When comparing taste.io vs Letterboxd, the Slant community recommends Letterboxd for most people. In the question“What are the best movie recommendation websites?” Letterboxd is ranked 8th while taste.io is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Letterboxd is:
There are lots of user determined "lists" of movies.
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Pros
Pro TV series recommendations
Recommends TV series as well.
Pro Personalized recommendations
You build your taste on website and it gives recommendations instead of generic ranking.
Pro Easy search
Search works really good.
Pro Link to streaming services
Gives direct links to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now.
Pro When to watch
Movie is also classified into if it should be watched with friends, family or self.
Pro Excellent to read others' reviews of movies & to locate movies from same director that you might watch next
There are lots of user determined "lists" of movies.
Pro Log and review movies to watch
Can be a good reminder not to start watching a movie you've seen before.
Pro You can share your favorite films with friends
Letterboxd works like a social network for movie lovers. You can follow others to discover new interesting films as well as share the flicks you liked with others.
Cons
Con Takes a lot of time to build your profile/taste.
I you were to start building your taste on the website, expect 1 to 2 hours of manually entering your ratings for movies you have seen. After that the recommendation is really good.
Con Few anime suggestions
There are very few anime in the database, mostly that are available on Netflix.
Con Hard to locate where you can actually watch the movie
Not so easy to find where to watch a movie of choice as there are now so many different streaming services and one rarely subscribes to watch a single movie.