Name: Letterboxd
Rating: 4.8406 (86129 reviews)

User Reviews for Letterboxd

4.84 out of 5

86.1K Ratings

5 years ago, Flyy Guy Ty

I love this app so much

I cannot sing the praises of this app enough! I love it so much and it came at a great time in my life because just as I found myself getting more and more invested in film and whatnot a friend of mine introduced me to it. I’m a big fan of the idea of being able to write reviews as well as rate movies and denote whether or not you liked them. The app/website as a whole is a great experience and I wish more of my friends would get it. The only thing I would suggest is that you guys implement an ability to turn on notifications for when certain accounts have certain interactions. For instance, I would like to be able to turn on notifications on my friend’s account so I can know when she writes a review, adds a movie to her watch list, has just seen a movie, or even just rated it. If you guys could add this feature I think it’d go a long way and people would like doing that with some of the more notable users on the app or even just their followers/following. Beyond that though, like I said I absolutely love the app and have next to no complaints about it!

4 years ago, TGTJp

THE Film Companion

This app is incredible. If you’re a casual film fan or a dedicated film buff, everyone can find something to love about this app/service. The app itself is clean, modern, and easy to use. I continue to recommend it to all my family and friends who love discussing movies that they should get on the app. You get to search for movies, log when you’ve seen them, review them, and see what your friends or family have seen. In fact, a few times, my Letterboxd reviews are used against me when we have in-person discussions. All in good fun though. My favorite feature is the Film Diary. I started using this app around the time I got MoviePass (RIP, not really) and AMC A-List. It gave me a way to keep track of the movies I saw without relying on ticket stubs. It allowed me to easily tag the movies with things like where I saw them, what type of theater (Dolby, IMAX, etc...), and what chain. Another great thing about it is the ease and portability. I used to always want to review movies, but after driving or commuting home, I would forget some of what I wanted to say. Not a problem with the app as I can sit down for a few minutes after the movies over and jot down my thoughts. One thing I would like to see, though I understand why they haven’t implemented, is the ability to review TV Shows. I understand it would be hard because of the fact that it’s hard to review a show with multiple episodes since each episode may be of different quality. But maybe someday.

5 years ago, soonergrrrl

More sorting and customization please.

I would really like to see an option to sort by region, or to customize the app to only show certain regions, or countries of release. Sifting thru so many films that I will NEVER be interested in is beyond frustrating. Sorting by release date is nice, but honestly, I almost don’t want to bother with this app sometimes because of the lack of this one feature. I also don’t understand why the newest releases don’t show up when I first open the app. I sometimes have to go searching for a movie that literally opened the day I saw it. This doesn’t make any sense. Instead, upon opening the app, the “popular” tab shows up and gives me movies that opened months ago because I guess people are still talking about them. That’s great, but when I open the app, I would like to see what just came out. I will NEVER go pro with this app until I can customize it so that I don’t have to wade thru so much detritus to get to what I want. In other words, I would like the option to see regional new releases show up for me first. I don’t think that’s too much to ask since you can sort all kinds of other info. I am glad that all these movies are available. It’s just that they are superfluous to me and makes this app more cumbersome than it could be.

2 years ago, laurabarn35

Please do something about lists

The “every X movie ever” lists are very annoying. They should have their own filter or something, since the point of lists and accessing them from a film is to find something similar to the film. Not access literally every film in the genre, every film with a similar poster, not every low budget, obscure flick. Even if it were we have the genre function already, so whatever weirdos making these lists are almost all doing pointless effort. this whole situation only exists so they can get likes on their lists because they cast the widest possible net, and flood out the top lists for hundreds of films with nothing to do with them. The list function is entirely unusable on anything above a certain level of popularity since the first hundred lists are just these insufferable, irrelevant lists for their own sake, not for the sake of the films or providing a valuable community resource. Additionally the overall concept of a social media focused film review site has damaged the critical landscape. “Viral” reviewers are little cretins fresh out of college with annoying takes. Easy enough to curate a little feed but you’re guaranteed to see the same 5-10 users at the top of every single set of reviews since they’ve got 50,000 followers, huge downgrade from imdb.

7 months ago, Jsoskakslkqjsmlw

Please add Shows!!

I love this app .. to the point I’ve convinced multiple other people to download it. I love being able to find new movies that fit my “vibe” or preferences easily. As well as the organizational aspect within the app. I just wish shows/series were added. I’d love to be able to log all of my favorite tv shows and animated series and I’m sure others would too. I think it would truly complete the app overall .. Plus, there are already similar apps that do include shows and you have the chance to squash the competition. Additionally, there is no function to sort your lists. You should be able to put them in whatever order you’d like. Currently you are able to organize them through “earliest first” etc etc but as soon as you close the app it goes back to the default .. Making that feature useless as I just have to select the correct organizational button again every single time I open the app. On apps like Pinterest, you’re able to sort your boards and sections in any order you’d like .. That feature would be really nice for Letterbxed.

