# JustWatch

11 Hacker News commenters recommended JustWatch and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for finding which streaming service has a movie or show in their country, plus alerts when titles become available. Critics say it has grown ad-heavy and less clear.

## Why people recommend it

- Finds where titles stream by country (4 comments): "Usually Justwatch should be able to tell you where something is available." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49009623)) "my goto wayto find where you can stream something in each country" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46230047)) "this took me less than a few minutes with classic non-LLM search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010300))
- Watchlist and availability alerts (2 comments): "they will even notify you when something you want to watch becomes available." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49009475)) "maybe that site has its own watchlist feature?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578590))
- Trusted and useful most of the time (3 comments): "I love JustWatch and most of the time it's given me the answer I need." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010803)) "Streaming is impossible without the efforts of things like JustWatch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013581)) "Which is a great idea and a great site" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450259))

## What people warn about

- Ad-heavy and less clear presentation (2 comments): "JustWatch started feeling annoyingly advertising filled and it's Apple TV App was just broken" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022697)) "they seem to be intentionally making their presentation _less_ clear so they can show ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010370))
- Declining quality, enshittification (1 comments): "JustWatch is alright but is succumbing to enshittification." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010854))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Letterboxd](https://hackerapproved.com/p/letterboxd.md): 16 recommend
- [Criterion Closet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/criterion-closet.md): 13 recommend
- [IMDb](https://hackerapproved.com/p/imdb.md): 6 recommend
- [CineCLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cinecli.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.justwatch.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JustWatch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/justwatch/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).