diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
index ce13a0f3b1..01fc3912f1 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public sealed class MovieApi : IMovieApi
 	{
+		private readonly IMainFormForApi _mainForm;
+
 		private readonly IMovieSession _movieSession;
 
 		private readonly Action<string> LogCallback;
 
-		public MovieApi(Action<string> logCallback, IMovieSession movieSession)
+		public MovieApi(Action<string> logCallback, IMainFormForApi mainForm, IMovieSession movieSession)
 		{
 			LogCallback = logCallback;
+			_mainForm = mainForm;
 			_movieSession = movieSession;
 		}
 
@@ -103,7 +106,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public void SetRerecordCounting(bool counting) => _movieSession.Movie.IsCountingRerecords = counting;
 
-		public void Stop() => _movieSession.StopMovie();
+		public void Stop()
+			=> _mainForm.StopMovie();
 
 		public double GetFps()
 		{
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/IMainFormForApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/IMainFormForApi.cs
index ff6f4286ad..16f856ae9a 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/IMainFormForApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/IMainFormForApi.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// <remarks>only referenced from <c>EmuClientApi</c></remarks>
 		void StepRunLoop_Throttle();
 
+		/// <remarks>only referenced from <see cref="MovieApi"/></remarks>
+		void StopMovie(bool saveChanges = true);
+
 		/// <remarks>only referenced from <c>EmuClientApi</c></remarks>
 		void TakeScreenshot();
 
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
index 91a9ec4bab..e87ec85a88 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			UpdateStatusSlots();
 		}
 
-		private void StopMovie(bool saveChanges = true)
+		public void StopMovie(bool saveChanges = true)
 		{
 			if (IsSlave && Master.WantsToControlStopMovie)
 			{