4 years ago, pseudolister

Unexpectedly Amazing

I try to limit my iOS screen time to 1.5 hours a day, but downloading this app a few days ago has ruined that. This app is so much more than just a place to rate movies. I’ve really been enjoying the Lists feature, both creating my own and browsing others. Every night, my family has had struggles finding a movie that we’ll all like. The criteria we need to meet is both 1. No sex scenes and 2. Not overly highbrow. I can never think of anything because 90% of the movies I watch fail one or both of the criteria, so we usually just end up watching kids’ movies. Letterboxd has changed that because other people have already created ‘Movies to Watch With Your Parents’ lists! It has come in handy when I’m on my own too. I’ve added a ton of movies to my Watchlist and now never draw a blank when pondering what to watch next. This was truly the app I didn’t know I needed

2 years ago, Ollie_Rev

An app I use constantly that needs a bit of work

The logging and reviewing aspects of the app are great, it lets you keep track of things you’ve watched, want to watch, have rewatched and of course, the reviews and diary entries. It’s a very fleshed out site on that side of the things but it’s also advertised as “ the social app for film lovers” and is severely lacking on the social front. You can add other users and like and comment on their reviews but you can’t tag anyone specifically to keep a conversation going under popular reviews, it’ll just get lost in a sea of replies because you can’t directly tag someone. Another issue that isn’t ant fault of the app itself is the popular community reviews, so this is more of just a warning, but the popular reviews are mostly joke/meme reviews so you’ll have to do a little more digging to find proper reviews that are longer than a sentence or two, whereas on IMDB you’ll see most reviews taking them seriously. I don’t mind those kinds of silly fun “reviews” but they do dominate the app quite a bit.

1 year ago, BeegyFleeg

App is great but falls short where it could shine

I’m enjoying using this app to catalog all of the movies I have watched and assign ratings to them. However, I have two major complaints: 1. This app cannot tell what movie you’re searching for if you spell ANYTHING wrong. The search feature in almost every app and website I’ve ever used has had built-in spellcheck, or at least suggestions for what you might be looking for, but somehow this does not. I’ve had to switch over to my browser on multiple occasions just to find out how to spell a movie title correctly. 2. When you are making a list, you have to type in the name of every single film you want to add, or you have to go to each film and press like four buttons to add it to the list. You should be able to scroll through your whole library and select a bunch (like in your Photos app) to add to a list. As it stands, composing lists is needlessly tedious. Please update the app with this crucial quality-of-life feature. I will probably not want to use this app until then.

3 years ago, adrianmarshall167

Essential for Cinephiles, but Filmmakers as Well

I can look to Letterboxd to see my own trajectory as a filmmaker from the beginning to the present, and that is invaluable in and of itself; having said that, Letterboxd has become a large part of my research at this stage of my education, allowing me to chart a direction in which I find the films that speak to my sensibilities the most and recall with clarity the films that guided my influences throughout cinematic history. Are the reviews always accurate? No, I'd suggest even my own come from a place of personal taste, and most of them can be attributed to people whose narcissism often overpowers their appreciation for the difficulties of filmmaking, whether it appeals to them or not, or they simply describe superficial attachments rather than informative. Nonetheless, pay attention to films in the 3+ range and you will likely be rewarded with a vast catalog of titles to enrich your cinematic tastes.

3 years ago, JEBextor

Nearly Perfect

Definitely along my favorite apps I have — so much so that I even pay for the PRO membership. I love the sense of community between myself and the other like-minded horror fanatics I’ve found myself being friends with on the app. My only gripe(s) are: the inability to share my profile/reviews on my Instagram story. Sure, I can show my rating, but there’s still no way for Instagram users to click on said rating and instantly find my profile for an easy follow or read-through. I also wish there was a “based on your interests” feature where movies can be suggested to me based on my ratings and likings. I’ve seen both of my desired features on dozens of other apps so it’s strange that Letterboxd is so behind. Still, there is not a single day where I don’t open this app and find joy in reading reviews and opinions of others on movies I hold near and dear to my heart. It’s a fantastic app and I plan on being a loyal Letterboxd member for a very long time!

