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Letterboxd Film Reviews & Ratings Scraper

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Letterboxd Film Reviews & Ratings Scraper

Letterboxd Film Reviews & Ratings Scraper

Scrape Letterboxd films with ratings, reviews, directors, genres, and fan counts. Browse popular, top-rated, or recent films, or search by title.

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Scrape film data from Letterboxd including ratings, reviews, directors, genres, fan counts, and poster images. Browse popular, top-rated, or recent films, or search by title.

Features

  • Search by title: Find specific films using Letterboxd's search
  • Browse popular films: Scrape the most popular films on Letterboxd
  • Browse top-rated: Get the highest-rated films of all time
  • Browse recent: Get films from the current year
  • Full detail extraction: Title, year, director, genres, aggregate rating, review count, fan count
  • Embedded reviews: Up to 12 popular reviews per film with user, rating, and text
  • JSON-LD parsing: Reliable structured data extraction from film pages

Output Fields

FieldDescription
titleFilm title
yearRelease year
directorDirector name(s)
genresArray of genre tags
ratingLetterboxd average rating (0-5 scale)
ratingCountTotal number of ratings
reviewCountTotal number of written reviews
fanCountNumber of fans
posterUrlFilm poster image URL
letterboxdUrlDirect Letterboxd URL
recentReviewsArray of {user, rating, text} objects
scrapedAtISO timestamp

Use Cases

  • Film analytics: Analyze rating distributions and trends across genres
  • Review monitoring: Track popular reviews and sentiment for films
  • Watchlist building: Build curated film lists based on ratings and popularity
  • Market research: Analyze film popularity trends for content recommendations
  • Data journalism: Source data for film industry analysis and reporting

Example Output

{
"title": "The Shawshank Redemption",
"year": 1994,
"director": "Frank Darabont",
"genres": ["Crime", "Drama"],
"rating": 4.59,
"ratingCount": 2732485,
"reviewCount": 281326,
"fanCount": 161000,
"posterUrl": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/7l/hn/46/uz/...",
"letterboxdUrl": "https://letterboxd.com/film/the-shawshank-redemption/",
"recentReviews": [
{
"user": "adambolt",
"rating": 4.5,
"text": "he became a morgan free man"
}
],
"scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Browse Modes

ModeDescriptionURL Pattern
popularMost popular films all-time/films/popular/
top-ratedHighest rated films/films/by/rating/
recentFilms from current year/films/year/{year}/

Notes

  • Film listing pages return 72 films per page
  • Each film detail page is fetched individually for full data extraction
  • The scraper respects rate limits with built-in delays between requests
  • Search uses Letterboxd's autocomplete API and may return fewer results for broad queries

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