About
A film magazine you can play.
Hotflix is a discovery app for people who spend longer choosing a film than watching one. It pairs editorial curation with live data, so there's always something worth pressing play on.
What's inside
- Tonight's Pick
- A rotating editorial feature drawn from the week's most-watched films.
- Top 10 today
- The day's ranking, refreshed hourly from TMDB trending data.
- Collections
- Eighteen genre collections with popular, top-rated and newest views.
- Trailers
- Official trailers in a focused player, fetched only when you press play.
- My List
- A watchlist that lives on your device. No account, no tracking.
- Search
- Instant search from anywhere on the site. Press / to start.
How it's built
Pages are prerendered on the server and refreshed in the background, so content appears instantly and is fully indexable. TMDB requests go through server-side routes, keeping the API key out of the browser and letting the CDN cache responses. Motion is restrained and switches off for anyone who prefers reduced motion.
- Next.js 16
- React 19
- TypeScript
- CSS Modules
- TMDB API
- Vercel
Made by Bamgbose Christian
Software engineer and technical lead based in Lagos, building backend systems for fintech and health-tech, with a soft spot for good interfaces and better films.
Film data and images are provided by The Movie Database. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Trailers are embedded from YouTube. Start browsing →