3 months ago, vghjkj

One of my favorite apps but some major issues

I absolutely adore Letterboxd. The layout and aesthetic are magnificent. The ability to enter films in a little diary entry is so great. One of biggest the things that really pisses me off however is the fact that in order for to change the poster and have a backdrop you expect someone to pay 50 freaking dollars a year!? That’s absolutely absurd, just for a cool little feature that is completely free btw on the sister app for TV shows, Serializd, which yes, has way less users and is not nearly as well put together but even so. Another thing is, the ads, which usually wouldn’t bother me but they are so sensitive that even when you’re just barely scrolling and a the smallest fiber on your thumb grazes over it, you are immediately whisked away to the App Store or Google/Safari etc, which is infuriating. Again, I LOVE Letterboxd for the most part, just a couple of things they really need to fix

3 years ago, justinmayer55

Needs a specific update

I would give this app 5 stars but there is one thing it’s missing and making me not want to use it. It also has to do with stars. I like that you can rate 0 to 5 stars with half a star being an option, but it needs to go further to allow for more accurately rating a movie. If we could rate them to the accuracy of .1 instead of .5 then that would make it so much better. It would more accurately show the differences between rankings. For example I would give Alien a 4.5, but I like The Thing better and would rank it at 4.6. However I can’t do that now so I have to choose between ranking it the same as Alien at 4.5 implying I like them the same or rank it at a 5 implying I think it’s a perfect movie (which I do not). All this being said it’s a great app… I just don’t use it due to the inaccuracy of the rating. Please update this and I will review the app again at 5 stars and recommend it to all my friends.

4 years ago, mister schloopy

Great app but a few big problems

I love this app, it’s an amazing way to connect with friends, discover new movies, share your opinions on films and meet other film lovers. However there’s a big problem (at least on the website, it might happen in the app too): if you write a review, you can’t save it and finish it later. If you close it, then it’ll show up in your reviews but you can’t edit it. Actually sometimes you can but sometimes you can’t, it doesn’t really make sense but it’s really annoying when you’ve been writing a really good review and it just gets lost. That’s another thing: if you want to go back and edit your review, there’s sometimes not an edit option and there’s just “write a review” so you click that and it just starts you with a new review. It’s really confusing so please fix it, thanks

2 years ago, jpark9

PLEASE ADD TV SHOWS

I cannot express my gratitude for this app’s existence. I have just entered adulthood and haven’t watched most of the classic films that everyone recommends. But my friends and I have all gotten letterboxd and it has inspired a love of film for all us. Now, we are churning through the highest rated films on the app. I watched Parasite last night and Shawshank’s Redemption the night before that. I am grateful. With that said, I hope that you will consider adding tv shows to your app. If we could write individual reviews of episodes as well as entire shows it would add so much to my experience and I’m sure for others as well. We are living through the golden age of tv and while 30 years ago the quality difference between the two mediums may have merited a separate app for film, today shows like the Sopranos and Breaking Bad deserve a similar platform. Please consider my request I would be so grateful.

2 years ago, Jacob Gierhahn

Bug on “Watched films” list.

Before I even installed the newest update, I had this weird bug where I couldn’t scroll through my watched films past like, 2008. The app just literally wouldn’t let me scroll past that point. Granted, I have over 800 films logged, but this has never been a problem before. I feel like it has something to do with the ads that now are inserted every few rows of films. And I thought that updating the app would maybe do something about this, but it did not fix a thing. Would be great to have this fixed, and take away this blemish on an app that otherwise needs no improvements. An unrelated note, but it would also be nice to be able to marked films not previously marked as “liked” on the desktop version. Right now you have to mark a not previously liked movie as liked on the app for it to show up that way on the desktop version.

5 years ago, dewlover420

Terrible update

Looks worse PLUS it adds ads. Not impressed. Wish I hadn’t updated the app by accident. A large portion of the reason I’m not impressed is because they didn’t add a “remove ads” pay tier despite ads being brand new. VERY DISAPPOINTING! There was an ad supported update in December that I didn’t upgrade to and I didn’t think there’d be another update for MUCH longer! Luckily this at least fixes some bugs. I’m hoping it fixes a particular one that would occasionally happen in which I search for a title, and after clicking it, it glitches and shows the search results for a second. Then that happens with everything I click from that page, like an actor and then another movie they were in, etc. Not impressed. But I will be purchasing their cheapest tier simply for ad removal, none of the other features are necessary. Even if they were they’re not worth paying for. (Side note: that second tier is nearly $50 and adds nothing except the feeling you’ll get donating to help the app stay up and running. Which, don’t get me wrong, that’s a great feeling and I love this app, but I’d rather AT LEAST pay like $4 a month instead of shelling out the enture year at once for no special features.)

