Web-based Movie Discovery Tools

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  1. IMDb icon
     737 likes

    Launched online in 1990 and a subsidiary of Amazon.com since 1998, IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, designed to help fans explore the world of movies and shows and decide what to watch.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    4.5
    Excellent10 reviews
  2. Simkl icon
     219 likes

    Tracks TV, anime, and movies with automatic logging, cross-device sync, watchlists, global streaming info, recommendations, social features, and subscription management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Discord
    • Google Chrome
    • VLC media player
    • Jellyfin
    • Crunchyroll
    • Plex
    • Emby
    • Kodi
    • Netflix
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    4.0
    Very Good13 reviews
  3. Letterboxd icon
     114 likes

    Track watched films, rate and review titles, create personalized lists, explore trending movies, and join a global community sharing recommendations and discussions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. ratehouse icon
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    Ratings, reviews, discussions, recommendations, lists for all media genres: music, movies, tv shows, books, video games, and podcasts. Like IMDb or Goodreads, but with more media types. Join ratehouse to consolidate your entertainment and art interests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    rate.house is a media database to rate, track, and discover music, movies, TV, books, games, and podcasts.
    Collaborative like Wikipedia - create or edit your favorite items.
    Customizable charts for music, movies, TV, books, games, and podcasts.
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    Customizable profile page.
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    4.5
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  5. Rate, log and maintain a diary of your seen films and mini-series. Personal weekly, monthly, yearly and all-time stats + great stats for films, actors, directors, genres and more. Get film recommendations: Just define how long you want it to be, what genre, and from which decade...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. PooStream icon
     3 likes

    PooStream is a search and discovery platform for movies and tv shows. it scans the internet to list all the best websites where you can watch movies and TV shows you love for free or at a lower cost. You are kept up to date with what is new.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. KinoPoisk icon
     7 likes

    The largest Russian-language service about movies and TV series. IMDb-like database. Associated with the movie streaming service KinoPoisk HD.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Telfie icon
     26 likes

    Telfie, formerly tvtag and GetGlue before that, is the place to be while watching TV. Discover what to watch now, keep up with your favorite shows and connect with fans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Find Me Similar is a website that give you the opportunity to quickly and easily find similar game and movie recommendations based on what you like.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Redeem movies from Disney, Universal, Warner and more. Watch anywhere. Build your Digital Collection, discover exclusive videos, bonus features and earn rewards

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
    • AirPlay
    • Chromecast
    • Xbox
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  11. Taste.io icon
     18 likes

    Taste.io is a personalized movie recommendation app. Unlike the major rating sites, this suggestion engine is designed to return personalized matches with no commercial bias.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  12. Kurozora icon
     4 likes

    The single destination for all the Japanese media you love, and the ones you’ll love next. Discover anime, manga, music & games. Track what you watch/read/play, and listen to anime music—all in one platform and across all your devices.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • UNIX Web Browser
    • Safari
    • visionOS
    • Mozilla Firefox
    [Mac] Explore page with upcoming shows, top genres/themes, characters/people born today and many more curated categories. Updated to introduce you to the ever-evolving world of anime.
    [Mac] Your shows right where you want it. Sort it by date, time, or even personal rating. List it by posters, banners or detailed view. You decide.
    [Mac] Find what you are looking for faster and easier with rich search results.
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    [Mac] All your favorite episodes categorized per season.
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  13. Cineswipe icon
     1 like

    Find out what to watch by swiping movies & tv series with your friends, kinda like Tinder. Powered by TheMovieDB & JustWatch.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Track your streaming platforms, manage your watch progress, and discover what to watch next with curated lists, award winners, and critic picks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
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  15. Movieo icon
     11 likes

    Browse, discover and organize over 180,000 movies. Movieo aggregates movie data from various sources and presents it in a simple, compact and well designed format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  16. LiberFilm icon
     10 likes

    LiberFilm is a Movie - TV Show - Documentary searcher. You can filter by genre, topic, streaming platform, cast, director, OST, screenwriter... It uses FilmAffinity rank system and merges it with a unique search engine and a minimalist design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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  17. Movie Tip icon
     1 like

    Movie Tip recommends good movies and TV shows to watch based on IMDb ratings and your personal preferences. It also helps manage lists of movies you want to see, have already seen and ones you don't want to see.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  18. Film Fish icon
     6 likes

    FilmFish is like having a personal film-buff in your pocket, helping you discover your next favorite film. Other apps use algorithms to make their movie recommendations. Ours are carefully curated by film experts, providing a level of accuracy you won’t find anywhere else.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
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  19. MovieTag icon
     4 likes

    Tag and search your entire movie collection - With a library of over 250,000 movies and counting movietag was built to handle collections of any size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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