Filmster

With convenience being the top priority of many subscription-based streaming platform, users may wish to stay up to date with the latest releasing before embarking on seemingly never-ending marathons, which is where Filmster’s tight integration with TMDB comes into play to offer you all the details you need regarding the next film you wish to view.

When booting up the program for the first time, users are greeted to a visually pleasing interface that closely follows in the footsteps of Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Fluent Design language, making it blend in seamlessly with the rest of Windows’ native applications for an immersive usage experience.

Clicking on any of the movie entries’ portrait-styled posters resembling DVD cases lets you preview the selected item’s length to let you plan movie nights’ schedules more easily, the age rating to know whether the film can be watched with your younger siblings and recommendations based on its genre to explore other shows similar in atmosphere with little effort. For fans of a certain actor, clicking on their image in the Cast section lets you find other motion pictures that they starred in.

Thanks to the app’s deep integration with TMDB, once users are logged in with their dedicated account they can not only rate movies and contribute to the global database, but also sync their recommendations, favorite items and watch lists across all of their devices wherever they go. Finally, despite its flawless design, the program can crash at times, particularly when accessing the People tab and viewing the profiles of certain actors, at the time of writing.

If you are looking for a more elegant way of browsing The Movie Database without resorting to browser-based progressive web apps, then Filmster’s intuitive interface, synchronization capabilities and beautiful design may be a great alternative for both cinephiles and those trying to discover the perfect motion picture for a Friday night, as long as the instability is not too off-putting.