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65,100 films with the craft, context, and connections that no other platform surfaces. Built for filmmakers and film lovers.

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65,100
Films
16,100
People
236
Lists
1,631
Festivals
8,659
Video Essays
Movie Profiles

The richest film pages on the internet

Every film page combines ratings from TMDB, IMDb, Letterboxd, and Rotten Tomatoes with awards, technical metadata, box office, trivia, filming locations, and list memberships.

65,100
Films
12+
Sections
Fight Club 1999
2h 19m · David Fincher
8.4
8.8
80%
4.27
Overview
Cast & Crew
Media
RatingsOverviewAwardsTechnicalGearBox OfficeListsTriviaLocationsSimilar
People Profiles

Every filmmaker, every detail

Person pages pull biography, filmography, awards, Wikidata enrichment, filmmaker recommendations, and similar collaborators into one view.

16,100
People
1,971
Enriched
Steven Spielberg
Directing · Cincinnati, Ohio
400 Credits · 7/10 Avg
Profile
Details
Awards
Media
BiographyFilmographyAwardsWikidataRecommendationsSimilar People
Audio Commentaries

Listen to filmmakers explain their own work

256 films with director and crew commentary tracks, timestamped and searchable. Jump to any moment where a director breaks down a creative decision.

256
Films
293
Tracks
Blade Runner 2049
Commentary with Denis Villeneuve
2h 43m runtime
1:02:342:43:12
0:14:30The opening shot composition
0:42:15Working with Deakins on the dust storm
1:28:00Sea wall — practical vs. VFX
Loved by Filmmakers

What your favorite filmmakers actually recommend

748 directors, critics, and actors sharing the films they love most. Real attributed quotes from interviews — not algorithmic suggestions.

748
People
4,333
Quotes
Martin Scorsese on 2001: A Space Odyssey
“Kubrick had guts for taking it all the way back to prehistoric times.”
David Lynch on 8½
“The way Fellini manages to accomplish with film what mostly abstract painters do — to communicate an emotion without explaining it.”
Quentin Tarantino on All That Jazz
“I still like the movie so much... I still love the movie, I still think it's extraordinary.”
Soundtracks

Hear every film before you see it

6,000+ films linked to Spotify soundtracks with inline playback. Browse by composer — from Zimmer to Morricone, Desplat to Greenwood.

6,000+
Soundtracks
538
Composers
Interstellar
Hans Zimmer
01Cornfield Chase2:06
02Dust5:41
03No Time for Caution8:48
04Stay6:52
Community & Media

The conversation around every film

We index 8,659 video essays from 54 YouTube channels and 8,367 podcast episodes from 35 shows — all linked to the films they discuss.

17K+
Total Media
Video Essays
Podcasts
Every Frame a Painting
28 videos
Blank Check
580 eps
Lessons from the Screenplay
36 videos
The Rewatchables
320 eps
Nerdwriter1
48 videos
Festival Intelligence

Plan your festival run with real data

1,631 festivals with submission deadlines, fees, award histories, and 14 curated strategy circuits.

1,631
Festivals
14
Circuits
Festival Calendar
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Sundance
Feb
Berlinale
Mar
SXSW
Apr
May
Cannes
Jun
Jul
Aug
Venice
Sep
Toronto
Oct
Nov
Dec
SundanceJan
BerlinaleFeb
SXSWMar
CannesMay
VeniceAug
TorontoSep
Curated Lists

236 canonical film and people lists

BFI Sight & Sound, TSPDT Top 1000, Criterion, AFI, 43 Letterboxd canons, niche genres, and Cinemateca's own editorial collections.

236
Lists
TSPDT Top 1000
1,000 films
BFI Sight & Sound
250 films
Criterion Collection
1,200+ films
AFI 100 Years
100 films
Awards

Every major award, every year

98 Oscar ceremonies, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, BAFTA — browse by year or category. Track patterns across decades.

2,193+
Awards
12
Bodies
Academy Awards
98 ceremonies · Browse by year or category
Cannes Film Festival77 years
Venice Film Festival81 years
Berlinale74 years
BAFTA Awards77 years
Gear & Technical

What was this shot on?

Browse films by camera, lens, film stock, and format. Discover the technical choices behind your favorite images.

1,215
Films
36
Categories
Cameras
Lenses
Film Stock
Formats
A
ARRI
ALEXA, ARRICAM, ARRIFLEX
908 films
P
Panavision
Millennium, Genesis, DXL2
696 films
R
RED
EPIC, Monstro, DSMC2
116 films
C
Canon
C500, EOS R5, 5D Mark III
119 films
Timeline & On This Day

100 years of cinema, searchable by date

Browse films across a century, see what was in theaters on any date since 1900, and explore annual snapshots from 1920 to 2025.

65K
Films
105
Years
Timeline
1972
1994
1999
2007
2019
2024
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
No Country
Parasite
Anora
On This Day
What was in theaters on any date since 1900
Color Palettes

See a film's palette before you press play

Extracted dominant colors for 18,792 films. Instantly feel the visual tone — from the cold blues of Moonlight to the dusty golds of Fury Road.

18,792
Palettes
Moonlight
Her
Mad Max
Grand Budapest
More to explore

Every detail, every angle

Browse by Mood
45 mood tags across 5,000 films. Find something dreamlike, visceral, or contemplative.
Watch Challenges
30 curated film journeys. Around the World in 10 Films. Horror Through the Decades.
Title Design Credits
1,108 films with designer credits, studio attributions, and Art of the Title composite images.
Box Office Data
Budget, domestic and worldwide grosses scraped from Box Office Mojo for thousands of films.
Filming Locations
Discover where your favorite films were shot. Scraped from IMDb with city and country data.
Content Warnings
Trigger warnings for 1,065 films. Know before you watch — powered by DoesTheDogDie data.
Aspect Ratios
60 aspect ratios with film distributions. See the visual format choices across cinema history.
VFX Studios
24 VFX houses with filmographies. ILM, Weta, DNEG — see who built the impossible.
Poster Designers
123 poster design agencies with credited works. From Mondo to the Criterion art department.
Year in Film
Annual snapshots from 1920 to 2025. Genre distributions, festival winners, media coverage.
Genre Explorer
19 genres with deep pages. Top directors per genre, decade filters, film grids.
Country Browser
149 countries with top directors, decade filters, and film counts. Cinema is global.

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