MUBI: Curated Cinema

Christopher Strong

3 years ago

I absolutely love MUBI but unfortunately the app is essentially useless. Hence the ambivalent rating. I can't navigate to my profile and look at my lists or read the blog or do anything cool that the standard web view enables you to do. Granted the website itself has issues, but the other features and the exposure to cinematic gems more than makes up for it. I want MUBI to succeed! If you build a better app you can bring more people in and everybody wins...

Jasmine Harris

4 years ago

I haven't completed a film on here yet, but I have to say the concept of this app is very innovative! I love the idea of works of art being presented to me without me seeking and searching for something I can watch with purpose. I wouldn't know where to look! I'm bored of movies these days and this is really a change I didn't know I was looking for. Thanks to Life Stories of Old for the link!. The only thing is sometimes there are technical issues with the app.

Brendan Drewry

1 year ago

Best movie selection for those looking for obscure and hard to watch films. Great for arthouse lovers and cinema lovers, especially since they premiere new films as well as films that have rarely been viewed constantly. While it doesn't really feature blockbusters and big franchise films, it's a great start and journey for people who are interested in the history and growth of cinema.

Dom Vininho

3 years ago

I have films in my watchlist that are apparently not available in my location, if they aren't available to watch why do I get to see them? There are features on the website that aren't available on the app Like how to make multiple watchlists for example! It's all too convoluted the way movies are presented, I feel like it could be a bit more interactive

Cosplay Ceo

4 years ago

I am enjoying the selection of movies but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us options for subtitles everywhere on this app, ROKU,etc. I was watching A Woman's Revenge and couldn't see the white letters because it blended in with the pale background. Please update with an option to have some type of outline (black, brown, grey) for subtitles. The app works fine on my phone and ROKU. It would be nice if the watch list was accessible on ROKU.

Marquis de Saniette

4 years ago

This app is only good for streaming, since the website strips that feature from the service. It doesn't really match the website content except for the currently showing (featured) films. No access to my watchlist, no ability to curate for myself. Also, the cost should be 35% cheaper. It's simply overpriced for one channel.

Nicholas C. Ridino

7 months ago

Why isn't there a menu to filter by genre? The website version of this app has a genre filter search, so why doesn't this app, which is admittedly more difficult to navigate, have a filter as well? There's no way to find anything unless by stumbling into it. This app clearly has potential, but as far as finding a movie, it's useless. I cannot fathom how an app can be so unintuitively designed. You guys have a great concept for the app, but it needs to be fine-tuned and improved.

Edgar Hernández

2 years ago

I bought a anual subscription on promotion. If it wasn't for that, I'd cancel my account. No doubt Mubi has a great film library, but the lack of a good search tool makes me not wanna look for anything. Unbelievable that something so basic is missing. Edit (cause I can't answer back): I know you have a searcher, it's just that it's not a good one.

Joao de Souza

3 years ago

The movie selection is excellent, but the quality of the streaming service is unacceptable. The streaming freezes and rebuffers way too often, and the image often becomes pixelated. No other contemporary streaming service has these problems. Judging from other reviewers' comments, the streaming problems have been longstanding. For now, I'm still sticking around for the great selection, but this issue needs to get the attention it deserves!

Jammer Vigorous

3 years ago

Really cool service. The films selected are always interesting, and frequently great. If you're interested in arthouse cinema, this service is basically a must-have. The presentation is also nice and sleek. One small improvement would be the ability to customize how the subtitles look, but I'm just splitting hairs. Aside from that, the app is great!

A Google user

4 years ago

I just subscribed to Mubi. The first film I watched (which was a foreign language) was great, no issues. The second and third one I tried to watch only had subtitles during dialogue, internal monologue and narration was not subtitled, rendering the movies impossible to watch. Shame because this is such a great concept for cinephiles. Please fix this. (I stream through a Google Chromecast)

A Google user

5 years ago

Excellent app!! I used the 7 day trial and loved it! The app functions well and the film selection is great. I would love it if they had a way to favorite/save movies so you knew which ones you wanted to watch. Other than that, great app/service. It BLOWS away the content glut on Netflix. EDIT: I went ahead and purchased a year of Mubi during their black Friday sale...well worth it! I enjoyed their series on Losey and their rental series on Herzog. I look forward to their future series!

A Google user

5 years ago

thus far, great app. polished and usable, downloaded because of a sponsorship with a cinema youtube channel i watch, dint regret it. keeps up to date with interesting movies from around the world, old and new, you can tell that whomever coordinates what movies to put on really has an eye for film. especially in comparison with the free app Tubi, which is in many ways the same concept, but feels more like a bad pirating website. only issue ive had is it wont let me download. buffers then stops.

Emily Fries

3 years ago

I honestly love film, but I'm more of an "outcast" as a film lover since I''m less into the foreign artsy showcase "films" and more into the strange, absurd, and the camp. I was genuinely surprised to find that Mubi offers a lot more camp, flamboyant, "sleaze" films then originally realized, and it helped transform the app from some other streaming service to my new favorite one due to the fact that it makes it a lot easier to find some amazing hidden cult gems!!

Anthony Beck

1 year ago

Honestly, the yearly subscription price is extremely worth it. While it's not fun to have another subscription for watching TV/movies, if you're truly interested in film from around the world this is the app to use. If you're thinking Netflix has a lot of random movies from other countries, you'd be right; however, the quality of movies you'll find here is truly astounding. Use the free trial, browse thru the selection, or watch the Mubi pick of the day; you won't regret it.

SGT Dave

1 month ago

This might be the worst subscription streaming service. It's definitely the most deceptive. It appears to have everything you want when you're browsing, but after subscribing, it says "not currently available" on every movie. Nothing they list is actually viewable. I have a giant Mubi watchlist that says nothing is viewable. What a scam.

Steven Brown

5 days ago

Fantastic app! Great selection of films, everything from worldwide classics to, bizarre exploitation films and equally bizarre soft core porn! If you're a film buff, Mubi is mandatory! It's definitely not the place to go for the latest Marvel film! I mean that as a compliment!