Welcome to the Watch Party community!

This community will focus on movie watch parties as a niche, as to not step on the toes of other communities that will host their own live threads for events such as sports and television.

Here’s how to get started:

  • 2-12 hours before you’d like to start a watch party, make a party announcement here to let everyone know.
  • 30-60 minutes before the watch party starts, create a live thread so that everyone can discuss and react to the movie in real time.
  • Once the credits roll, feel free (not required) to create a post party discussion to talk about the movie as a whole.

Tips:

  • Every party participant is responsible for finding their own copy of the movie, feel free to post links or recommendations to legal sources of the movie in the announcement post. You can also stream your copy of the movie on our official Discord server, see below or the sidebar for the invite link to post in the announcement and live thread.
  • Be ready to press play at the movie start time, so that discussion can be as in sync as possible in the live thread.
  • Feel free to cross post your watch party announcement to other relevant communities (unless their mods tell you otherwise), but do not cross post the live thread, as that will fragment the discussion.
  • Sort comments and posts by “New” to stay up to date on parties and discussions.

Standards

  • Use the MM/DD date format, and 24 hour time format in UTC. Here’s a handy time zone converter you can use if you’re unfamiliar with UTC.
  • The title should include the year (ex. 2023) the movie was released. It seems like every movie is a remake these days, and this will prevent any confusion.
  • Use the templates below to help keep the discussions organized.

Post Templates:

Announcement: Watch Party: Movie Title (YYYY) - MM/DD 00:00 UTC

  • Example: Watch Party: Starship Troopers (1997) - 07/03 00:00 UTC

Live Thread: LIVE THREAD: Movie Title (YYYY) - MM/DD 00:00 UTC

  • Example: LIVE THREAD: Starship Troopers (1997) - 07/03 00:00 UTC

Post Party Discussion: Post Party Discussion: Movie Title (YYYY)

  • Example: Post Party Discussion: Starship Troopers (1997)

OFFICIAL DISCORD SERVER

If you’d like to stream your movie for others to watch, you can join our official Discord server. If you’re watching the stream on Discord, please make sure your mic is muted, and discussion will occur in the LIVE thread. Be sure to include the invite link to the Discord server in your announcement and live thread posts, so others know they can join in on the fun!