3 weeks ago, CHARON4

letterboxd is great, tmdb is gross

Letterboxd is truly an ok app and I can't complain, but TMDb staff members - some of the moderators, they have no respect to Asian cinema and their users. They refuse to provide valid reasons for overlooking my contributions on Asian cinema, although none of the moderators have even seen these movies. On top of that, they abuse their power to suspend my account, although I've provided links to prove that my contributions were in fact correct. They even threaten me often on suspending me, although all I did was asking them to take a look at some contributions. I was trying to make it correct and better for the site, which helps Letterboxd too, yet this is how they treat me... I need to find an email address which allow me to fire an official report against my abusers on TMDb, or I'll have to use legal weapon, as I will not allow them to mistreat me like this.

2 years ago, bdnsnaksnsbdndjskansbs

This app is pretty much my digital movie collection

I mean this is a must have app for movie buffs. I’m pretty broke so I can’t afford to buy movies like I want to but this acts as a digital account of every movie I’ve ever seen and it’s really fantastic. I can look up movies by my personal rating, I can tag them by the location I watched them at which is also pretty dope, custom tags really are a great thing. The list features are great, upcoming entries are listed so I don’t forget what’s coming out, I mean this app has it all. If I had only one thing I would add to this app it’s that I wish they also allowed entires for tv shows and had a separate section for them too. That might take a whole different app to do but if it’s by the same developers I would download it in a heartbeat

1 year ago, The gamer 123459

One problem

I love this app so much to the point that I actually buy the pro version as I use it so much that being said I have noticed that when I write a review there are occasions where words that I had not typed are inserted into the review. These are only single words that make no sense in contest of the sentence. I thought it was just me being inattentive at first and forgetting to proofread, then I thought it might be autocorrected words not fully registered by the app as being autocorrected. Still haven’t figured out what it is and thought I would write about it as I just wrote a short review for a movie then looked at a friend’s review of said movie in my activity bar and there was again random words I had not typed in just a minute before when I wrote it.

2 years ago, Olymatthew

Good app for people trying to track movies

About a year or two ago I asked my self the question “Do you think you can track every movie you have ever seen” now I’m onl 21 now and was 20 then but that is still a big task to take with how many movies I see every year. But this app has been a real treat for me on the quest to remember and rate every single movie I have seen. It is very easy to use, very good at finding the correct movie, and most importantly for my future, very good at showing me what to watch next. I have never had a single issue with app and highly recommend it to anyone who also wants to track the movies they watch. Please if you have any sort of intention to remember how you felt about a movie, download this app.

7 years ago, b0bpd

Needs to be fixed

This app is my go to app for logging and keeping track of films. I watch movies all the time and I rarely open my IMDb app anymore since discovering letterboxd because it’s much nicer to navigate and it’s more useful and reliable to form opinions about new releases and if I’m going to see them vs an IMDb rating alone, the user reviews on IMDb were always unreliable and now I can see what my friends are watching and their thoughts on films. I discover new ones all the time. That being said, this app either doesn’t load most of the time or crashes every single day. I’m rarely able to even search for Movies anymore, update my lists or make new ones, or log films without being told there’s an error or an issue. Nothing gets saved. So in short, the app is full of bugs that updates never, ever fix. I’m not sure why these can’t be fixed but it needs to happen because it’s incredibly frustrating. Especially if you are someone who pays to use the app. Thanks.

6 months ago, Ftggfgyhuy

Best Film App

I have used the application for four years and have had no significant problems. It is a handy tool for someone who loves films to log, review, and list the movies they watch straightforwardly and efficiently. Before, I would use the Notes app on my phone to write about the movies I watched back in 2019, but I couldn't keep up with it because it wasn't as appealing. I do not give the application a perfect score because it locks certain features behind a paywall when they aren't attractive or valuable. I realize it is a way to support the app, but the price, being either only twenty or forty for such a little difference in features, is not worth the charge. Other than that, if you love films as much as I do, it is a great application to share what you love and don't with other users and friends

7 years ago, Jacob_Jaz

WHY ISNT THIS APP MORE POPULAR

I really love this app and I regularly try to get more people involved in this app. It has helped me personally keep track of movies that i have seen and movies I want to see. I have seen a book related social media gain a low level of traction but i don’t understand why a movie related social media hasn’t. Everyone likes (or at cares about some) movies and I would honestly love to be able to see what all of my friend’s favorite movies are or what they thought of recent movies they’ve seen. Desperately wish this was more popular. This being said i wish it was a bit more social media based. Clearly i care about what everyone is watching, and while i use it now as more of a personal journal, for it to gain wider success i believe it needs to act as more of a social media.

4 years ago, Max17632

Best Place to Find/Log/Review Films on the App Store

I’ve been using this site since 2015, and have only missed a handful of the >1000 films i’ve logged. It’s the best way to keep track of what you watched, as well as THE BEST WAY TO FIND WHAT YOU WANT TO WATCH. Before watching any movie, i check out the reviews on this site, and they almost never fail to give me a description of what i’m in for. Another great thing - this app is basically a film school. It’s imdb with an infinitely better design. You click a film, then a director, then all of his films show up. You can click another and find the writer, actors and everyone else involved. It’s fun and, over time, you find yourself knowing things about obscure films that you never would have before. Anyone interested in movies deserves this. It’s my favorite app.

