Top 12 Wittiest Reviews on Letterboxd, Ranked

We all love Letterboxd. The social media site for film buffs is hands down the best place to log your favorite films and share your thoughts. Some of the top film critics in the world have LB accounts, and even some film directors have joined in the fun.

With such a wide range of talent, brilliance, and professionalism on the site, we can only expect the top reviews to be fantastic. No two reviews are alike! Though some reviews contain substance, most top reviews go for humor, style, wit, and originality. Let’s take a look at some of the funniest, most unique top reviews ever written on Letterboxd.

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Short, quippy, and with poor punctuation, it’s hard to beat this one liner.

11. Top Gun (1986)

The top review for Top Gun. Congrats Karsten! I can’t imagine how long it took to come up with that one.

10. Tom Gun Maverick (2022)

Not a lie spoken in this review. Miles and Glen did not kiss and Hector did, in fact, give the movie 4 stars. Maybe not as funny as others on this list but it’s astonishingly accurate. I have full confidence he’ll get those 15,000 likes soon.

9. Star Wars (1977)

Whoa! Who could have guessed. A gay robot joke! The creativity and originality of Letterboxd reviews never ceases to impress.

8. The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

What a zinger! This short review turns the tables on the tried and true "they're gay" joke by making a more subversive and unexpected "they're lesbian" joke. This might be the height of comedy.

7. Marvel's The Avengers (2011)

Okay to be perfectly honest we don't understand this one, but we are assuming it is above our intelligence level. Someone go give Bailey her 1,000th like for being so brilliant!

6. Project Hail Mary (2026)

J’s second review on this ranking. Good job J! I can only imagine his account is just full of intelligent reviews like this one. Here, he subverts expectations by insinuating the audience is gay, whereas most reviewers tend to joke about the characters in the film. Good one!

5. Superman (2025)

Insightful! Allain’s depth and intuition makes me realize I may not have understood James Gunn’s Superman at all. Thanks allain!

4. The Notebook (2004)

And I thought there was no way they could make a gay joke about the Notebook… Truly a master at work.

3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

This is the top review for Return of the King. Enough said.

2. The Batman (2019)

God bless you too, caroline.

1. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Our top review is… a tie! There were so many good reviews on Sherlock Holmes I just had to include more than one. It goes on like this for a while but my laptop couldn’t take a screenshot that large. Sorry to those who didn’t quite make the cut! You’re just as original and unique and hilarious as these top 6 reviews! I promise!

So many amazing reviews!

You’ll just have to go on Letterboxd to keep the party going. Happy reading!