Letterboxd Film Reviews & Ratings Scraper
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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
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Film title |
year | Release year |
director | Director name(s) |
genres | Array of genre tags |
rating | Letterboxd average rating (0-5 scale) |
ratingCount | Total number of ratings |
reviewCount | Total number of written reviews |
fanCount | Number of fans |
posterUrl | Film poster image URL |
letterboxdUrl | Direct Letterboxd URL |
recentReviews | Array of {user, rating, text} objects |
scrapedAt | ISO 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
| Mode | Description | URL Pattern |
|---|---|---|
popular | Most popular films all-time | /films/popular/ |
top-rated | Highest rated films | /films/by/rating/ |
recent | Films 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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