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Letterboxd VS iCheckMovies

Compare Letterboxd VS iCheckMovies and see what are their differences

Letterboxd logo Letterboxd

Letterboxd is a social site for sharing your taste in film, now in public beta.

iCheckMovies logo iCheckMovies

Keep track of what top movies you have seen.
  • Letterboxd Landing page
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    2022-10-19
  • iCheckMovies Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-25

Letterboxd videos

Reading Bad Letterboxd Reviews

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  • Review - Uwe Boll's CRAZY Letterboxd Reviews
  • Review - My 2019 Year in Review on Letterboxd

iCheckMovies videos

Worst reviews on iCheckMovies

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Letterboxd and iCheckMovies)
Movie Reviews
89 89%
11% 11
Movie Ratings
88 88%
12% 12
Movies
92 92%
8% 8
Entertainment
100 100%
0% 0

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Letterboxd and iCheckMovies

Letterboxd Reviews

Best Sites For Rating Movies: 6 Top Movie Review Websites
Letterboxd: Letterboxd is a social media platform for movie lovers that allows users to rate and review films, create watchlists, and follow other users with similar tastes. Its recommendation algorithm is known for being particularly effective.

iCheckMovies Reviews

Best Sites For Rating Movies: 6 Top Movie Review Websites
You can compare your lists with friends and explore other people’s lists. iCheckMovies helps you keep a personal list of your favorite movies and shows

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Letterboxd seems to be a lot more popular than iCheckMovies. While we know about 149 links to Letterboxd, we've tracked only 5 mentions of iCheckMovies. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Letterboxd mentions (149)

  • What is the Best Film You Watched Last Week? (11/15/23-11/22/23)
    5. Best Submissions can display their [Letterboxd Accts] the following week. Source: 5 months ago
  • I made a tool to embed your most recently-watched movies (as logged on Letterboxd.com) on your personal site
    Letterboxd is a site/app for logging movies that you've watched. I had always wanted a way to show my most recently-watched movies on my personal website. Source: 6 months ago
  • For your Consideration: HoopTober X
    On the social media site for film geeks that is Letterboxd, a sizeable amount of the community has an official, unofficial horrorthon each year called HoopTober, helmed by the benevolent Cinemonster. Source: 8 months ago
  • What is the Best Film You Watched Last Week? (06/28/23-07/05/23)
    5. Best Submissions can display their [Letterboxd Accts] the following week. Source: 10 months ago
  • Bridging the Gap Between YouTube / Television
    Favoree looks interesting. Maybe the connection between Favoree and Letterboxd is more apt than Rotten Tomatoes as the latter doesn't have as much of a social lens. Source: 10 months ago
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iCheckMovies mentions (5)

  • I am gathering a list of "best movies" from each year to watch. I'm looking for examples of cultural significance, popularity at release, and of course, enjoyability! What are some of your suggestions?
    I found this website called icheckmovies.com. This site has a bunch of both official and unofficial "Best Of" lists (Academy Award, IMDB, 1001 Movies to See Before You Die, Sight and Sound polls, etc etc etc). Some days I would pick a list that looked interesting. Some days I would just look at the "unchecked movies" list and sort by "number of official lists." Then I'd pick something to watch. Sometimes it was an... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Today I earned my Criterion award from icheckmovies.com. I have finally attained enlightenment.
    I love icheckmovies.com. I have the criterion bronze myself. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Greatest ‘Greatest Movies Of All Time’ List
    I'm a frequent user of icheckmovies.com and they have virtually all legitimate movie lists out there. Makes it super easy to keep track of progress. I've seen the full AFI Top 100 but there are certainly better lists out there. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • The Movies that The Oscars Got Wrong
    Icheckmovies.com is a movie tracking website (similar to Letterboxd) that revolves around checking off how many movies you've seen from various "toplists", as decided by the owners and community. There are currently 214 recognized lists, which vary from IMDB's Top 250, to BoxOfficeMojo's Highest Grossing Films, to Quentin Tarantino's Coolest Movies. /r/movies even used to maintain a list, but it appears to be... Source: about 2 years ago
  • 1001 list by movie length
    Icheckmovies.com is highly recommended (by me). Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Letterboxd and iCheckMovies, you can also consider the following products

IMDb - Internet Movie Database

Simkl - Simkl is a TV, anime, and movie tracker that keeps a history of all the shows and movies you watch in one, central location. It’s a mobile app, a website, Google Chrome extension to keep track of everything you watch and integrates with many TV apps

MovieLens - MovieLens helps you find non-commercial, personalized movie recommendations.

Trakt.tv - Automatically track TV shows & movies you're watching.

Criticker - The independent movie, TV and board game recommendation engine and community.

TasteDive - TasteDive recommends similar music (musicians, bands), movies, TV shows, books, authors and games, based on what you like.