Watch List
The added watch list option lets you keep track of any title you are interested in watching in the near future, or when the title becomes available, weather it is titles in your own collection, or upcoming movies or TV Series in the cinema, on streaming or on physical media.
The watch list is your own catalog of any title of your interest, with the option of filtering the list on availability – using the availability buttons in the top of the list, you can filter your list by availability on streaming, either with a subscription, for rent or for purchase (Powered by JustWatch).
Select the streaming services you use in the providers list, and get an overview of availability on your specific services. If may be that you are looking to rent or buy recently released titles, but it may also be that you are waiting for the titles to become available for free on a subscription service you are already subscribed to.
The watch list and the follow list are two features of similar nature, but we have made them available as separate functionalities, as you may not be interested in alerts for items in your watch list, and therefore can choose to follow specifically what you would like alerts for using the follow feature.
If you maintain a watch list on another service, you can import this watch list into the My Movies service from the upper right corner menu.
Follow Movies and 'Following' List
The “Follow” flag added to titles on the details page, and the “Following” list in the left side menu of the app, lets you follow movies and tv series of your interest, and get alerted by e-mail or notifications on availability changes.
The feature has been created to let you always be on top of new releases on your preferred media, and ensure that you do not miss anything of your interest – you can follow a movie or a TV Series already when you become aware of its future existence, though trailers in the cinema, though our popularity lists, or widgets of upcoming titles, or anywhere else.
We will alert you of availability changes when the title is released in cinema, when it becomes available for purchase on streaming, becomes available on purchase on physical media, or becomes available for rent on streaming or with a subscription (subscription options Powered by JustWatch).
The follow list and the watch list are two features of similar nature, but we have made them available as separate functionalities, to give you control over specifically what you would like availability alerts on.
By following titles of your interest, you are always kept up to date.
Note! The follow option is not for specific releases on physical media – for physical media titles, you can add the specific release you are interested in to your ‘Wished’ group, and be alerted when it becomes available, or when there are rebated purchase offers available for the release.
Popularity Lists
With the addition of the popularity lists for Movies, TV Series and Physical Media, we are hoping to peak your interest, and let you find titles of your interest.
You may be interested in upcoming or recently released movies in cinema, either to plan your next trip to the movies, or to find upcoming titles to add to your watch list, or follow to be alerted on their availability.
You may be interested in whats currently trending on streaming (Powered by JustWatch), either for purchase, for rent or with a subscription – you can use the provider selections to browse trending titles specifically for your used providers.
May be physical media is your thing, and you would like to stay up to date with what is currently popular, which recently released or upcoming titles that are currently popular, or even see which interesting offers (Select countries) that are available.
By using the extensive filtering options, you can get always find something to watch of your interest.
Choose to follow movies or TV Series to be alerted on their availability, or add physical media titles to your ‘Wished’ group to be alerted on their availability, or when there is an attractive offer specifically on the title you are interested in.
Physical Media Offers (Select Countries)
The “Offers” popularity list for physical media (Select countries only) gives you a great overview of great deals on your preferred physical media format.
Use the format filtering buttons in the top to see offers on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray or DVD, based on your preference.
By sorting on price, you can always find cheap titles to extend your collection, or you can choose to sort by rebate percentage to find the titles with the best discounts.
When browsing physical media releases that are not already in your collection, either from the offers popularity list, from a widget or from titles located in other ways, such as though a search, or any other way, you will be presented with the price of the title if there is an offer available for it.
You can directly open the offer to purchase the titles you are interested in, and when doing so, you are also helping the My Movies service to bring you even more offers in the future.
Where to Watch (Powered by JustWatch)
On the details page, two new sections have been added – for movies and TV Series, a “Where to Watch” section is now available, and for physical media, in the bottom of the details page is a “Watch Alternatives” section with information on availability on streaming (Powered by JustWatch).
Using the “Where to Watch” section, you can quickly see where a specific movie or TV series is available, and, if it is available with a subscription, for free, for rent or for purchase.
Using the price and quality information’s, you can determine which service have the best offer on the title you are interested in watching.
In case a title you are interested in is not currently available on streaming, or with your preferred option of subscription, rent or purchase, you can select to follow the title to get alerts when it becomes available – or add it to your watch list to keep it in mind as a title you are interested in watching.
If you often would like to check availability on streaming for movies or TV Series, we recommend using the added search widget, allowing you to quickly from your home screen on your device to find a movie or TV Series – with the combination of widgets, which bypasses any sync checks on your collection, and, auto-complete search, we have made it very quick to locate a title to determine availability.
Lists
Lists are lists of movies, being personal favorites in a category, a list of movies within a universe, or basically anything you can think of that you would like to base a movie list on.
The lists can be created as ranked or not ranked, and can be extended or changed by the list owner along the way - lists is considered a social thing, where you can create the list as public, allowing others to discover and like your lists, or add your lists to their own collections and follow your list.
You can also use the share function to share your list on your social media of preference.