1 month ago, Mckobee

The best app for movie lovers

It’s really neat seeing how other regular people rate movies and review stuff. The critics are so out of touch with reality it’s crazy so having something where other real people discuss stuff. I wish they’d add tv shows or make a tv app version of this. Alright new really important issue. If a movie is releasing this week people can rate it way in advance. People will say stuff like “So hyped for this movie” and rate 5 stars or they’ll say “This looks terrible 1/2 a star”. Which creates false ratings and you can’t tell if it’s doing well or if it’s bad. Almost all of the 1/2 star reviews of borderlands are clearly done by people who haven’t seen it(I’m not saying the movie is good or bad in any means). Something needs to be done to lock reviews until the official worldwide release date.

4 years ago, barlito III

5 stars

This app is amazing for expanding your movie taste and knowledge. I couldn’t recommend it more to anyone who is interested in film. Reviewing movies and getting into the habit of it has made me a more analytical film viewer. This carries over to every day life in that reviewing anything falls into the structure you’re used to writing in letterboxd. Like this review right now! If you’re concerned about having weak opinions this app will make you almost too opinionated. It makes film viewing competitive which is both a blessing in that it gets me to watch artsy movies to feel like a legit film guy but also makes it hard to say you enjoy national treasure. My advice to someone getting into it is to take inspiration from peers to watch new movies but don’t let their opinions influence you too much.

7 years ago, Lanatic903

My only complaint

Sometimes I get logged out of my account for literally no reason. It doesn’t happen as much as it used to, but it’s very annoying when it does happen. Other than that, I love using the app to keep track of all the movies I watch and I love using tags to make collections of movies. I’ll put tags of the actors in movies I know that I watched, so I have a collection of Jennifer Lawrence movies and I know which ones I’ve seen and which ones I still need to watch. I know I probably don’t need this, cause who can’t remember which Jennifer Lawrence movies they’ve seen? But I like to visually see all of the ones I’ve seen together in one place, maybe that’s just me being weird, but it can’t be too weird if it is a feature in the app.

4 years ago, Some Freak5⃣

Great site. Room for improvement.

More customization for lists would be nice. Ability to rank the watchlist, decide the order of the lists page. Posts that aren’t reviews. Images that could be attached to reviews and lists. Better organization of the home page too—the three rows gets pretty boring. Improve the social aspects like the inability to directly reply to comments. Maybe add a chat feature. Another thing is to be able to mass edit tags (remove/rename them all at once instead of having to go individually). And lastly—please add television. I want to be able to rate/review/rank shows and episodes on the same platform I do films. If mini-series’ count the jump might as well be made. It doesn’t have to intrude cinema being the main thing either. The shows can just be on the side.

4 years ago, Alex27473

Offers some nice features that the mobile website version doesn’t have, but is way too glitchy.

I like how the app version has certain features that the mobile website doesn’t, such as being able to edit reviews, see how many reviews someone has, and see how many of a certain rating a movie has. However, this app has a really annoying bug that makes it difficult to even open Safari on my phone. Whenever I open safari and I have the Letterboxd website open on it, it tries to automatically switch me over to the app. Sometimes it will automatically switch back over to Safari after a few seconds, but it doesn’t always do this. I have to repeatedly close the app and try to quickly click away from the Letterboxd website just to be able to use Safari. Because of this glitch, I have to make sure that I’m not on the Letterboxd website every time I close Safari, and it’s insanely inconvenient.

4 years ago, big review guy

PLS MAKE A SIMILAR APP FOR COMIC BOOKS

The app is perfect. I started on the desktop version, then discovered the mobile app. It works just as well as the desktop version and is way more convenient. I love the social aspect of being able to see what my friends are watching, their thoughts on it, etc. And just being part of/having access to a community of fellow movie lovers is great. PLEASE MAKE A SIMILAR APP FOR COMIC BOOKS. I’ve checked every, and none of the apps I’ve seen come close. The comic book community is massive and I think it would be great to have a platform like letterboxd to be able to log your library of comic books, rate & review, and follow & communicate with others who share the same interest. Food for thought for the developers!

