Watching movies is already a pleasant and rewarding experience; it wouldn’t be a million dollar industry if it wasn’t. Very few things can enhance the experience of watching a movie, whether inside a movie house or right in the comforts of your own home. Amazingly, the best iPhone apps listed below can actually improve the movie going experience and some will undoubtedly become your constant movie buddy once you try them out. Here are the top ten best iPhone apps for moviegoers:
TMZ and Variety
Not exactly directly related to movie going, but these popular news apps do help you in a very important way: it makes you informed about the latest news in Hollywood, so you’ll know what movies to watch out for and which movies star your favorite actor or actress. These are the ultimate entertainment guides, the only ones you will ever need.
One Tap Movies
One of the many iPhone movie apps, this one gives you access to trailers and links to websites such as the indispensable Internet Movie Database (IMDb) and Rotten Tomatoes (among others). This app also provides information on movie box office performance, ratings by critics, and just about anything else you want to know about the movie you’re about to see.
Movie Genie
IMDb is everyone’s one stop guide to movies, so movie lovers should have this app. It is essentially like having IMDb inside your pocket.
MovieLingo
This is a movie-based iPhone game that will test the knowledge of even the most enthusiastic movie lovers! It’s a guessing game where users will have to identify the film by listening to random audio snippets from it.
Where
This is not just an app that can give you movie times at the nearest cinema in your area. It also tells you about weather forecasts, restaurants and traffic, which is all useful information to have on hand when you plan to go out for a movie and dinner afterwards.
Movies
But of course, nothing can beat this free app. This is a popular free iPhone app from flixster.com that does what One Tap Movies can, and more. For hardcore movie lovers, this is an invaluable app for your iPhone.
RunPee
This is an ingenious app that may seem like a joke—but can actually be pretty useful. Basically, this crafty iPhone app tells you at which part of the movie it is safe to pee (meaning these are the parts you do not risk missing vital parts of the film). It even tells you what happened while you were doing your business! One word: amazing.
Fandango
If you buy movie tickets using Fandango, then you know what this app is all about. It lets you buy movie tickets from your iPhone. This is an amazing iPhone movie app that will save you time and energy, especially on the biggest movie days of the year and when going to see a premier.
Now Playing
This app allows you to buy tickets using your Fandango account. But more than that, it also allows you to manage your Netflix account and search local movie theaters.
Want more ideas for fun and entertaining apps? Check out the article Best iPhone Apps for Entertainment!