Import Letterboxd movies into CinemaTrove
Bring ratings, watch dates, rewatch flags, and watchlist entries into CinemaTrove from official Letterboxd CSV files.
Choose a CSV to previewCinemaTrove will ask you to sign in or create an account before opening the importer.
How to import
- Open your Letterboxd account settings and use its Import and Export option to request your data export.
- Open the downloaded export and choose diary.csv, ratings.csv, or watchlist.csv. Upload one file at a time.
- CinemaTrove will validate the rows and show a preview. Nothing is saved until you confirm the import.
Supported fields
| CSV field | What CinemaTrove does |
|---|---|
Name and Year | Used to find an exact movie title and release year in TMDB. |
Rating | Imported on Letterboxd's 0.5 to 5 scale. |
Watched Date | Imported from diary.csv as a viewing date. |
Rewatch | Marks the diary viewing as a rewatch. |
watchlist.csv | Adds each valid movie to your CinemaTrove watchlist. |
Not imported
- Letterboxd reviews, comments, likes, lists, and tags
- The Date column, because it records when an entry was added rather than when the movie was watched
- Rows that cannot be matched to the same title and release year in TMDB
Matching and validation
CinemaTrove accepts CSV files smaller than 2 MB with up to 500 movie rows. It validates the columns, rating scale, and date format before showing a preview.
TMDB IDs and IMDb IDs are checked against TMDB. Rows without an identifier must match the same title and release year. A row is skipped when CinemaTrove cannot make a safe match.
CinemaTrove does not sign in to Letterboxd or scrape Letterboxd pages.
The Letterboxd URI is recognized as a format marker but it is not used to fetch data.
File privacy
Your CSV is read for the preview and is not retained as an uploaded file. Previewing does not write movie data to your account. Supported rows are saved only after you confirm the import.
Movie identifiers, titles, and years may be sent to TMDB for matching. Your email address, ratings, reviews, and viewing dates are not sent to TMDB.
Read the privacy policy for more information about account data.