3 months ago, jstal82

Disappointing and overrun by ads

I've had this app for a year and am aware that there is a paid option to remove ads. The ads have never been an issue before because they were always banner ads, but recently they've added pop ups or 15 second videos. I don't mind banner ads because I understand this is a free app, and everyone needs to make money, but this is ridiculous. It's very frustrating because I can't read a review or look at an actor without watching a 15 second ad. Not to mention, the app has been extremely slow and buggy lately, so the recent addition of tiresome ads has truly been the cherry on top. I respect the hustle, but I do not plan on purchasing a subscription for a social media app any time soon. I truly love this app and use it every day, but I'm not pleased with these changes. If these issues persist, I can't see myself or others using this app for much longer.

1 year ago, Bren65

Somehow one of my reviews I worked on for days got deleted

It’s beyond frustrating as a writer to spend a lengthy amount of time writing something and to go back in and have a message that reads error this review didn’t save and then it’s all the sudden gone. I’ve enjoyed this app for writing movie reviews but the best one I just wrote got Deleted after spending a ton of time writing and editing. I ll remember to save a copy in my notes of my work from now on. And maybe while I was editing I hit the wrong button by accident but I do think before the app just allows all your hard work and editing to be erased it should double check with you and ask” Are you sure you want to delete this?”. I don’t know exactly it happened but as a writing app that can delete all you”re work with the snap of a finger, I’m very disappointed and frustrated.

4 years ago, Hunsuck-O-Rama

I loved this app for 6 minutes now I wish I could Destroy it!

I was enjoying it on my last iPhone, and recently upgraded to the newest one. Letterboxed was not on my carryovers, so I added it manually. It remembered NOTHING from my previous work, personhood, name, not ANYTHING! And as I tried just filling in the blanks the best I could, I reminded it to restore my “ad free” settings. It said done, but never was...I gave up & clicked on the “pro” option to see what happened - nothing except letting me know that it took the money, followed by the same exact experience clicking on patron! Nothing ever changed—I was charged MULTIPLE TIMES for this crap that I’d already paid for when I first downloaded the app on my previous iPhone!! This is inexcusable!!!! I want my funds returned ASAP

8 months ago, Peboice

Fantastic but please fix the search function!

Have had a joy logging my movies as well as finally getting a “list” together. A great app for those who may watch too many movies. The depth of titles is truly incredible, they even had, “The Badge, The Bible, and Bigfoot” so it’s great for those into all qualities of film. (Definitely deserves the 1/2 star rating but entertaining nonetheless.) My biggest gripe is the search function. You must know and spell the movie title exactly for anything to pop up. A recent example: I was looking for the title, “The Secret of NIMH,” however I typed Secrets instead which was enough to null any results. A simple fix on my end but it can create problems when trying to find a movie you aren’t quite sure on the title.

2 years ago, Bug#7

Great app, iffy users

Honestly this app is designed extremely well, but using the app is relatively annoying here and there. Not because of the platform but because of the users. It feels a lot like the people who use this app are self entitled professionals movie critics who think dissing a movie makes their opinion cool or important. Obviously some people might just be stating their genuine opinion and that’s totally fine (that’s what the app is for) but to me it seems like a lot of people “hate a movie” simply because it’s not something 100% and never before seen. Kinda gets in my nerves is all. But I definitely recommend the app if you can look past all that

5 years ago, Jluckylee

Went from my favorite app to nearly impossible to use

The Letterboxd app has always been one of my favorites to use. On long train/bus commutes to work and school, I could lose myself surfing thru the app, making lists of the year’s best movies and my all time favorite performances. I could keep up with my favorite critics and their viewing diaries. It was great. But the latest update implemented ads. While visually unappealing, they didn't actually make my experience with the app any worse... or so I thought. Turns out, MANY of the ads feature sound, which thankfully doesn’t auto play but forces any music or podcasts that I’m listening to in the background to stop automatically anytime I click a movie link or navigate search pages. On my long commutes, it’s become nearly impossible to use. What a shame. I hope Letterboxd reconsiders the audio ads because at this point I’m taking the app off my phone. What good is it now?

4 months ago, Cici_artist

A Dream Come True

I was excited when I found this app for the first time. It helped me find movies I want to watch in the future, I was able to save movies I had already watched. I like that it keeps track of movies I’ve watched because then I can recommend to friends! However, I would love if there was a feature on the Home Screen or Search tab to see “Recommened” or “Films You Might Like” because I don’t want to watch newest movies or always scrolling past the same films I’m not interested in. It would be a nice feature to see films you haven’t watched and you might like! I sometimes don’t know what to search for on Letterbox so it’d be a helpful feature to find movies at the click of a button.

