'Browse my movie theaters' - does this exist?

January 15, 2018 11:08 AM

Is there a site or app that will let me browse all showtimes for all movie theaters within only my own selected list of theaters? I'm looking for a one-stop way to browse all NYC indie theaters that accept Moviepass, while excluding non-indie ones and non-Moviepass-accepting ones.

I would like to be able to browse all movies showing at all of IFC, BAM, Angelika, etc, while excluding chain theaters like AMC and also non-Moviepass-accepting indie theaters like Landmark. I've been searching for about half an hour and this absolutely does not seem to exist anywhere I can find (including within the Moviepass app) - it's all just "every theater near you with no filtering options" or else going to each specific theater's listings individually.

posted by showbiz_liz to Technology (5 answers total)

The Fandango app lets you set favorite theaters and shows those at the top of the list. If you search for a specific film it shows the results from your favorites first. It does not show a combined list for browsing, though - I have to tap each favorite to see what all is playing there.
posted by Lyn Never at 11:43 AM on January 15, 2018

I've been looking through apps because I just got fed up with Fandango-owned Flixter's new UI. Atom Tickets' app doesn't do what you want, though it's terribly slick, and Moviefone, my Flixter-replacement, also doesn't do what you want. Excluding info isn't something that most apps want to do, because excluding things means excluding opportunities to make money.

Does not the Moviepass app do some of this?
posted by Sunburnt at 12:06 PM on January 15, 2018

Response by poster: Does not the Moviepass app do some of this?

Nope - just "all nearby theaters" or "a specific theater you clicked on" as far as I can tell.
posted by showbiz_liz at 12:55 PM on January 15, 2018

IMDB lets you designate favorite theaters and then from the Showtimes & Tickets page, just use the Favorites tab to only look at times at those select locations.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 2:38 PM on January 15, 2018

This is not exactly what you want, but you can get pretty far with Screen Slate + filmbot and just knowing that film forum doesn't accept Moviepass.
posted by beerbajay at 10:25 AM on March 14, 2018