Letterboxd Reviews

by Alex27473

I like how Letterboxd 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, Letterboxd has a really annoying bug that makes it difficult to even open Safari on my phone. Whenever I open safari and I have the this app website open on it, it tries to automatically switch me over to Letterboxd . 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 Letterboxd and try to quickly click away from the this app website just to be able to use Safari. Because of this glitch, I have to make sure that I’m not on the this app website every time I close Safari, and it’s insanely inconvenient.

by Soonergrrrl

I would really like to see an option to sort by region, or to customize Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd . 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 Letterboxd , 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 Letterboxd , I would like to see what just came out. I will NEVER go pro with Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd more cumbersome than it could be.

by B0bpd

Letterboxd 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 this app 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, Letterboxd 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, Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd . Thanks.

by Nottykjd

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, Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd already has to offer.

by Some Freak5⃣

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.

by Hunsuck-O-Rama

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 Letterboxd on my previous iPhone!! This is inexcusable!!!! I want my funds returned ASAP

by JEBextor

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 Letterboxd . 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 this app is so behind. Still, there is not a single day where I don’t open Letterboxd 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 this app member for a very long time!

by Justinmayer55

I would give Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd again at 5 stars and recommend it to all my friends.

by Jacob Gierhahn

Before I even installed the newest update, I had this weird bug where I couldn’t scroll through my watched films past like, 2008. Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd for it to show up that way on the desktop version.

by Xwilson

this app 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.

by Lanatic903

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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd .

by Big Review Guy

Letterboxd 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 this app 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!

by TGTJp

Letterboxd is incredible. If you’re a casual film fan or a dedicated film buff, everyone can find something to love about Letterboxd/service. Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd . 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 this app 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd 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.

by Jacob_Jaz

I really love Letterboxd and I regularly try to get more people involved in Letterboxd. 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.

by Barlito III

Letterboxd 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 this app. Like this review right now!
If you’re concerned about having weak opinions Letterboxd 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.

by Max17632

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 - Letterboxd 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.

by Dewlover420

Looks worse PLUS it adds ads. Not impressed. Wish I hadn’t updated Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd stay up and running.

Which, don’t get me wrong, that’s a great feeling and I love Letterboxd, but I’d rather AT LEAST pay like $4 a month instead of shelling out the enture year at once for no special features.)

by Mister Schloopy

I love Letterboxd, 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 Letterboxd 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

by Adrianmarshall167

I can look to this app 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, this app 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.

by Pseudolister

I try to limit my iOS screen time to 1.5 hours a day, but downloading Letterboxd a few days ago has ruined that. Letterboxd 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. this app 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 Letterboxd I didn’t know I needed

by Michaelashman

don’t get me wrong, this is a great website and service but I’m getting increasingly frustrated by how many bugs there are that don’t seem to have been addressed in the year that I’ve been using Letterboxd. I’m using the newest iPhone and the latest update of Letterboxd and would expect it to be a relatively smooth experience, but I find that several different bugs make it frustrating or even impossible to use. like some other reviewers have noted, I get logged out (or rather, told that there’s an error and I need to log out) and then only with difficulty manage to log back in; often in tapping on a film or review or user profile, the orange bar appears saying “Error loading [film/ user/film relationship/review]—something has gone wrong. Please try again later.” sometimes it still loads but with information missing (like user reviews), sometimes it doesn’t load at all, sometimes I can manage to get it to load by going back a few pages and retracing my steps and trying again, and sometimes it even crashes Letterboxd (which has been happening a lot today and has prompted the writing of this review). my point is that the only consistency is this inconsistency and it makes using Letterboxd a frustrating experience (the three haptic buzzes that these errors come with only makes it more aggravating). not sure if it’s a server problem or something or if it’s a buggy app but I would appreciate it if these many problems are addressed in a future update.

by Jluckylee

The this app 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 Letterboxd , 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 Letterboxd 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 this app reconsiders the audio ads because at this point I’m taking Letterboxd off my phone. What good is it now?

by Samanthac1994

I truly adore this app. 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd , even when you have not engaged in any of the ads and no sound is playing from the this app app. It’s impossible to use Letterboxd while trying to listen to anything, and discourages opening it. Letterboxd , 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!

by Luc Turgeon

I find myself using this app every day. Whether it’s logging what I’m watching, or reading other reviews from fellow users, I love the community experience within Letterboxd . However, Letterboxd itself has a multitude of issues that I’ve come across throughout my two years with Letterboxd.

1. Users should be able to delete not only their own comments, but others comments on their own reviews. I shouldn’t have to block a user just to remove one of their comments on my post. Also, occasionally I’ll come across some old comments of my own, and my opinion shifts over time, and I would love the option to either edit or delete my own comments at any time. This is easily my biggest gripe with the platform.

2. Letterboxd updates. With every problem fixed, a new one arises. At the time of me writing this, the new version of the application won’t even let me posts comments or edit my reviews. Hopefully this gets resolved soon, because today I’ve been using the website itself and not the iOS app. This is only one example, multiple issues tend to arrive (but also get resolved quickly) with each new update.

3. I’d love to be able to choose my profile picture through the website / app itself, and not have to link my Twitter / Gravatar.

There’s plenty of minor stuff too, but I won’t go on for longer. I have the pro membership and I love the site, but if these changes are made, this app could easily be an incredible platform.

by @WatchingSquares

And why do I keep receiving errors when I try to post comments??

I love this app 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd 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 Letterboxd , I love the look of it and I think it’s awesome, but there are simple things that need fixing.

by Alex L L

For off...I don’t know how I haven’t heard of this website/app until just recently. I’ve been making my own lists for the past year on spreadsheets. It’s become a hobby of mine now. Letterboxd makes everything so easy!!! My one thing I so wish that they had was a way to filter by director. I usually choose a lot of my movies based on director. Not only that but I also pick movies from my spreadsheets based on the number of times that director is featured on that said list. If at the very least you have a filter by directors I would give this 10 stars all day!!

by Enthusiasm8

Delightful (and occasionally useful) reviews, a nice sense of community, and — my favorite bit — an excellent, easy system to keep track of both the films you’ve seen and want to see! I would love to be able to add a movie to my watch- or seen- list from the search results page, instead of having the extra two steps (silly, but sometimes you’re adding a film to your list on the fly!) or clicking into the film, and then into the “rating, watchlist,” etc. options. But no complaints; this app is the one app to rule them all. Heart eye emojis for days; I recommend Letterboxd to everyone I know.

by RebelPup

This has become a very addicting way to rate and create a watchlist for movies. I would love it if this app added tv series and video games to their arsenal for the ultimate social entertainment critiquing app. I know that it’s called “this app” for a reason but even separate apps for those things would be awesome! Also, if there was a recommendation system that Letterboxd could do to show you stuff it believes you will like based off of what you liked and rated well. Then you could find movies more to your taste to add to your watchlist. Been loving it though, keep it up!

by Josh The Brony

I’ve been using Letterboxd 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 this app instead is if I need multiple tabs. Otherwise, Letterboxd pretty much seamlessly made the whole website’s utility available on mobile, and with a very smooth and intuitive interface.

by OhiOan23

I want to say that I absolutely love Letterboxd. 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 this app.

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!

by ScottyMcsly

Came across this out last November ever since I’ve fallen in love with it. The ability to keep track of what movies I watch on each day, read other peoples reviews, make list, and just scroll through countless amounts of movies and find ones that you would probably wouldn’t have found other wise. If you really enjoy Letterboxd I really recommend getting pro membership for only $20 a year you get access to have a list of your favorite movies displayed on your profile page and the best feature you get it in-depth view of your stats!