# Letterboxd Scraper — Films, Ratings & Reviews (`samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Letterboxd: film details with average rating and rating counts, member reviews, and the popular films chart. No login. Clean JSON/CSV for film marketing, research, and sentiment analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [samwise.agency](https://apify.com/samwise.agency) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Letterboxd Scraper — Films, Ratings & Reviews

Film-culture data from the platform tastemakers actually use. Scrape **Letterboxd film pages** (average rating, rating counts, directors, genres), **member reviews**, and the **popular films chart** — no login, clean rows.

**What you can extract:**

- 🎬 **Film details** — title, year, directors, genres, synopsis, poster
- ⭐ **Ratings** — average rating and rating/review counts
- ✍️ **Member reviews** — reviewer, star rating, full text
- 📈 **Popular chart** — what film Twitter is actually watching

### Quick start

1. Click **Run** — default pulls Parasite (2019) with recent reviews
2. Swap in your films (slugs or URLs), or set popular pages for the chart
3. Schedule weekly = tracking sentiment through a release window

### Sample output

```json
{
    "type": "film",
    "slug": "parasite-2019",
    "title": "Parasite",
    "year": 2019,
    "directors": ["Bong Joon-ho"],
    "genres": ["Thriller", "Comedy", "Drama"],
    "averageRating": 4.56,
    "ratingCount": 1204312,
    "url": "https://letterboxd.com/film/parasite-2019/"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Film marketing & distribution** — cinephile sentiment before wide release
- **Streaming acquisitions** — engagement data by title
- **Journalists & academics** — reception analysis
- **Recommendation engines** — ratings corpus for indie/arthouse titles

### Pricing

Pay per result row (film or review).

### FAQ

**Is there an official API?** Letterboxd's API is invite-only; this Actor reads the same public pages any visitor sees, politely.

# Actor input Schema

## `films` (type: `array`):

Film slugs (e.g. 'parasite-2019') or full letterboxd.com/film/... URLs.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Also export recent member reviews for each film (one result per review).

## `maxReviewsPerFilm` (type: `integer`):

Cap on review rows per film.

## `popularPages` (type: `integer`):

Also scrape N pages of the popular-films chart (~72 films/page). 0 = skip.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy keeps requests reliable.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "films": [
    "parasite-2019"
  ],
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerFilm": 20,
  "popularPages": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "films": [
        "parasite-2019"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "films": ["parasite-2019"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "films": [
    "parasite-2019"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,samwise.agency/letterboxd-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/EWTIoC5LLiE4gfHON/builds/Zy2HaCa9KxijckRlU/openapi.json