2 years ago, shaggysbiggestfan

THIS IS THE BEST THING THATS EVER HAPPENED TO MY LOVE OF FILM

I have never written a review on an app or anything in my entire life but I love this app so much. As someone who loves film I don’t get many movie suggestions that I haven’t seen or really interest me in the genres I like. This app has lists and people I can follow with similar interests on it. I like that It’s social media but focused solely on the movies and not who anyone is or how many likes a list gets etc. I’ve found more movies to watch than I have time! Only thing I would say is maybe the overall aesthetics and mechanics of the app could be better, but if that’s what’s keeping this app under raps for real movie lovers than by all means keep!

6 years ago, xwilson

Goodreads for film, but far better than Goodreads

Letterboxd is my favorite app to review movies, keep lists, and keep track of the things I’m watching. I tried out Goodreads (for books, obviously) and their mobile site isn’t nearly as streamlined. I love italics and bold functionality, list-making, and the half-star rating system. Every once in a while I experience a bug, but most of the time it works just fine. I’m not a shill or anything, my college film TA just recommended it and I’ve been hooked ever since. Must-have for film students and movie lovers. Even casual moviegoers would benefit from logging what they’ve seen and keeping track of reviews so they don’t waste money.

3 years ago, nottykjd

Must Download for Movie Lovers, BUT

This is by far my favorite service for rating and listing movies. I’ve tried Reelgood and Taste, but this is my favorite from the bunch. When it comes to making lists of your favorite movies, keeping track of what you’ve seen and what you though, this app is incredible. At all times you have a library of your movies you’ve seen and to see. HOWEVER, I think there is one thing missing from this app that I would love to see, and that is recommendations. I’m often using the movie services I have now to add to my watchlist, and that’s fine, I love that this is a feature. But I think some type of recommendation based on what you’ve seen and liked could be a huge addition to what this app already has to offer.

5 years ago, Samanthac1994

Ads cut out any audio that is playing

I truly adore Letterboxd. It used to be a near perfect app. It’s well designed, the community and ecosystem are wonderful and well maintained, and in general it feels great to use. Recently, ads were implemented, which is annoying but not the end of the world. I get that the app needs to make money. The issue, like other reviewers have said, is that the ads cut off any music or podcasts you may be listening to while browsing the app, even when you have not engaged in any of the ads and no sound is playing from the Letterboxd app. It’s impossible to use the app while trying to listen to anything, and discourages opening it. The app, after all, is primarily one in which you browse since it itself does not host any video content, so I don’t understand why it cuts out any external audio. Please fix this! Thank you!

5 years ago, @WatchingSquares

Great app - needs some work

And why do I keep receiving errors when I try to post comments?? I love Letterboxd because I’m able to log and review all of the movies I watch. I also love that I can easily share my reviews with people who don’t use this app and they can still read my reviews. But I do think there are a lot of issues when it comes to the user interface. For example, if I’m on someone’s page and I click on a movie that they’ve reviewed. It often takes me to the movie’s page rather than their review. Which is super annoying, if I’m on their page OR looking at one of their lists, then I clearly want to see what they said about the movie. Once I reach the review I can go ahead and click the link to the movie page if I want. You should also be able to search peoples pages for specific reviews. I feel like these things just make sense, yet this app doesn’t have them. Lastly, why don’t they have tv shows for people to either review specific episodes, seasons, or even the entire show. I love the app, I love the look of it and I think it’s awesome, but there are simple things that need fixing.

5 years ago, OhiOan23

Interface Idea

I want to say that I absolutely love this app. I love reviewing movies, making lists and seeing other people’s reviews of movies I want to see in the future. However, I think the ability to see those reviews should be improved. I think the interface should be like a Twitter or instagram feed. You should scroll to see the reviews and it should laid out like the reviews page of a person’s profile on Letterboxd. This can make it easier to read reviews of people you are following. You can also easily comment on the review and like it if you wanted on that screen as well. I hope this idea could be implemented in the future!

7 months ago, Commentcard222

Cool Product but Unbridled Ad Placement Diminishing the Quality

Downloaded to use to keep track of all my movies and was good overall but the recent shift to lots of ads-per-scroll length is so intrusive that I wouldn’t recommend someone start making their lists on it. Just an eyesore and distraction when as soon as one ad disappears off your phone another one is immediately coming up on the bottom of the screen. And they’re not small or subtle like some of the Facebook ones. Decent overall but just know what you’re getting. (Also, wish notes would carry over to a product. But all these notes on my movies then realized they don’t really show or easily visible unless you’re in the list itself).

1 year ago, TheBetterToddlerMan

Love the concept, some flawed execution.

I love Letterboxd, and I love the people behind it. I’ll only speak of a few flaws that I feel could be easily fixed and drastically enhance the user experience. I feel like you should be able to have a search bar within the (Films/Reviews/Watchlist) areas. Sort of a ctrl+f thing. As much as you CAN just search the movie up and then find your review/rating, and as much as there ARE some filters within the (Films/Reviews/Watchlist) areas, I think there should be an option to just search a movie directly within. Lastly I think you should be able to sort movies by MPA ratings, such as PG-13. (Or whatever’s relative to your country)

2 years ago, chiangs00

Love this app, few suggestions!

