See what on your watchlist you can stream tonight

A watchlist full of films you cannot actually watch is just a list. The question on a Friday night is not “what do I want to see?” but “what can I see, on what I already pay for?”

Every night, Watchlist Boosted checks where each title on your list is streaming in your country. So that question is already answered when you sit down, and you hear about it when something you saved months ago turns up.

New Arrivals

4 from your list in the last 30 days
  • The Long Night OutOn Netflix
  • Paper LanternsOn Prime Video +1
  • SaltwaterIn cinemas
  • The Quiet HourTo rent or buy
An example, with made-up titles.

Where every title is streaming

Each title on your list shows the services it is included with, in your country. Tap it to open the title on that service.

Rent and buy are kept apart, because paying extra for a film is a different decision. New films show where they are instead: in cinemas, at festivals, or coming soon.

Your country starts from where you signed up, and you can change it in Settings. Streaming rights are sold country by country, which is why a film can be on Netflix for a friend and missing for you. More on why catalogues differ by country.

Just the services you pay for

Pick your services in Settings. The choices are the services that carry something on your list right now, with the most titles first, so the useful ones are at the top.

Then one tap on the dashboard, On my services, narrows your list to what you can watch without signing up for anything. New Arrivals and the emails narrow to your services too. With none picked, every service counts.

New Arrivals

This is the part that tells you something you did not already know: a film saved off a festival write-up eight months ago, quietly landing on a service you already pay for.

New Arrivals shows titles on your list that reached a new stage in the last 30 days: in cinemas, to rent or buy, or included on a streaming service. A film can come through all three, months apart. A chip for each service lets you see just what arrived on Netflix, say.

An email when it arrives

Two emails, each off until you turn it on, sent together and at most one a day:

  • When something on your list starts streaming. Subscription services only, and only yours if you have picked them.
  • When something on your list opens in cinemas, on opening day. Handy for films you saved before they came out.

A film that is not out yet also has a button on its page, “Email me when it starts streaming”, which turns the email on from there.

Where the data comes from

Streaming availability is supplied by JustWatch, through TMDB, the community-run film and TV database. It is checked every night for your country, for every title on your list that is not already known to be streaming.

Questions

Which country is it checked for?
Yours. It starts from where you signed up, and you can change it in Settings, for example if you moved. Streaming rights are sold country by country, so the same film can be on Netflix in one and nowhere in another.
Does it include rent and buy?
They are shown, but kept apart. "Streaming" here means included with a subscription you could already have, not something you pay extra for.
How often is it checked?
Every night, for every title on your list that is not already known to be streaming.
Are the emails on by default?
No. Both are off until you turn them on in Settings, and together they are one email a day at most.
Does it cost anything?
No. Watchlist Boosted is free, with no paywall.

See what you can stream tonight

Bring in your watchlist from Netflix, Letterboxd, IMDb or TV Time, and see where everything on it is streaming. Free, with no paywall.