About r/MovieDetails
In its own words:
Details in Movies, Movie Details!
Community guide
r/MovieDetails (#226, about 4.2 million) is for details in movies. Rules require movie-detail relevance, flair, civility, titles with movie name + release year, an explanation, sources for factual posts, and ban unreleased movies/spoilers in titles, games/TV (movies only), off-topic posts, and ask to avoid reposts. Text/Image (~3.5 ppd).
Title = Movie (Year)
Titles must include the movie name and release year, and you must explain the detail. Factual claims need a source.
Movies only
No games or TV shows. No unreleased titles or spoilers in titles.
Practical pointers
Flair posts; stay civil; avoid reposts. Sample volume is thin.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 30, 2017, which makes it 9 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 411 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/Nails (#225) and ahead of r/ThriftStoreHauls (#227) in our ranking.
What sets r/MovieDetails apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.8 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/MovieDetails grew from 4,170,739 to 4,173,673 subscribers (+2.9K, +0.07%). That is about 67 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/MovieDetails gets about 3.5 new posts a day. The public archive holds 125,471 posts and 2,645,652 comments in total, about 21.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (6 posts) and the quietest was Friday (1).
Rules of r/MovieDetails
The moderators of r/MovieDetails list 10 rules. In short:
- Posts must be related to details in movies
- Flair your post
- Be civil
- Titles must include the movie name and release year
- Explain your post
- No unreleased movies or spoilers in titles
- No games or TV shows, movies only
- No off topic posts
- Avoid reposts
- All factual posts now require a source.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MovieDetails and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/MovieDetails have?
r/MovieDetails has 4,173,673 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #226 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,934 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/MovieDetails created?
r/MovieDetails was created on Jun 30, 2017, so it has been around for 9 years.
Is r/MovieDetails still active?
Yes. r/MovieDetails gets about 3.5 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 125,471 posts and 2,645,652 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/MovieDetails?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Friday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/MovieDetails?
The community describes itself as: “Details in Movies, Movie Details!” Recent post titles often mention love. Most posts are text posts (43%).
Is r/MovieDetails SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MovieDetails as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/MovieDetails?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MovieDetails accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must be related to details in movies”; “Flair your post”; “Be civil”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/MovieDetails?
Communities with similar topics include r/movies (37.7M), r/boxoffice (1.2M), r/horror (3.6M), r/xboxone (3.9M) and r/StarWars (4.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/MovieDetails.