la-la-land

byZakir Seelro

> Build a full-stack movie & TV review website similar to Letterboxd and IMDb. Core features needed: > > **User System** > - Sign up / login (email + password, optional Google login) > - User profiles with avatar, bio, and a public list of reviewed titles > > **Movie/TV Database** > - Search movies and TV shows (integrate TMDB API for posters, cast, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres) > - Individual title pages showing poster, trailer embed, cast/crew, and aggregate user rating > > **Reviews & Ratings** > - Users can rate titles (1–5 or 1–10 scale) and write short or long-form reviews > - Star rating + written review shown together on title pages > - Edit/delete own reviews > - Like/upvote other users' reviews, and comment threads under reviews > > **Lists & Tracking** > - "Watched," "Watchlist," and custom user-created lists (like Letterboxd lists) > - Diary/log view showing chronological watch history > > **Social Features** > - Follow other users, activity feed of who watched/reviewed what > - Trending/popular reviews section on homepage > > **Discovery** > - Filter/sort by genre, year, rating, popularity > - "Similar titles" recommendations > > **Admin/Content** > - Admin panel to feature curated reviews or editorial picks (since this may double as a review publication like moctale.in) > > **Tech stack:** [specify — e.g., React + Node/Express + PostgreSQL, or Next.js + Supabase] > > Keep the UI clean, poster-grid heavy (like Letterboxd), mobile-responsive, with dark mode as default.