There are more options than ever to stream movies and TV via a computer, smart TV or companion box (Apple TV, Roku, etc.) but how are you supposed to know what shows and films are on which streaming service and for how much? If you've ever had to try to track down who's got an older movie available, say the box-office bomb "Southland Tales" as I did recently, you may get frustrated by all the hunting you'll have to do for content that's not readily found on pay services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
Enter three websites, GoWatchIt.com, JustWatch.com and CanIStream.it, all of which provide searchable databases of TV and movies you'll find on various services and at what cost to watch via streaming subscription, rent or buy. They also are available as apps for iOS and Android.
CanIStreamIt has a great design, but unfortunately it's the worst for actually finding things. It can't figure out, for instance, that "Catastrophe" is on Amazon Prime streaming or that the Pink Floyd movie "The Wall" isn't a 1982 Tom Conti Holocaust drama. (They have the same name, but are VERY different.) Missing content, including artwork for movies and TV show, plagues this service.
GoWatchIt is much more comprehensive, but its website, at least on a desktop computer, is balky and badly designed with too much emphasis on posters as visual cues. One nice feature: it will remind you (if you sign up for an account) when movies or TV shows you want to see become available on certain services.
That leaves JustWatch, which is the best middle ground of good information, useful design and an app feature that will alert you to price drops on streaming movies and TV shows. It's the best of the three for cord-cutters and anyone else who would rather be watching TV shows and movies than hunting for them.
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