/seerr_client.dart b/lib/services/seerr/seerr_client.dart
index cbf8def9..c3c2a0f4 100644
--- a/lib/services/seerr/seerr_client.dart
+++ b/lib/services/seerr/seerr_client.dart
@@ -89,10 +89,20 @@ class SeerrClient {
   // ---------- Discover / search ----------
 
   /// `/discover/movies` — popular movies.
-  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getPopularMovies({int page = 1}) => _mediaPage('/discover/movies', page, 'movie');
+  ///
+  /// Deliberately unlocalized. Overseerr and Jellyseerr bind this route's
+  /// `language` query parameter to `originalLanguage`, i.e. TMDB's
+  /// `with_original_language`, so sending the app locale narrows the shelf to
+  /// titles *originally made* in that language (#1763). The display language
+  /// here comes from the instance/user locale, which already wins over the
+  /// query value, so omitting it costs nothing.
+  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getPopularMovies({int page = 1}) =>
+      _mediaPage('/discover/movies', page, 'movie', localized: false);
 
-  /// `/discover/tv` — popular series.
-  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getPopularTv({int page = 1}) => _mediaPage('/discover/tv', page, 'tv');
+  /// `/discover/tv` — popular series. Unlocalized for the same reason as
+  /// [getPopularMovies].
+  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getPopularTv({int page = 1}) =>
+      _mediaPage('/discover/tv', page, 'tv', localized: false);
 
   Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getUpcomingMovies({int page = 1}) =>
       _mediaPage('/discover/movies/upcoming', page, 'movie');
@@ -118,8 +128,16 @@ class SeerrClient {
   Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> getTvRecommendations(int tmdbId, {int page = 1}) =>
       _mediaPage('/tv/$tmdbId/recommendations', page, 'tv');
 
-  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> _mediaPage(String path, int page, String? coerceMediaType) async {
-    final data = await _request('GET', path, query: {'page': page, 'language': _language});
+  /// [localized] adds the app locale as `language`. Only the two paged
+  /// discover routes opt out; everywhere else Seerr treats it as the display
+  /// language, which is what we want.
+  Future<SeerrPage<SeerrMedia>> _mediaPage(
+    String path,
+    int page,
+    String? coerceMediaType, {
+    bool localized = true,
+  }) async {
+    final data = await _request('GET', path, query: {'page': page, if (localized) 'language': _language});
     return _parseMediaPage(data, coerceMediaType);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/services/seerr/seerr_client_test.dart b/test/services/seerr/seerr_client_test.dart
index f3f3c8c0..88f7091c 100644
--- a/test/services/seerr/seerr_client_test.dart
+++ b/test/services/seerr/seerr_client_test.dart
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(page.totalResults, 37);
     });
 
-    test('adds the current Plezy locale to every catalog GET', () async {
+    test('adds the current Plezy locale to the catalog GETs Seerr localizes', () async {
       final urls = <Uri>[];
       final client = clientWith(
         MockClient((request) async {
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ void main() {
         }),
       );
 
-      await client.getPopularMovies();
-      await client.getPopularTv();
       await client.getUpcomingMovies();
       await client.getUpcomingTv();
       await client.getTrending();
@@ -321,8 +319,6 @@ void main() {
       await client.getTv(4);
 
       expect(urls.map((url) => url.path).toSet(), {
-        '/api/v1/discover/movies',
-        '/api/v1/discover/tv',
         '/api/v1/discover/movies/upcoming',
         '/api/v1/discover/tv/upcoming',
         '/api/v1/discover/trending',
@@ -338,6 +334,29 @@ void main() {
       }
     });
 
+    test('popular rows omit language so Seerr cannot filter them by original language', () async {
+      // Overseerr and Jellyseerr pass `/discover/movies` and `/discover/tv`'s
+      // `language` straight into `originalLanguage`, i.e. TMDB's
+      // `with_original_language`. Sending the app locale collapsed both shelves
+      // to titles originally made in that language (#1763).
+      final urls = <Uri>[];
+      final client = clientWith(
+        MockClient((request) async {
+          urls.add(request.url);
+          return _json({'page': 1, 'totalPages': 1, 'results': []});
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await client.getPopularMovies(page: 2);
+      await client.getPopularTv();
+
+      expect(urls.map((url) => url.path).toList(), ['/api/v1/discover/movies', '/api/v1/discover/tv']);
+      for (final url in urls) {
+        expect(url.queryParameters.containsKey('language'), isFalse, reason: url.path);
+      }
+      expect(urls.first.queryParameters['page'], '2', reason: 'paging must survive the locale opt-out');
+    });
+
     test('createRequest posts the movie payload without seasons', () async {
       late Map<String, dynamic> body;
       final client = clientWith(