About r/MovieSuggestions
In its own words:
In the mood for a particular movie? Saw something interesting and want more? Have a favourite movie you want to recommend? Make those Movie Suggestions.
Community guide
r/MovieSuggestions (#576, about 1.9 million subscribers) — In the mood for a particular movie? Saw something interesting and want more? Have a favourite movie you want to recommend? Make those Movie Suggestions. A recent sample averaged 70 posts a day (~100% text). Its public rules include: Be excellent with each other; Be mindful regarding spoilers; If you wish to be banned, do any of the following:; No Piracy; For Requesting posts:.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Spoiler-tagged posts and titles are expected when new episodes, endings, or fight results are discussed. Piracy and illegal distribution talk is removed; keep discussion to legitimate viewing/playing options.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities. Submission type is set to “self”—link/text expectations may differ from open “any” rooms.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Err on spoiler tags for fresh releases and results. Avoid clickbait titles; say what the post actually is. Common flairs include: I'M REQUESTING, I'M SUGGESTING, HANG OUT.
The community was created on Aug 14, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,133 subscribers (+0.11%). It sits just behind r/ProRevenge (#575) and ahead of r/NewToReddit (#577) in our ranking.
What sets r/MovieSuggestions apart
Compared with other large communities, r/MovieSuggestions leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%). It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.89% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/MovieSuggestions climbed from 1,905,618 to 1,922,596 subscribers (+17K, +0.89%). That is about 333 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/MovieSuggestions this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- I want a doomer movie, no hope whatsoever, just down and depressed toward doomu/C0lE06 · Nov 4 · text post
- Looking for a film with a good twist even I can't predict.u/lydocia · Nov 4 · text post
- Best movies to go in blind?u/OutlandishnessSea119 · Nov 5 · text post
- Mad God. Just wowu/Granite017 · Nov 4 · text post
- Looking for more “Courtroom Drama” movies 🙏🏻u/zappabrannigan · Nov 3 · text post
- Please recommend me a movie that will distract me from lifeu/Glittering-Cut-9876 · Nov 3 · text post
- Just watched The Sixth Sense for the first time and loved it. What should I watch next?u/vaenelle · Nov 5 · text post
- I'm looking for a movie where the villain or another primary character really believes that they're a "good person" and maybe even that another character is actually the problemu/loulori · Nov 2 · text post
- It's my birthday; I am alone. Suggest me your fav weird movie to watchu/Trick_Possible3262 · Nov 7 · text post
- Visually stunning movies you wish you saw at the cinema firstu/Professional-Rip6922 · Nov 1 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/MovieSuggestions, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Please recommend a movie I can just disgustingly cry atu/Previous-Habit · Jun 15, 2024 · text post
- Just finished Arrival (2016), and it is the best sci-fi movie I've ever seen. "A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around …May 5, 2021 · link
- The Thing (1982) - If you're going to watch one horror movie tonight, make it The Thing. It is one of the best movies ever made and that's not just "best horror". Check it out!!u/Tevesh_CKP · Oct 31, 2020 · link
- Mean Girls (2004) is near perfect and likely the most quotable movie I've ever seenu/JimicahP · Mar 17, 2023 · 1,086 points · 218 comments · text post
- What’s a good fucked up movie?u/Conscious_Guess4229 · Dec 4, 2023 · text post
- I'm depressed please suggest me a movieu/--celestial-- · Jun 15, 2024 · text post
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) is one of the best movies ever made and if I could only view one more film before I died, I would choose itu/JimicahP · Mar 3, 2023 · 849 points · 141 comments · text post
- A complete stranger offers you $1,000,000 if you can recommend them 3 movies they haven't seen before and they end up rating at least one of them a 5/5.u/royalewithcheesecake · Feb 10, 2021 · text post
- I wanna watch a movie with a massive plot twistu/shitheadryvn · Sep 3, 2022 · 835 points · 1,024 comments · text post
- Offer me a documentary that would completely shock me and blow my mindu/BrightSherbet · Sep 26, 2024 · text post
What r/MovieSuggestions talks about
We read the titles of 452 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “movies”, “movie”, “looking”, “horror” and “watch”. Other frequent themes are good, suggest, recommendations, films, halloween and similar. Recurring phrases include “horror movie”, “horror movies”, “movie recommendations” and “good movies”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: I'M REQUESTING (401), I'M SUGGESTING (50), HANG OUT (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/MovieSuggestions gets about 70 new posts a day. The public archive holds 288,599 posts and 6,882,442 comments in total, about 23.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (76 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (57). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/MovieSuggestions
The moderators of r/MovieSuggestions list 9 rules. In short:
- Be excellent with each other
- Be mindful regarding spoilers
- If you wish to be banned, do any of the following:
- No Piracy
- For Requesting posts:
- For Suggesting posts:
- Links must be to neutral informative sources
- The subreddit isn't meant for:
- if there is even a mention of a single tv show in the title then the moderator will remove it. :)
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions 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 subscribers does r/MovieSuggestions have?
r/MovieSuggestions has 1,922,596 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #576 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,978 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/MovieSuggestions created?
r/MovieSuggestions was created on Aug 14, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
Is r/MovieSuggestions still active?
Yes. r/MovieSuggestions gets about 70 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 288,599 posts and 6,882,442 comments. In a sample of 452 recent posts we counted 391 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/MovieSuggestions?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/MovieSuggestions?
The community describes itself as: “In the mood for a particular movie? Saw something interesting and want more? Have a favourite movie you want to recommend? Make those Movie Suggestions.” Recent post titles often mention movies, movie, looking, horror and watch. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/MovieSuggestions SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MovieSuggestions as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/MovieSuggestions?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MovieSuggestions accepts text posts only. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Be excellent with each other”; “Be mindful regarding spoilers”; “If you wish to be banned, do any of the following:”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/MovieSuggestions?
Communities with similar topics include r/movies (37.7M), r/booksuggestions (1.4M), r/horror (3.6M), r/shittymoviedetails (1.6M) and r/MovieDetails (4.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/MovieSuggestions.