JustWatch & Reelgood Alternatives for Letterboxd Users
If you use Letterboxd® to track the movies you want to watch, you've probably also tried tools like JustWatch or Reelgood to find out where those movies are streaming.
Those apps are great for checking one title at a time, but they're not designed specifically around your Letterboxd watchlist. This article looks at how JustWatch and Reelgood help, where they fall short for Letterboxd users, and how WatchRadar+ fits in as a watchlist-focused alternative.
What Letterboxd Users Are Trying to Solve
Most Letterboxd power users are trying to answer a simple question:
"Where can I actually stream the movies in my watchlist?"
The ideal solution would:
- Understand your Letterboxd watchlist.
- Check where those specific movies are streaming.
- Show everything in one place.
- Update over time as catalogs change.
- Optionally send notifications when something becomes available.
Let's see how the common tools stack up against that.
JustWatch
What JustWatch Is Good At
- Fast search for individual movies and shows.
- Covers many countries and platforms.
- Great for answering "Where is this one title streaming?"
Where It Falls Short for Letterboxd Watchlists
- No direct Letterboxd watchlist import.
- Primarily built for one title at a time, not entire lists.
- No dedicated "Letterboxd watchlist dashboard."
In other words: JustWatch is excellent for quick lookups, but you still end up manually searching title by title when you have a long Letterboxd watchlist.
Reelgood
What Reelgood Is Good At
- Nice browsing experience for what's new and trending.
- Useful if you want recommendations across multiple services.
- Helpful for tracking shows you're actively watching.
Where It Falls Short for Letterboxd Watchlists
- Not focused specifically on Letterboxd or its watchlist system.
- Better as a discovery tool than a "mirror" of your Letterboxd queue.
- Still leaves you managing two separate ecosystems: Reelgood and Letterboxd.
If your main goal is to sync and track the exact movies you've already saved on Letterboxd, Reelgood is helpful but not purpose-built for that.
WatchRadar+: A Letterboxd-Focused Alternative
WatchRadar+ is built specifically around Letterboxd watchlists, not general browsing.
How It Works with Letterboxd
- Export your Letterboxd watchlist as a CSV file.
- Upload that file to WatchRadar+.
- The app matches your films using TMDB data and checks where they're streaming.
- You get a single view showing which titles are available on which platforms.
- You can filter results by the services you actually subscribe to.
Instead of manually checking titles across multiple services, your Letterboxd watchlist becomes a live streaming dashboard.
Key Features for Letterboxd Users
- Designed around watchlists, not random browsing.
- Uses TMDB provider data to track streaming availability.
- Lets you re-upload a fresh CSV anytime you update your Letterboxd watchlist.
- Supports notifications so you know when something becomes available.
Pricing Snapshot (2025)
- $1.49/month
- $14.99/year
- $24.99 lifetime one-time purchase
For comparison, Letterboxd Pro is around $19/year and Patron is around $49/year. WatchRadar+ is priced to sit comfortably below those tiers while solving a very specific problem: streaming availability for the movies you've already logged and saved.
When to Use Each Tool
- Use JustWatch when you only care about a single movie or show right now.
- Use Reelgood when you want to browse what's new and trending across services.
- Use WatchRadar+ when you want a Letterboxd-centric view of where your existing watchlist is streaming.
They're not mutually exclusive — many film fans use more than one. But if your watchlist lives on Letterboxd, it makes sense to have at least one tool that's built with that in mind.
Final Thoughts
JustWatch and Reelgood are both excellent general-purpose streaming tools. For Letterboxd users who treat their watchlist as a serious "to watch" queue, a dedicated companion app can make things much smoother.
WatchRadar+ doesn't replace Letterboxd. Instead, it sits alongside it and answers a very specific question: "Where can I actually watch the movies I've already saved?"