I still prefer the look of TorrentBulter.eu. It's default view is browsing the top movies, and displays them in a much more enjoyable manner. The details page on TB is also more feature filled, including a trailer as well (granted, these can sometimes be wrong).
Movies.io, honestly, doesn't offer anything more, other than being newer. Maybe I missed something.
I think the thing for me that movies.io has that others don't is the top 50. It's a beautifully designed site that gives me access to a whole load of well presented information. I don't even torrent, but I've used movies.io to look for films that I haven't seen that might be worth looking into, and I can see the torrent element almost as secondary to some users.
I hope movies.io succeeds, but not so much as to put it on the MPAA radar for a takedown.
It's nice & simple. I think trailers would be a great addition.
As an alternative -- I would be interested in a site just like this but that aggregated movies from all of the free (legal) sources on the Web where I can watch movies now. (I don't usually buy movie tickets in advance.)
Aesthetically and technically this is very nicely done. But in terms of usability I actually find a plain list of movie names easier to parse - unless it lacks critical information and is drowned in ads like on most torrent aggregators...
My favorite interface is the "Overview"-mode in the iTunes store. I wish all content sites would look like this (in case you don't know it, scroll all the way down, then click Functions/Overview).
YES! Thank you! I have been thinking about building this forever, but have never actually implemented it due to the fuzzy legal issues (read: it's totally illegal) and imminent shut down.
Love the interface. Love the simplicity. Love the graphics. Love the lack of [unnecessary] technical details and inclusion of details about the actual movie (rating, genre, summary, cover photo, etc).
Only thing I can think of to improve this is including a trailer on the download page. Yeah, IMDB is linked and that has trailers, but not quite as cool :) Also, related movies would be awesome.
To be fair, Infernal Affairs is available on Amazon and as a disc Netflix will mail you. The optimist in me says this is where a site like this can do some good. Assuming viewers aren't wed to a particular platform, being able to see where a movie is available instead of searching iTunes, Amazon, etc. individually could make things easier.
As for competing with movies.io, my reaction to their site was "that's really cool - it's a shame there isn't anything like that for those of us who don't torrent", so I did my best to build one. I know right now it only works in the US, but hopefully working elsewhere is something I can add down the road. I don't really know enough yet about how to do that.
most of the engines don't pass my simple test - enter name of movie and i expect to see aggregated basic info and ratings of movie at least from 2-3 websites without opening them
it's a bit better with currency exchange 5USD to EUR
We're not good at niches (japanese movies, etc.), yet! But we're working on better international support: Japanese, German, Italian, French movies have often confusing results, we'll display alternative titles and offer torrent search in multiple results.
Torrentz.eu works better for everything else, obviously :)
Looks to be more of a Movie filtering interface instead of a bulk media organization tool. No topics about any other kinds of media (cbr, ebooks, pdfs, images, music, adult?) appears to be in its infancy, got a long way to go to compete with plex / jellyfin or even just a well organized file structure.
no forum posts, and have to be approved by the site admin to even gain access.
sure the movie browsing experience seems well built - per the youtube video but personally i'd prefer a movie poster interface and maybe put the meta data in a details window when i hover/click on the poster. don't need the constant clutter when trying to find something.
Yeah I've seen this site. Difference is I'm focusing on helping the user make a decision, not find out what streaming service a movie is on. The whole time I was building this I kept asking myself one and only one question: What do I want to watch right now? Not that you were saying we're solving the same problem. I though I'd take the opportunity to point out the difference however, as there are a ton of movie rec sites out there.
Thanks for checking it out.
This is a very good website and I find myself using it a lot (especially to compare pricing of streaming movies). I was actually missing something like this and did start building something to help but then I saw justwatch and abandoned my efforts.
One more feature that might be useful would be to show if the movie we are searching for is scheduled to play on a network sometime in the future.
I torrent stuff, like a substantial portion of humanity. Except music (Spotify) and games less than five years old. Movies I torrent without a care, unless they're indie or similar. Anyway, I digress, I'm just saying I'm not going to hypocritically pontificate, just comment on the product.
On the actual site: I like the straightforward process you've gone for. A search for 'Dracula' returns multiple, relevant results with the year of release where it's available. It's very easy to find what movie I want. A downside is the download options, all I'm presented with is some links with the filesizes, that's not enough information in my opinion, but I suppose there's not actually much you can do about that. It's a downside because it's not immediately clear if it has subtitles, what language it might be dubbed in and if it is HD or not.
It's a pretty well executed idea that's naturally going to be a bit rough 'round the edges, but it's a great start.
TorrentButler is especially good for "discovering" movies. Both are good for torrent newbies. I like Movies.io search a lot, but I agree it would best if one of them combined both features into one. Also, both should have their own commenting systems, to make it easier to find the fakes. Movies.io has something called "Verified" now, but not sure how that works. Are they just verifying them manually? That seems like a lot of work.
Thank you for this, love movies.io, though how do you add movies to 'watch lists'? I signed up and found I could change a lists name but could never find any way to add movies to this list.
The trailer feature is cool, but in order to close the trailer requires clicking the link again. It'd be cool if we could also press escape or click on the backdrop area to close it.
Movies.io, honestly, doesn't offer anything more, other than being newer. Maybe I missed something.
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