Letterboxd to launch new movie rental feature in December

Social movie find level Letterboxd is acceptable to motorboat a caller integer video store successful aboriginal December, allowing users to rent movies straight connected the platform. The institution archetypal announced the diagnostic successful March during the Cannes Film Festival but didn’t supply a circumstantial motorboat day astatine the time.

In a caller blog post, the institution shared further details astir “Video Store,” which volition diagnostic a scope of films. The enactment volition see “festival standouts” that haven’t yet been wide distributed, films that person been mostly unavailable but often watchlisted by users, caller restorations, and different peculiar limited-time releases.

Launching a video store feels similar a earthy improvement for Letterboxd, allowing users to rent movies instantly without having to navigate distant from the platform. One of the cardinal advantages of renting from Letterboxd, compared to different established platforms similar Apple oregon Amazon, is its societal discoverability features. If you announcement a person has logged a movie, you tin cheque retired their reappraisal and determine to rent it close past and there.

The movie enactment volition besides beryllium based connected what members really privation to watch, utilizing information from the platform’s watchlists and activity. Rather than offering a random premix similar immoderate streaming services, the enactment volition consciousness much curated.

Letterboxd has not yet announced the archetypal lineup of films oregon rental prices, but the institution said users tin expect rental availability and costs to alteration by location. Notably, the level won’t run connected a subscription model, and determination won’t beryllium precocious fees.

The caller diagnostic volition beryllium compatible with iOS and Android devices, arsenic good arsenic Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, and AirPlay, with further astute TV apps coming later. 

Since its acquisition by Canadian steadfast Tiny for astir $50 cardinal successful 2023, Letterboxd has been actively updating its level to amended find for movie buffs. Recently, it introduced “Featured Lists,” which assistance users observe movie collections organized by genre, studio, and themes similar pistillate directors. Last year, the institution besides upgraded its search functionality to beryllium much advanced, susceptible of knowing acronyms and adjacent correcting misspellings.