Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Letterboxd

The 20 closest film social network alternatives to Letterboxd, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Letterboxd? The closest matches are Goodreads, JustWatch and themoviedb.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Letterboxd

Letterboxd letterboxd.com

Wikidata: social network service for films

Top 10K · #1,057 English 7 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Letterboxd

Summary by Claude

Letterboxd is a social cataloging service for films where members log films they have watched, rate and review them, keep a viewing diary, maintain watchlists, create curated lists and follow other members' activity.

Who it’s for
Film fans and moviegoers
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Letterboxd’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

Kinopoiskgoojara.toColliderpinterest.comkinoafisha.infoMUBIinstagram.comthemoviedb.orgJustWatchGoodreads

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Letterboxd

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Letterboxd, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read letterboxd.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Goodreads goodreads.com Top 1K

    Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book

    Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.

  2. 02
    JustWatch justwatch.com Top 10K German

    JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

    All your streaming services in one app.

  3. 03
    themoviedb.org Top 10K English

    free, collaborative database about films

  4. 04
    FilmAffinity filmaffinity.com Top 10K English

    movie recommendation website

  5. 05
    instagram.com Top 100

    photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

  6. 06
    MUBI mubi.com English

    MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies

    Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From iconic, award-winning directors to emerging auteurs. Transformative films from all over the world. Stream Now. Download to watch Offline. Start your free 7 day trial now.

  7. 07

    DDoS-Guard

  8. 08
    pinterest.com Top 100

    American photo sharing and publishing website

  9. 09
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

  10. 10
    goojara.to Top 10K

    Watch movies, series, animes online - Goojara.ch

  11. 11
    Kinopoisk kinopoisk.ru Top 10K

    Кинопоиск. Онлайн кинотеатр. Фильмы сериалы мультфильмы и энциклопедия

    Поиск фильмов, новости кино, отзывы пользователей, афиша кинотеатров, фотографии, постеры, трейлеры, кассовые сборы и многое другое.

  12. 12
    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

  13. 13
    IMDb imdb.com Top 1K

    online database of information related to films, television series, and video games

  14. 14
    Facebook facebook.com Top 100

    American online social media and social networking service

  15. 15
    Netflix netflix.com Top 100

    American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service

  16. 16
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English

    Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

    Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

  17. 17
    ResearchGate researchgate.net Top 1K English

    ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable

    commercial scientific social network

  18. 18
    dramaboxdb.com Top 10K English

    DramaBox

    Open the DramaBox App for more wonderful short dramas. Open. DramaBox movies, TV shows, and more. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime. Popular Recommendation.

  19. 19
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  20. 20
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

    GIPHY - Be Animated

    GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to letterboxd.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Letterboxd uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Letterboxd is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Live chat & support
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CDN
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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