I’ve been using this app since 2018 and I love it, using it almost daily!! I genuinely love the features of this app and I’ve gotten so many of my friends to use it too. I have a few things I’d LOVE to see after (I understand there’s a lot probably going on). Specifically, I would love to be able to search within my own lists, being able to search for other users without switching categories on the search page (not sure what this would look like), and fuzzy search in general. Thanks team for your hard work!

1 year ago, Hellplyer

User Interface

Listen I love the app which is the only reason why I’m writing a review but please fix your user interface. It is clunky and hard to use for what people are using this app for, posting reviews and seeing your friends reviews. Here what I recommend… 1. Make it quicker to go to a friends page and see all the movies they liked. I don’t want to go to my page, my followers, select friend scroll down to their reviews/diary and then look at their page. It’s too many step. Make it so your friends are in the corner and when you open their page on the top you have there most recent reviews, there rating spread and then below that their reviews. 2. Allow the ability to organize reviews by stars, alphabetical, date the film released and date you reviewed. 3. Have the website link with Facebook. You don’t have to make it mandatory but it would be easier to find my friends who use the app. Otherwise I love this app and these features would make the app so much better

2 years ago, Dibble07

For anyone who loves movies! Or even just likes them.

My favorite social media app! Five stars all the way. I use this app whenever I want to look up a movie, add one to my watchlist, or just explore new films! That being said, here are my suggestions: I always hear about interesting people like directors who have Letterboxd accounts but I have a hard time finding their pages, I’d love it if the app suggested people like that to follow. I also wish it was pushed for people to connect their other social media accounts to Letterboxd, I had to search this feature out. I’m sure there are people that I know that have Letterboxd but I can’t find them because I’m sure they didnt search out that feature like I did. When reading articles the advertisements change sizes periodically which causes the page to jump forward and backwards. This makes reading the articles almost impossible because o have to re-find my place each time.

5 years ago, Josh the Brony

Amazing interface with no bugs

I’ve been using this app for about 4 years now and have never had any problem finding the information I want or using its logging features. I love how easy it is to navigate to exactly what I want quickly. It packs a lot of functionality and data into an app relative to similar apps (looking at you, GoodReads). The only reason I may ever need to use my desktop for letterboxd instead is if I need multiple tabs. Otherwise, this app pretty much seamlessly made the whole website’s utility available on mobile, and with a very smooth and intuitive interface.

2 years ago, Too Mamy Add

I love this app buuuuuut…

I really love this app, logging all my films I’ve watched, saying when I watched it/rewatched it, I think this is the perfect app for film lovers, but I do think if they added 1 more feature it would be beyond perfect, while some shows are on Letterboxd not all of them are, so what I am thinking it’s how about they add something where you search up a TV show there’s a button to the right of ‘film’ that said ‘shows’ but thats just me (I think probably not), I already love this app but if they add that one little update it would just be beyond perfect.

Description

Letterboxd for iOS puts the popular social network for film lovers on your iPhone or iPad, so you can log films and catch up on your friends’ activity with ease. Sign in with your existing account (or create one for free) to enjoy our native app interface. These features of the web experience are supported, with more to come: – Sign in (with 1Password support) or create an account – Browse popular, highly rated and most anticipated films (including our official list of the Top 250 Narrative Features) – Log films with date, rating, review and tags – View film info (including cast & crew, popular lists and reviews) and rate, like, watchlist or mark as watched – View (and filter) your activity feed – Read and comment on reviews and lists – Create and edit lists – View member profiles including films, reviews, diary entries, tags, stats and more – Follow members to see their activity in your feed – Filter and sort collections of films based on specific criteria – Search for films, content and people – Edit your profile settings Our app offers account upgrades: – Upgrade to 1 Year of Letterboxd Pro or Patron – Pro tier adds annual and all-time stats pages based on your account activity, advanced activity and streaming service filters (including the option to pick and filter by the streaming services you subscribe to, powered by JustWatch.com), list cloning and removes third-party ads. – Patron tier provides all the benefits of Pro, plus the option to customize film posters, backdrops on your profile and content (if available), additional stats, a listing in the Patrons directory on our website and early access to new features. – Payment is charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm purchase and your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for a renewal up to 24 hours before the end of each current period, at the same annual fee. – You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewals in the App Store app following purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable Our terms of use are always available at: https://letterboxd.com/legal/terms-of-use/ We welcome your feedback regarding Letterboxd for iOS. Please email us: [email protected]