Stop rating movies. Start ranking them.
No scores, no stars, no overthinking. Shortlist exists because finding something to watch shouldn't depend on an algorithm. It should come from the people you actually trust. Shortlist makes it easy to build a definitive ranked list of everything you've watched, so your whole network can do the same, and everyone gets a better answer to what to watch next.
How It Works: When you add a new title, Shortlist pits it against a series of titles already on your list; you just keep picking your favorite. Each matchup narrows down exactly where the new title belongs until it finds its place in your ranking.
Never Forget A Recommendation: Add titles to your watchlist the moment someone mentions them, mark what you're currently watching, and leave notes on anything. Who recommended it, why you added it, whatever you need to remember. No more losing a recommendation to the back of your memory.
Always In The Loop: When a friend ranks a title, adds something to their watchlist, or marks a show as currently watching, Your activity feed shows everything happening in your network in real time No algorithm deciding what you see. Just the people you follow and what they're actually into right now.
Built Around You: Forget score aggregators and critic consensus. Shortlist gives you three scores that actually mean something: a predictive score based on your own taste and rankings, a friend score based on how people you follow have ranked a title, and a global score from the full Shortlist community. Real opinions, personalized to you.
Make Lists Together: Create collaborative lists with friends or family. Curate collections around anything you love: essential comedies, top buddy-cop movies, perfect date night picks, whatever comes to mind.
Keep Ranking: Earn achievements as you rank and build streaks over time.
Spoiler-Free: Toggle spoiler warnings so you can browse and talk freely without ruining anything for yourself or others.
Key Features:
Choose between two titles to build your personal ranked list over time
Separate ranked lists for movies and TV
Recommendations powered by your taste, your friends, and the community
Friends activity feed with likes, comments, and mentions
Write and share reviews with spoiler warnings
Collaborative and curated lists
Filter content searches across 12 major streaming platforms
Finally found my go-to-app for tracking and ranking movies and TV shows. Instead of basic star ratings, you actually rank titles against each other, which is way more satisfying for building a real watchlist. The social side is the best part, seeing exactly where friends ranked something makes discovering new shows and films way more fun than scrolling through any algorithm.
Social features + tv support is such a win
Scoop500
I’ve been a long time Letterboxd user but this app won me over so fast. Love commenting, liking, and comparing my lists with all my friends, and the separate field for “notes” for tagging the people you watched it with, or just mentioning non review stuff about your watching experience makes my logs feel so much more complete
Developer Response
Thank you so much! The notes field is one of our favorite touches too. Logging who you watched something with or capturing that random context around an experience is something no rating or review can really hold. So glad it's making your logs feel more complete!
Favorite New App
Alexandra04274
Been dying for somewhere to see what my friends are watching to give me some inspiration & for a place to store movies & tv that I’ve loved. This app certainly more than does the job!!!!
Developer Response
That's what we're here for! Finding inspiration through what your friends are watching is one of our favorite use cases. So glad you are enjoying.
It’s about time
smolerbrett
Finally somewhere I can put down “on paper” what I’m constantly thinking about and arguing/agreeing with friends about.
Developer Response
This is exactly why we built Shortlist! All those debates and disagreements with friends finally have somewhere to live. Thanks so much for the kind words! 🙌
What's new in 3.7:
• Discover more: your For You feed now surfaces great reviews from people you don't follow yet, with one-tap Follow
• Read the latest from the Shortlist blog right inside the app, plus a new articles row on your home feed
• Featured Shortlists: hand-picked lists from creators we love, right at the top
• Global leaderboard: see how your taste stacks up
• Clearer streaming picker, better name search, and a smoother, correctly-ordered feed
• Lots of fixes and polish
• You can now report or block content you'd rather not see
Version 3.7
The developer, BLRB Digital LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
Seller
BLRB DIGITAL LLC
Size
44 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
13+
13+
This app has an age rating of 13+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.
