Best IMDb list sync tools for film festival followers in 2026

Q: How do the options for film festival followers compare on cost?

Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. MDBList offers a Supporter membership, with sign-up linked through Memberful and Patreon, but its price is not published here. Listrr, Traktarr, FlexGet and Watcharr do not state a price in the facts used here, so check each option's own page for cost details before choosing.

Compare IMDb list sync tools for film festival followers and see how each option handles lists, tracking, and cost.

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Compare IMDb list sync tools for film festival followers and see how each option keeps a festival selection in sync with Radarr and Sonarr, the apps that fetch movies and shows.

Option	How it handles IMDb lists	Cost details
MDBList	Creates dynamic, auto-updating movie and show lists. ^[1]	Supporter membership, sign-up linked through Memberful and Patreon. ^[2]
Listrr	Creates personalized lists for shows and movies with many filters. ^[3]	Not published
Traktarr	Uses Trakt.tv to find shows and movies to add to Sonarr and Radarr. ^[4] Requires Python 3.5 or newer. ^[4]	Not published
Trakt	Free on web, iOS and Android. ^[5]	Free on web, iOS and Android. ^[5]
FlexGet	Manages and tracks series and/or movies from Trakt, TheTVDB or IMDb. ^[6] Supports torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, CSV and more. ^[6]	Not published
Watcharr	One public IMDb list becomes one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[7] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, checked every 15 and 5 minutes. ^[7]	Not published

What film festival followers need from IMDb list sync tools

Film festivals announce their selections as lists, and followers often want those titles kept in one place they can keep watching. A sync tool can turn a public IMDb list into links that Radarr or Sonarr, the apps that fetch movies and shows, read on a schedule, so the selection stays current without retyping titles. Festival lists change as selections are announced, so followers should know how often an option refreshes and what it does when a read fails. They also want to tell which titles came from which list, and to be told when a title cannot be matched. Some options are hosted, some run on the user's own computer, and some need an account. The right choice depends on how the list is published, how often it changes, and how much setup the follower wants. Followers should check each option's refresh rate, its setup needs, and its cost on that option's own page.

MDBList for film festival followers

MDBList creates dynamic, auto-updating movie and show lists tailored to preferences. ^[1] MDBList offers a Supporter membership, with sign-up linked through Memberful and Patreon. ^[2] The page does not publish a price for it, so check the MDBList page for cost details.

Listrr for film festival followers

Listrr creates personalized lists for shows and movies with many filters. ^[3] Every list created gets updated fully automatically. ^[3] Listrr's page says a list can hold an unlimited amount of items for donors, and the price of the donor tier is not published, so check the Listrr page for cost details. ^[3]

Traktarr for film festival followers

Traktarr uses Trakt.tv to find shows and movies. ^[4] It can run on Debian OS and can work in other operating systems as well. ^[4] Traktarr requires Python 3.5 or newer. ^[4]

Trakt for film festival followers

Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[5]

FlexGet for film festival followers

FlexGet lets you manage and track your series and/or movies directly from Trakt, TheTVDB or IMDb. ^[6] FlexGet uses YAML for configuration. ^[6] FlexGet supports torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, CSV and more. ^[6] FlexGet offers custom plugin support to add features and work with sites that do not provide useful feeds. ^[6]

Watcharr for film festival followers

Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr, which handles movies, and one for Sonarr, which handles shows. ^[7] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks its link every 15 minutes and Sonarr checks its link every 5. ^[7] It accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. ^[7] The links are built from the IMDb list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. ^[7] Watcharr looks up TheTVDB ids, leaves out shows it can't match, and tells you which ones it skipped. ^[7] The page shows the list's covers in a row, each opening TMDB's plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. ^[7] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[7] If you sign in, it re-reads your list about every 15 minutes and warns you when a list fails three reads in a row. ^[7] If a read of the list fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. ^[7] Signed-in users can combine several IMDb lists into one Radarr link and one Sonarr link for the whole household, and a title that is on two lists is added only once. ^[7] Watcharr runs as one Cloudflare app with a Cloudflare database, plus a GitHub job that reads IMDb. ^[7] Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence, and older versions remain under MIT. ^[7] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. ^[7]

Matching the tool to the job

For turning one public IMDb festival list into separate links for movies and shows, Watcharr gives one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows, and each acts like a small server that Radarr checks every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. ^[7] ^[7] For keeping a selection current without retyping, Listrr updates every created list automatically. ^[3] MDBList builds dynamic, auto-updating movie and show lists tailored to preferences. ^[1] For getting titles from a tracking service, Traktarr uses Trakt.tv to find shows and movies. ^[4] FlexGet can manage and track series and/or movies directly from Trakt, TheTVDB or IMDb. ^[6] Traktarr works on Debian OS and can work in other operating systems as well. ^[4] For knowing which titles could not be matched, Watcharr leaves out shows it can't match and tells you which ones it skipped. ^[7] For followers who already watch on one service, Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[5] Followers should weigh whether a list is public, how often it changes, and how much setup each option needs before matching a tool to the job.

Questions to ask before you choose

Before choosing an IMDb list sync tool, consider how the festival list is published and whether it is public. Check how often the option refreshes the list and what it does when a read of the list fails. Ask whether the tool needs an account, a hosted service, or a separate installation on a computer. Check how the tool matches titles and whether it tells you which ones it could not add. For options that run alongside Radarr or Sonarr, ask how they connect and what version or setup they need. Also check the cost structure and what a paid membership adds, since several options list a paid tier without a published price. For a festival list with titles that change, consider whether the option serves the last list that loaded correctly when a read fails.

Frequently asked questions

Can Watcharr turn one IMDb list into Radarr and Sonarr links?

Yes. Watcharr takes one public IMDb list and gives one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[7] The links act like small Radarr or Sonarr servers, so Radarr checks the list every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. ^[7] The same list always gives the same two links because they are built from the IMDb list's id. ^[7]

Does Watcharr need anything to install?

The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[7] You paste one public IMDb list and get the links for Radarr and Sonarr right away. ^[7] Watcharr also runs as one Cloudflare app with a Cloudflare database, plus a GitHub job that reads IMDb, for those who prefer to run it themselves. ^[7]

What happens if a festival list stops loading in Watcharr?

If a read of the list fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly, so existing titles are not lost. ^[7] When signed in, Watcharr re-reads the list about every 15 minutes and warns when a list fails three reads in a row. ^[7] For other options, check their pages for what happens on a failed read, since the facts here do not say.

How do the options for film festival followers compare on cost?

Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[5] MDBList offers a Supporter membership, with sign-up linked through Memberful and Patreon, but its price is not published here. ^[2] Listrr, Traktarr, FlexGet and Watcharr do not state a price in the facts used here, so check each option's own page for cost details before choosing.

Which options can add festival titles to Radarr and Sonarr for a film festival follower?

Traktarr uses Trakt.tv to find shows and movies to add to Sonarr and Radarr. ^[4] Followers should check whether the titles they follow are public and whether an option needs its own account or a separate setup.

Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. ^[7]

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