Criterion Closet as a website
pull any of 1,247 films off the shelf
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HN · launched Jun 20, 2026 · 194 upvotes (top 5%) · 0 views
Niche: digital history and reference archives · 150 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -56% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 150 launches in digital history and reference archives →
Could you build this?
Yes It is an interactive front-end catalog pulling metadata and cover images from public sources (like Wikidata and the Criterion shop) with 2D/3D layout styling.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: GOG (for movies instead of games), Letterboxd (as list visualizer)
Concerns raised: Text orientation uncomfortable to read (bottom-to-top vs top-to-bottom), Locale-dependent text direction issues with mixed language shelves, Extra UI causing confusion
Feature requests: Indicate which films are in '1001 Movies to See Before You Die' list, Add AFI Top 100 list indicators, Fix spine text to flow top-to-bottom like real shelves
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 204 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #11 of 205 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 231 days after the earliest competitor.
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