FAQ

Movies Calculator is a free movie watch-time planning site. Use the homepage calculator to estimate how many films fit your schedule, browse franchise and filmography runtimes, save a personal watch list, share a public profile, and optionally upgrade to Pro for achievements and advanced queue tools.

Movies Calculator is a personal project by Sergei Chyrkov. It started as a simple question — how many movies could you actually watch? — and grew into a full site for runtime estimates, binge planning, and watch-list tracking.

Yes. The calculator, runtime tables, franchise and filmography pages, movie browsing, guides, and a basic watch list stay free. Movies Calculator Pro is an optional paid subscription for personal features like achievements, private profiles, custom accent colors, and streaming details in your watch list.

No. Movie posters and metadata come from the TMDB API; streaming availability is courtesy of JustWatch via TMDB. The site is not endorsed or certified by TMDB, JustWatch, or any streaming platform or studio.

Content and streaming availability examples target a United States (en-US) audience. You can still use the calculator and runtime guides from anywhere. Signed-in users can set a preferred watch country for where-to-watch data.

Spotted a mistake, want a new franchise or filmography page, or just want to say hi? Reach out to Sergei Chyrkov on X (https://x.com/SergeiChyrkov) or via the contact link on the About page.

Enter how many hours you watch per day, playback speed, a time horizon (from one week to a lifetime), and an average movie length. The calculator multiplies available viewing time by speed, then divides by average runtime to estimate how many movies you can watch — and shows curated recommendations.

The lifetime default is 70 years of viewing (25,550 days). It is a playful estimate, not a prediction of lifespan or viewing habits. Adjust hours per day and movie length to match your own routine.

You can model watching from 0.5× (slower / savoring) up to 3×. Higher speeds increase the estimated movie count because each film takes less of your available time.

Yes. Adjusting the calculator updates the page URL with your settings (hours, speed, horizon, and movie length). Anyone with that link sees the same estimate. Those settings are not stored in a user profile.

Recommendations use the TMDB API when configured. You can click a poster to open a detail popup with runtime, genres, rating, director credits, and where-to-watch information.

Open Browse Movies (/movies) to explore popular films. Use search and filters for runtime, genre, release decade, and streaming platform. The default view includes New Releases and Trending rows; filters or search show a paginated results grid.

Franchise pages total theatrical runtimes for series like the MCU or Star Wars. Director and actor pages do the same for filmographies, with film-by-film tables, binge stats, and often streaming availability. TV series live under /tv-series with season-by-season runtimes.

Runtime reference pages answer “how long to watch N movies?” for counts from 1 to 1,000, using average-length buckets (60 min, 90 min, 2 hours, 2h 30min, and 3h+). They also show days needed at different daily viewing amounts.

Guides cover watch habits, marathon planning, average movie length, playback speed, streaming-platform watch time, and where-to-watch articles for popular franchises and shows. Find them under /guides.

Franchise, director, and actor runtimes are manually curated from theatrical releases and updated over time. Totals can differ from other sites depending on which cuts, shorts, or specials are included. TMDB powers browse results and posters; curated pages are editorial.

My Watch List is your personal movie queue. Add titles from the movies catalogue, recommendation cards, detail popups, or film tables. Track To Watch and Watched sections, see total runtime, estimate days to finish your queue, and watch a progress bar across queued and completed films.

You can start a list in the browser without signing in. Create a free account (email or Google) to sync across devices, unlock a profile, and keep your queue when you switch phones or clear browser data.

If you had a local list before signing in, you can merge it with your cloud list on first login so you do not lose titles. Removing a film shows a short undo toast.

On the watch list page, set hours per day and playback speed to estimate how many days it will take to finish your To Watch queue. Pro members also get streaming availability in the list and a “where to watch my queue” platform summary.

Yes. Move titles from To Watch to Watched. Watched films appear in a table with options to move them back to the queue or remove them. Marking the last queued film watched triggers a completion celebration.

Go to Sign in and use email magic link or Google. After signing in you get a profile with display name, username, avatar, bio, accent color, social links, and watch-list sync.

Signed-in users get a shareable page at moviescalculator.com/@username with display name, avatar, bio, social links, watch stats, and recently watched films when the profile is public.

Private profiles are a Pro feature. Free accounts use a public profile by default. Change visibility in Profile → Settings when you are on Pro.

All signed-in users can set display name, username, bio, avatar, social links, and preferred watch country. Custom accent colors and extra theming options are available with Pro.

Use the sign-out control from your profile area. Signing out ends your session on that browser; your cloud watch list and profile remain saved for the next sign-in.

Pro is an optional subscription for personal watchlist and profile features: streaming availability in your watch list, a “where to watch my queue” platform summary, private profiles, custom accent colors, achievements, and early access to upcoming Pro tools. Public calculator and catalogue pages stay free.

Pro is $4.99/mo billed monthly, or $44.99/yr billed yearly (about 25% off vs paying monthly). See the Pricing page for the current comparison of Free vs Pro.

Yes. Cancel anytime from Profile → Billing (Stripe customer portal). You keep Pro benefits until the end of your current billing period.

Your watch list and profile data stay intact. Pro-only features such as private profile settings, watchlist streaming details, and achievements become unavailable until you upgrade again.

Checkout and billing are handled securely by Stripe. Movies Calculator does not store your card number. Manage or cancel the subscription from Profile → Billing.

Pro members unlock 67 achievement badges for watch milestones, queue planning, genre variety, and profile setup — from First Reel through multi-thousand-hour marathon tiers. View them at Profile → Achievements. Optional email notifications can fire when you unlock a new badge.

Where-to-watch data comes from TMDB and JustWatch. Platform names on film tables and cards may show which countries list a title. Availability changes often and can differ by region.

Signed-in users can set a preferred watch country in profile settings so where-to-watch results better match their region. Streaming guides on the site still emphasize common US platforms.

Yes. Pro unlocks streaming availability on watch-list titles and a platform summary for “where to watch my queue.” Free users still see streaming info on many public film tables and detail popups.

Yes. Switch between light, dark, and system theme from the header. Your preference is saved in the browser and applied across the site.

Visitors generate limited analytics and server logs. Signed-in users store account email, profile fields, watch list, and (for Pro) subscription metadata via Stripe. Theme preference and pre-sign-in watch lists may live in local browser storage. See the Privacy Policy for full details.

No. Movies Calculator does not sell personal information. Third parties such as Stripe, Supabase, analytics providers, and email delivery process data only to operate the product, as described in the Privacy Policy.

Cookies and similar technologies support analytics, auth sessions, and site preferences. You can control cookies in your browser; blocking some cookies may affect sign-in or measurement.

Calculator settings may appear in the shareable URL. Anyone with that link can see those inputs. They are not saved to your profile. Your cloud watch list and private profile (Pro) are account-scoped.

Yes. The site is built as a responsive web app for phones, tablets, and desktops. Sign-in, watch list, and calculator all work in a modern mobile browser.

There is no public developer API for third-party apps. Movie metadata is loaded from TMDB for site features. For bulk citation, use the HTML or XML sitemap and the llms.txt index of page titles and descriptions.

Product updates are listed on the Changelog page, with dated entries for new features, filmography pages, and site improvements. The About page links there as well.

Catalogue browse results refresh from TMDB. Curated franchise, TV, actor, and director pages are updated as new titles ship or when editorial expansions land — those changes are noted in the Changelog.

Yes. Suggestions are welcome via Sergei Chyrkov on X. Popular requests are more likely to be added in future content expansions.