Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, AppleTV+, OCS Go, Orange TV, SFR Play… It’s hard to find your way around the catalogs of streaming and video-on-demand platforms. Except by using the clever free service JustWatch!
What movie or series to watch tonight? The answer to this innocuous question is already not always simple when one explores the program of the television channels broadcast by DTT or by Internet boxes or the associated content available in replay. But it gets even more complicated when using a streaming or video-on-demand (VoD) service like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ or Rakuten TV, to name a few. And you often have to spend – very – long minutes manipulating the remote control as best you can to find the rare pearl. The exercise gets even more complicated when you combine services and subscriptions. A real headache, especially since the search engines available on all these platforms still have serious progress to make. It is not uncommon, in fact, after having laboriously entered the first letters of the title of a film using the remote control of the television or the box, to see it appear in the results and to cry victory… before to become disillusioned. The coveted film is not available, but others, featuring the same actors or similar in style, are offered instead. Disappointment guaranteed!
What is JustWatch?
To avoid spending more time looking for what you want to see than relaxing in front of a good movie, we recommend the free service. JustWatch.com. Launched in Berlin, Germany in 2014 and present since in 46 countries including France, JustWatch is none other than a huge guide to films and series available on legal streaming platforms, VoD and SVoD (video on demand by subscription ). In France, it thus crosses the catalogs of more than thirty services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, OCS Go, Rakuten TV, Canal VOD, SFR Play, Orange TV M6 Play, etc. But above all, JustWatch is extremely efficient in quickly finding what you are looking for. It presents the daily novelties of each platform (additions to the catalogues), distinguishes the series from the films, specifies the rental or purchase prices for all the services you have selected, etc. Practical, JustWatch is also available as an app for smartphones (iOS and Android), but also for connected televisions powered by Android TV, boxes Apple TV and HDMI keys Amazon Fire TV. Complete, in French and easy to handle, JustWatch will quickly become the companion of your movie nights or series.
The service can be used free of charge without the need to register. However, registration – also free – gives access to more functions. You can, for example, find the history of your searches and your lists of films and series to watch on all your devices.
- On your computer, launch your usual web browser and go to the Just Watch.
- Click on the button To log in top right. In the window that appears, click the button My streaming services.
- In the list that appears, check the boxes in front of the names of the different services to which you subscribe (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, etc.). It will always be possible to modify this list later. When your selection is made, click Ended top right.
- Now click on the yellow button Join JustWatch.
- Enter an email address and password to create your account, or choose to sign up using your Apple, Google, or Facebook credentials to simplify the process. Tick the box I agree to the privacy policy (…) and click Create an account.
- Now open your email. You must have received a registration confirmation request from JustWatch. Click on the button To confirm the record contained in the email you received. Your registration is now effective.
Your JustWatch account is now set up with the VoD and SVoD services you have. All you have to do is find what you’re looking for… or let yourself be inspired by what’s new. Either way, JustWatch offers a wide variety of filters.
- If you’re looking for a specific movie, type the first letters of its title into the search field at the top center of the page. Immediately, the first proposals appear. If the desired film is not in the list, click on the link See more results for XXX (XXX represents the term you entered).
- All movies and series that contain the term you typed are displayed. You can apply filters to refine your search. To do so, click on the button Filters at the top right of the page.
- You can now choose whether it is a series or a movie, define the genre (action, animation, comedy, drama, etc.) or even specify the year of release if you know it. Above all, you can choose to carry out your search on the catalog of one or more platforms. To do so, click on The icons flanked by the logos of the different services above the list in order to select or deselect them. Finally, you can choose to sort by alphabetical order, by popularity, by year of release or leave it to chance.
- When you have found your film or series, its file mentions various information. First, the viewing methods available: streaming, rental or purchase. Then, for each possibility, the prices are indicated according to the platforms that offer it. The image quality is also specified: SD (standard definition) HD (high definition) or 4K (ultra high definition). For the series, the number of seasons available is also mentioned. Click on the jacket to get more information.
- Here you get the complete cast of the film or series, the summary of the work or each episode of each season of the trailers, etc.
- You found what you were looking for and this content is available on a service you have? Bank! If you use your computer to watch it, all you have to do is click on the button of the service concerned within the framework Watch now.
- A new tab of your web browser opens and displays the page of the service concerned and presents directly what you want to see without having to do any research. If the connection to your account is automatic, you can start reading: otherwise, you will have to identify yourself.
- If you have no particular desire and prefer to discover what’s new? Return to the JustWatch home page by clicking on the service name at the top right of the page. Then click on the link News on top. All the films and series recently added to the catalogs of the different services you have are now displayed. You can obviously sort between series and movies or choose one platform over another.
JustWatch comes in apps for iOS and Android. Registration for the service takes place in the same way as on a computer. The search and sort functions also remain similar. Only small variant: the handling of filters.
- First install the JustWatch app on your smartphone.
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- Launch the application, then follow the specified operations upper to create an account. Otherwise, press the button Login in order to enter the identifiers or passwords that you have already used. If you have chosen to identify yourself using your Google, Apple or Facebook account, press the appropriate button and follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
- Once identified in the application, press the button News at the bottom of the screen. All the covers of the films and series available on the streaming and VoD platforms available to you are displayed, classified by date of addition to the catalogs.
- Push the button Filters funnel-shaped, placed to the right of the link Series.
- A shutter unfolds. It allows to choose the year of release using a graduated slider from 1900 (sic) to 2021, to set a minimum and maximum price for rental or purchase, to define the genre (action, drama, science fiction, etc.), but also the quality (SD, HD or 4K).
- When your choices are made, activate the link Ended at the top right to see the results. If the movie or series you’re looking for is listed, tap its cover. You then access its complete file.
- Are you up for watching it on your mobile? Press the service name who offers it. If the correct app is installed on your device, it opens immediately. All that remains is to start reading. Good session !
