LetterboxdFilm aficionados, rejoice! Letterboxd is rolling out its very own movie rental service to go along with your reviews. Here’s what you need to know.
In a world rife with streaming services that charge ever-increasing prices to watch seasons 1, 2, and 5 of your favorite shows, movie-focused social media platform Letterboxd is coming in swinging with something refreshingly similar to the Blockbuster of old.
Over the last few years, Letterboxd has become an increasingly popular place for movie-lovers to log and review the films that they’ve been watching. Now, they can watch movies directly on the platform without paying a single penny in membership fees.
Revealed on November 19, 2025, Letterboxd is releasing its own movie streaming service, and it’ll look quite a bit different from others on the market.
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The ‘Letterboxd Video Store‘ is going live in early December 2025. The company describes it as “a film rental platform” within its website, which will act as “curated shelves” to help prevent viewers from scrolling through endless lists of recommendations when they don’t know what to watch.
These shelves will contain specific collections of movies, including “festival standouts that are yet to be distributed.” This is a major talking point among film enthusiasts, as these movies are generally only limited to festival attendees until they officially release months or even years later.
Also included are “long-watchlisted titles finally made available,” “restorations and rediscoveries worth celebrating,” and “limited-time drops of sneak peeks and unreleased gems.” The Letterboxd Video Store will also have ‘lighting round’ digital shelves available for a limited time only.
“It’s like walking into your local video store and seeing the ’employee picks’ shelf—and those employees are countless Letterboxd members across the globe,” the site says.
Letterboxd Video Store is available on web browsers, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast and Airplay, with Smart TV apps in development.
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Although there’s no subscription fee to use the Letterboxd Video Store, users will have to pay to rent the movies they want to watch, with prices dependent on location. While the company is working to ensure that films on its platform are accessible in as many countries as possible, it warned users that their availability won’t be the same everywhere and will vary from “shelf to shelf.”
The brand also confirmed that they are looking into adding TV series to its service, but for now, movies are its main focus.