Tired of paying for six different streaming platforms and then still needing to buy for that one niche movie that has been sitting on your watchlist? Enter: Letterboxd Video Store.
The platform (which originated in New Zealand) has been around since 2011, yet it was lying somewhat dormant until Gen Z got involved. Now, Letterboxd set to move beyond a place for meticulously-crafted views and curated watchlists, to become home to the blockbusters themselves. Yep, with Letterboxd Video Store, you'll be able to rent the movies everyone's talking about, from the comfort of your device or television stream. Even better, there'll be none of those pesky late-fees that video renting of the early aughts came with. It's the epitome of a full circle moment for an already beloved platform, and one we are embracing with open arms.
When will Letterboxd Video Store land?
Very soon. The film rental platform officially launches on December 10, 2025. It will be available in 23 countries:
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- France
- Spain
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Austria
- Italy
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Belgium,
- Switzerland
- Greece
- Cyprus
What actually is the rental service?
Before your eyes roll into the back of your head about signing up to yet another streaming platform, Letterboxd can’t stress enough that "this isn’t a subscription service! No lock-in, no paywall. Just the films you want, whenever you want, and join the conversation with our community logging, reviewing and adding them to lists”. The platform won’t just be another cookie-cutter rental service, either: it will also entail festival standouts, long-waitlisted titles, and restorations and rediscoveries of older films.
What will you be able to watch?
Letterboxd Video will launch with nine films. These will be seperated into two shelves: 'Unreleased Gems' and 'Lost and Found'.
Unreleased Gems are described as "Must-see films caught between acclaim and availability. Only on Letterboxd Video Store, for a limited time only." They will include:
- It Ends (2025)
- Score: A Wife From The Future (2025)
- Kennedy (2023)
- The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025)
Lost and Found films are described simply as "underseen underdogs with stellar star ratings." They will include:
- Tiger on the Beat (1988)
- Kisapmata (1981)
- It Must Be Heaven (2019)
- Poison (1991)
- Before We Vanish (2017)
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If you don’t have a Letterboxd account yet, you are missing out – leafing through the reviews alone is enough reason to sign up. A four-star review for Frankenstein claimed “Men want to give birth sooooo bad it’s crazy”, whilst a review for Bugonia read “scarily realistic representation of what thanksgivings feel like for families with mixed political affiliations”. The defence rests.
Feature image via The Virgin Suicides.
