CINE·BRATS

FOR THE SERIOUS CINEPHILE

The film site I always
wish existed.

I created CineBrats to solve 3 problems:

1I love movies—watching them, logging them, and talking about them. Letterboxd is great, but I wanted something quieter, simpler, and less focused on volume: an ad-free, not-for-profit space for people who care deeply about film.

2Listening to people like Tarantino talk about movies always makes me want to see everything they’ve seen. But the path through film history gets confusing fast: What should I watch? Why does it matter? Where do I begin? I needed a framework.

3I’m obsessed with design and aesthetics. I wanted a site that feels as thoughtfully constructed as the movies it celebrates: minimal, elegant, and lovely to spend time in. No clutter, no noisy feeds, no ads.

CineBrats is like a mix between Letterboxd and the Criterion Collection. It’s not for everyone — but if it sounds like your kind of thing, check it out.

Jonathan

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Your answers below are used to construct your public CineBrats profile

The CineBrats Canon: Obsessively Curated

4,489Films
98Collections
1916–2026Years Covered
Auteur Paul
Schrader 5 films · 1978–2018 Auteur Steven
Soderbergh 5 films · 1989–2011 Auteur Sergio
Leone 4 films · 1964–1984 Auteur Akira
Kurosawa 5 films · 1950–1985 Auteur David
Lynch 5 films · 1977–2001 Auteur Roman
Polanski 5 films · 1962–2002 List Greatest
Hollywood Blockbusters 25 films · 1975–2022 Auteur Charlie
Chaplin 5 films · 1921–1940 Auteur Quentin
Tarantino 5 films · 1992–2009 Auteur Francis
Ford Coppola 4 films · 1972–1979 Auteur Albert
Brooks 4 films · 1979–1991 Auteur Claire
Denis 5 films · 1988–2010 Movement New
German Cinema 12 films · 1967–1981 Auteur Luchino
Visconti 5 films · 1943–1963 Auteur Wes
Anderson 5 films · 1998–2014 Auteur Spike
Lee 5 films · 1986–2018 Movement Italian
Neorealism 9 films · 1945–1952 Auteur David
Fincher 5 films · 1995–2014 Auteur David
Cronenberg 5 films · 1983–2005 Auteur Wes
Craven 5 films · 1972–1996 Auteur Bong
Joon Ho 5 films · 2003–2019 Auteur Sidney
Lumet 5 films · 1957–1982 List Greatest
Debut Features 25 films · 1941–2017 Auteur Andrei
Tarkovsky 5 films · 1962–1979 Auteur Paul
Schrader 5 films · 1978–2018 Auteur Steven
Soderbergh 5 films · 1989–2011 Auteur Sergio
Leone 4 films · 1964–1984 Auteur Akira
Kurosawa 5 films · 1950–1985 Auteur David
Lynch 5 films · 1977–2001 Auteur Roman
Polanski 5 films · 1962–2002 List Greatest
Hollywood Blockbusters 25 films · 1975–2022 Auteur Charlie
Chaplin 5 films · 1921–1940 Auteur Quentin
Tarantino 5 films · 1992–2009 Auteur Francis
Ford Coppola 4 films · 1972–1979 Auteur Albert
Brooks 4 films · 1979–1991 Auteur Claire
Denis 5 films · 1988–2010 Movement New
German Cinema 12 films · 1967–1981 Auteur Luchino
Visconti 5 films · 1943–1963 Auteur Wes
Anderson 5 films · 1998–2014 Auteur Spike
Lee 5 films · 1986–2018 Movement Italian
Neorealism 9 films · 1945–1952 Auteur David
Fincher 5 films · 1995–2014 Auteur David
Cronenberg 5 films · 1983–2005 Auteur Wes
Craven 5 films · 1972–1996 Auteur Bong
Joon Ho 5 films · 2003–2019 Auteur Sidney
Lumet 5 films · 1957–1982 List Greatest
Debut Features 25 films · 1941–2017 Auteur Andrei
Tarkovsky 5 films · 1962–1979

01 · The Cinephilia Score

Your Film IQ — Quantified

Your Cinephilia Score estimates how much of the CineBrats canon you’ve seen — and it’s built to reward importance, not just volume. Two things move it: the films you log and the Collections you complete. A film that belongs to multiple Collections is worth more, and some Collections are weighted more than others.

  • Types of Collections
  • Film Movements
  • Auteurs
  • Editorial Lists

02 · Shareable Badges

A Badge for Every Collection You Complete

Once you’ve seen every film in a Collection, you get its badge — printed with your name, the Collection, and the films it took. Download it, share it, or just leave it on your profile. There is one for every Collection in the canon, each with its own color and its own list of films, so the ones you have earned sit together as a set.

  • How Badges Work
  • •Earned by completing a Collection
  • •Printed with your name and films
  • •Yours to download or share
CINE·BRATS An independent, non-commercial project. Not affiliated with any studio, publication, or rights holder.