The Movie Database AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Social Networks

The best Social Network alternative to The Movie Database is Letterboxd, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to The Movie Database and 12 are Social Networks so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Social Network alternatives to The Movie Database are ratehouse, Filmweb, Wanted TV Movies & Shows and Smashbomb.

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The Movie Database alternatives page was last updated Apr 19, 2025
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  1. Letterboxd icon
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    Letterboxd lets you keep track of every film you’ve seen, so you can instantly recommend one the moment someone asks, or check reactions to a film you’ve just heard about. We’re a global community of film fans who live to discuss, rate and rank what we watch.

    128 Letterboxd alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • NZ flagNew Zealand

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Letterboxd Features

    1.  Movie Database
    2.  User Rating
    3.  Reviews and Recommendations
    4.  Where to Watch
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Personalized Recommendations
    7.  Two-factor Authentication

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  2. 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.

    121 ratehouse alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Top ratehouse Features

    1.  User Rating
    2.  Track movies
    3.  Ratings
    4.  Book Recommendation
    5.  Wiki-like interface
    6.  Music Recommendation
    7.  Community-based
    8.  Web-Database
    9.  Movie tracker
    10.  Book search
    11.  Tv tracker
    12.  Game tracking

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  3. Filmweb icon
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    Polish Internet movie database is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    Filmweb Features

    1.  Personalized Recommendations
    2.  Ratings
    3.  Track movies

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    Wanted TV helps you find what to watch on your favourite streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO, or Apple TV+.

    Connect with your friends to see what they're watching and recommend movies / shows to each others.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Wanted TV Movies & Shows Features

    1.  TV Streaming

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  5. Smashbomb icon
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    Smashbomb is the social network for entertainment recommendations.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Smashbomb Features

    1.  Reviews and Recommendations
    2.  Ratings

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  6. Goodfilms icon
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    A social film review site, focusing on what your friends are watching, and what they thought of it.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Discontinued

    Last Facebook post: April 23, 2015Last Twitter post: Jun 8, 2012Website down since 2021

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  7. theGoodflix icon
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    Find the next great movie or show to watch based on your friend's recommendations.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    theGoodflix Features

    1.  Track movies
    2.  Reviews and Recommendations
    3.  Ratings

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  8. FilmGator icon
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    The purpose of FilmGator is to provide movie ratings and reviews fast and to let users keep track of their own movie top list and movie watching history. On FilmGator anyone can write reviews and rate movies, not just movie critics.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

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  9. filmlovr icon
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    Filmlovr – discover films with friends!

    If you’re a film lover then you’ll want this app! Beautifully designed and crafted to help you discover films you love from over 130,000 titles where you can easily find out what films are currently showing at UK cinemas, what’s coming soo.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone

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  10. FunTraker icon
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    Entertainment Social platform.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Discontinued

    Website/service unavailable.

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    Up Next helps you keep track of shows and movies you want to watch! Discover great content your friends are watching. Organize shows and movies with tags. Look up ratings on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and Common Sense Media. Rate and share with friends.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

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  12. ccshowtime icon
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    a fun to use social movie recommendation platform.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online

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