Using lists, you can share all your favorite movies of a genre or topic with all the other community members.
Use the lists as a way of locating other interesting movies by seeing which other lists a movie is part of from the details page.
Create All Profile Types
The option to create a personal title have been significantly improved, with many additional data options when creating personal disc titles, and you can now also create both movies, movie collections and tv series profiles as personal titles.
Once you have your title created and perfected, you can also choose to contribute this title to the online service.
Users who contribute to the service, and have earned a certain amount of contribution points will get access to direct editing of global profiles to edit and contribute the data to the online service, over having to report incorrect data, or using the add missing data function on individual data options.
Widgets
We just love widgets - and with many new added widgets in My Movies 5, we are sure that you also will, if you are not already using widgets. We have created several widgets, and this is an area we will continue to improve on.
The most important widget for you everyday usage is likely the "Search" widget - it will let you directly open the app into the search box for titles in your own collection, and will bypass sync checks against the online service, so that your app is open and ready to search instantly. The same widget also contains links to directly open the barcode scanner, as well as links to directly searching for a disc title, movie or tv series in our online service.
Additionally, widgets for displaying popular or upcoming titles on DVD, Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD have been made available as well, and a widget for popular or upcoming movies in theaters.
You also will get a widget to display titles in your own collection, such as latest added titles, or titles on loan, with a red on the amount of days a title loan is overdue, or a green marker on the amount of days remaining - the widget lets you quickly open the title and return the loan.
Updated PDF Reports
Creating collection reports in PDF format have been a loved features since it was originally introduced, and we have now created a completely new and significantly improved PDF report feature.
You can now customise the reports to your own liking, and select page layout, which fields the report contains, and if a report should contain page numbers, date and title counts, and store these customisations for quick access when creating new reports.
Reports generates much faster, and you can see progress directly on the screen in the app, and when the report is done being created, you will still receive an e-mail with the report link as before, but you will also be able to open or share the PDF directly from the app by using the share functionality in the operating system.
Multiple Copies of Same Title
With titles purchased though streaming, it becomes more and more common for our users to own the same movie on multiple different formats.
In prior versions of My Movies, it has been an option to have one copy of each different release on disc title releases (DVD, Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD), but if you had multiple copies of the same release, only one could be added - similar for movie profiles, the same movie could only be added to the collection once, separate to disc title releases, and especially for movie profiles, it was a limitation for many of our users, who owned the same title on different streaming services.
Both movie profile and the same disc title profile can now be added to the collection multiple times, each with their own personal data, meaning movie profiles with digital copies can be marked with the specific format or edition you own.
In addition, you can now filter for duplicate titles to see which titles you have more than one copy of.
Person Profile Updates
The persons details page have been significantly improved, and now contains additional details such as birth name, birth place, height and a date of death where applies, as well as a link to IMDB for additional details about the person.
With My Movies 4, we added a "Starring In" section to the details page, and we have now extended this viewing with a page to display a top 10 "Known for" movies, so that you will see popular titles the person stars in and have lead roles in.
Find Duplicates
Duplicates are always a concern for many of our users - which titles do I have in multiple formats, and which do I only have in an older lower quality format?
The application will still warn you when adding another release of a title you already have, but you can now also use the filter function to get a list of titles where you have multiple versions of the same movie.
With the increased use of streaming services, it is more and more common for many of our users to own different copies of the same title, and with the new ability to add the same movie or disc release more than once in the collection, it becomes more important to be able to see which titles you own multiple copies of.
Unlimited Statistics
The statistics feature in the app was originally created for contributors only, with only the basic options for media formats and disc formats being open for everyone. We have now changed the full statistics feature with all of its options to be an integrated part of the app for everyone.
You can now create statistics on a lot of different details, such as how your collection titles is spread between genres, or own created categories, how many hours you have watched the titles in your collection over time, purchase details and much more.
The statistics feature is also a chance to share details of your collection to your favourite Facebook discussion group, on Instagram, X or other social media.
Additional Minor Functionality
Besides the individually highlighted features, many other improvements is available in My Movies 5, with some examples below:
- You can now edit both data and profile photo on person profiles, where the edit is a direct contribution to the online service.
- Adult (porn) titles is now supported in the app by enabling it though the parental controls features.
Future Support and Updates
We aim to release a new major version My Movies every second year, where users on a subscription is automatically updated to the new version, and existing customers on the purchased Pro version is offered an update at half price in a limited period - while still supported, the prior applications will not receive further updates once a new major release is released. Users of the prior applications can continue to use the applications as they do now, on their current device and OS versions, but while all services around the applications continue, it is not guaranteed that OS updates or new devices will not break functionality.
Whether you prefer a subscription, to always be updated with the latest version of the application, or if you prefer to purchase the app and choose if you would like to take the half price offer on purchased Pro version is up to you - the application features are the same.
By using the latest version, you ensure that you can continue to use the application on upcoming OS versions and on new devices, and you support our continued development and service around the solution. Thank you for helping us to ensure that our services unlike many competitors are still here for years to come!
