About r/movies
In its own words:
/r/movies is the world's largest online film community, with over 37,000,000 members. Come on in and talk about movies with us!
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 13,453 subscribers (+0.04%). Among the 6 communities on our movies list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/aww (#8) and ahead of r/memes (#10) in our ranking.
What sets r/movies apart
Compared with other large communities, r/movies leans heavily on text posts (54% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 4.2× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/movies climbed from 37,658,735 to 37,716,597 subscribers (+57.9K, +0.15%). That is about 1,447 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/movies this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- Sir Patrick Stewart dead at 86.u/Minifig81 · Oct 29 · link
- Netflix Users Are Watching Less, Not Opening the App as Oftenu/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 25 · link
- A24’s Elden Ring Movie Reportedly Costs Nearly $200 Million Making It A24’s Most Expensive Film To Dateu/yourfavchoom · Oct 24 · link
- ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ will submit for Best Animated Feature in a major Loony Tuney Oscar shake-upu/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 27 · link
- Walter Koenig, ‘Star Trek's Original Chekov, Dead at 90u/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 26 · link
- Hello my friends on reddit. I'm Ron Livingston. AMA!u/RonLivingstonAMA · Oct 29 · image
- ‘The Odyssey’ sets final acting categories for Oscar campaign: No Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong’o, Elliot Page, or Jon Bernthalu/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 26 · link
- Netflix reportedly wanted a $500 million film and TV deal with Xbox – but the counter offer was $800 millionu/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 23 · link
- Project Hail Mary Oscar submissions, historic bid for Rocky puppeteeru/original_cat_floof · Oct 27 · link
- It makes me so sad how hard Taika has fallen off recently.u/Prior_Mongoose505 · Oct 23 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/movies, from 2014 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.
- The Senate. Upvote this so that people see it when they Google "The Senate".u/serventofgaben · Apr 1, 2017 · 270,469 points · 2,317 comments · image
- Hi, I’m Keanu Reeves, AMAu/lionsgate · Mar 4, 2023 · 282,232 points · 33,376 comments · image
- ‘Black Panther’ actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 after 4-year fight with colon canceru/whereami1928 · Aug 29, 2020 · link
- Hello, I’m Nicolas Cage and welcome to Ask Me Anythingu/lionsgate · Apr 9, 2022 · 189,542 points · 26,670 comments · image
- Hi, I’m Tobey Maguire, actor/executive producer of BABYLON and occasional superhero. AMA!u/officialtobeymaguire · Dec 23, 2022 · 192,782 points · 17,793 comments · image
- Disney Reinstates Director James Gunn For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’u/avengerxyz · Mar 15, 2019 · 153,944 points · 11,278 comments · link
- Leo gets the Oscar!u/asher42a · Feb 29, 2016 · 5,251 points · 15,675 comments · text post
- Please Bring Back Voice Actors, Stop Celebrity Voicesu/fungobat · Aug 1, 2022 · 137,551 points · 5,191 comments · link
- Hey everyone, Guillermo here. I wanted the Reddit community to be the first to see the official artwork for my new film, The Shape of Water. Enjoy!u/GuillermoDelToroHere · Oct 19, 2017 · 127,967 points · 2,872 comments · image
- When cast in "Big Fat Liar", John Cho was asked to do his role with an accent. He turned down the part, saying he didn't want young people thinking it was okay to laugh at someone's accent. In Cho's …u/princey12 · Aug 17, 2020 · link
What r/movies talks about
Across 697 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “movie”, “film”, “wildwood”, “review” and “official”. Other frequent themes are watch, scene, trailer, clayface, halloween and watching. Recurring phrases include “official trailer”, “avengers doomsday”, “elon musk” and “eric bauza”. By format, 54% are text posts, 20% are links and 16% are images.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (304), News (92), Question (86), Review (43), Recommendation (41), Article (34).
Activity and best time to post
r/movies gets about 190 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,862,045 posts and 68,739,585 comments in total, about 24.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (214 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (143). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/movies
The moderators of r/movies list 15 rules. In short:
- Do Familiarize Yourself With Our Rules.
- No Intentional Antagonism or Negative Attention Whoring
- No Spam & Self-promotion - Same Source Posts
- No Image Posts & Memes
- No Ambiguous/Misleading/Inaccurate Information or Clickbait in the Submission Title
- No Extraneous Comic Book Movie Submissions
- No Repost or Discussion Threads of New Releases
- No Spoilers
- No Encouraging Piracy
- No Subreddit Brigading
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/movies 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/movies have?
r/movies has 37,716,597 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #9 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 57,862 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/movies created?
r/movies was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/movies still active?
Yes. r/movies gets about 190 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,862,045 posts and 68,739,585 comments. In a sample of 697 recent posts we counted 528 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/movies?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/movies?
The community describes itself as: “/r/movies is the world's largest online film community, with over 37,000,000 members. Come on in and talk about movies with us!” Recent post titles often mention movie, film, wildwood, review and official. Most posts are text posts (54%).
Is r/movies SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/movies as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/movies?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/movies accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Do Familiarize Yourself With Our Rules.”; “No Intentional Antagonism or Negative Attention Whoring”; “No Spam & Self-promotion - Same Source Posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/movies?
Communities with similar topics include r/boxoffice (1.2M), r/Screenwriting (1.8M), r/horror (3.6M), r/anime (14.5M) and r/television (18.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/movies.