--- {"title": "How to collect film picks from club members in 2026", "description": "Learn how film club hosts can collect movie picks from club members with simple steps and a Watcharr option.", "url": "https://vlcleanplayer.com/how-to-collect-picks-from-club-members-for-podcast-and-film-club-hosts/", "date": "2026-11-02"} --- Learn how film club hosts can collect movie picks from club members with simple steps and a Watcharr option. Film club hosts can collect picks from members by choosing one clear place to submit titles, setting a deadline, reviewing what comes in, and sharing the final selection. A host who already runs Radarr and Sonarr can route the picks through a public IMDb list, and Watcharr turns that one list into a Radarr link for the movies and a Sonarr link for the shows. [^1] | Option | How picks are collected | Cost details | |---|---|---| | Watcharr | Paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] | not published | | Shared pick list | Members add their title picks to the chosen shared list. | not published | | Request form | Members submit title picks through the chosen form. | not published | ## What you need before you start Before collecting picks, decide how many titles each member can offer and how a pick becomes a selection. Choose one place for members to send picks, such as a shared list or a message thread, and tell everyone to use only that place. Set a deadline that gives members time to respond and leaves a day to review what came in and share the result. Write down who reviews each pick and whether a title needs approval before it counts. For a host who already runs Radarr and Sonarr to build a movie and show library, the picks can travel as an IMDb list. Radarr and Sonarr are helper programs that take a list and add its titles to the library. Have the club's public IMDb watchlist or list ready if that is the chosen method. A club list must stay public for a tool to read it, so tell members their picks go into a public list. Decide whether the final list replaces the previous round of picks or adds to it. ## Step by step 1. Pick one place where members send their title picks and tell everyone to use only that place. 2. Set how often you collect, for example one list per month, and name the day picks are due. 3. Write down who reviews each pick and whether a title needs approval before it is shared with the club. 4. Send members a short note with the submission place, the deadline, and two lines on how to put a title into it. 5. On your review day, gather the picks into your chosen list and remove anything unclear or repeated. 6. Decide which titles make the selection and share the result with the club, naming who sent each pick. 7. Ask a few members after the first round what confused them, and edit your note to fix those points. Keep the same place and deadline each round so members form a habit. When the collection round closes, read the list once and publish the result, so no pick sits unread. If a member sends a pick outside the chosen place, add it to the same list yourself so the final selection has every offer in one place. ## Tools that can do it Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. Watcharr turns one public IMDb list into two links, one that sends the movies to Radarr and one that sends the shows to Sonarr. [^1] Radarr checks its link every 15 minutes and Sonarr checks its link every 5. [^1] A one-click bookmark inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. [^1] Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] The links are built from the number IMDb gives the list, so the same list always gives the same two links. [^1] It matches each show to its record in a TV database, skips any show it cannot match, and tells you which ones it skipped. [^1] The page shows the list's posters in a row, and each one opens its plot summary, genres, rating and trailer. [^1] A signed-in account re-reads your list about every 15 minutes and warns you when a list fails three reads in a row. [^1] A signed-in account can merge several IMDb lists into one set of links, one for each of the two apps, and a title on two lists is added once. [^1] If a read of the list fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. [^1] Its code is available to read. [^1] You paste, copy and browse from any screen in the web app; the one-click sticker shows on bigger screens. [^1] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1] When comparing tools, check how each takes picks from members, handles repeated rounds, and shares the final selection. ## Common mistakes to avoid Avoid sharing a collection place without explaining the rules. Members need to know how many picks they can send, by when, and whether a title counts before it is approved. Avoid giving members more than one place to send picks. Splitting the offers means a title can be missed on review day, so keep a single submission spot. Avoid leaving picks unread after the deadline. A list that nobody reviews stops being useful, so close the round, read the offers, and publish the result. Review a tool's licence and account needs before asking members to use it, because what the tool allows shapes how a club can collect picks over time. ## Frequently asked questions ### How can film club hosts collect picks from members? A film club host picks one place for members to send titles, sets a deadline, reviews the offers on a set day, and shares the final selection. The essential parts are a single submission spot members know and a review step that turns offers into a published list of picks. ### Does Watcharr need a Plex server or installed software? The hosted version of Watcharr needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] It works with Radarr and Sonarr, helper programs that add movie and show titles to a library, and turns one public IMDb list into a Radarr link for the movies and a Sonarr link for the shows. [^1] ### Can Watcharr collect picks from several members at once? A signed-in Watcharr user 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. [^1] Each member puts picks on a public IMDb list, and the host folds those lists into one set of links. [^1] ### What sort of IMDb list does Watcharr accept? Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] The list must be public, so members' picks need to sit in a public list before the links for Radarr and Sonarr can be built. ### What should be checked before choosing a pick collection tool for a film club? Check how a tool takes title submissions, how it handles a club's repeated collection rounds, and how the final selection is shared. Watcharr's code is available under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence, older versions under MIT. [^1] Commercial use is not licensed and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1] Since no facts about other tools were provided, compare each option against the way the club runs its picks. Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. [^1] - [Visit Watcharr](/go/start-watcharr) ## Sources [^1]: Watcharr's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start-watcharr)