As this year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Hand Flex that shook the world, Pride & Prejudice director Joe Wright, star Matthew Macfadyen and many more dig into the touching details that continue to bewitch audiences, body and soul.

For Valentine’s Day, Letterboxd staff and contributors celebrate the cinematic couples who make us swoon, sigh and shout, “Love is real!”—from Jackie Brown and Max Cherry to Charles Grodin and Miss Piggy.

Denis Villeneuve’s spicy sci-fi epic, Malayalam magic and scrappy low-budget comedies are just some of the highlights among Letterboxd’s highest-rated and most popular films of 2024.

As Letterboxd complete another holiday season of obsessive Lord of the Rings trilogy rewatches, director Peter Jackson, scriptwriter Philippa Boyens and actress Miranda Otto reveal the Jackson rarity they’re most obsessed with. 

Exploitation’s trash king. Our rom-com prince of hearts. The official queen of Christmas movies. The single greatest year for coming-of-age cinema. The answers to these and more are revealed through a newly added option for Pro and Patron .

From crafting matter-of-fact sex scenes with Kate Winslet, to bathing Alexander Skarsgård in good light, to giving Andy Samberg a serious role, Lee director Ellen Kuras shares lessons in life, war and art.

Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition features a true crime techno-thriller, a Himalayan rebel girl’s coming-of-age, a city of psychics and more.

With our recent search update, you can now find that film title you can’t , become a Cinematrix-level quizmaster, and discover people who are just like you for real via their four favorites.

As the grand old dame of Technicolor turns 85, Gemma Gracewood wrestles with the wonder, the wickedness and the asbestos-riddled toxicity of Victor Fleming’s 1939 fantasy, The Wizard of Oz. 

For Art House Theater Day, filmmakers and industry folk, from Michael Mann to Flight of the Conchords and Daisy Ridley to Sean Fennessey, share eight community-building ideas to center the collective cinematic experience.

As they reach 2,000 film recommendations, Pure Cinema Pod’s hosts Brian Saur and Elric Kane recall how they met, the greatest movie they ever pushed on each other, and life down the “rabbit-hole generator” of Letterboxd. Plus! 101 more films for our watchlists. 

Twice the Zendaya, hundreds of beavers and a record number of Indian films mark our halfway Top 25 of 2024. The list also includes new movies coming to this month’s NY Asian Film Festival. Our team reads the sands as the Shai-Hulud continues to ride the top spot.