Yes, if you have a Patron (or HQ) subscription, you’ll see a Change Poster / Backdrop option for each film. (Sometimes these are split into two separate options.) In our apps, they live in the film’s action sheet, and on our website they’re on the film’s main page and also in the fly-out menu on its poster. Selecting one of these options opens a modal dialog with multiple tabs: for posters, Popular, TMDB and Posteritati, and for backdrops, Popular and All.
You may select replacement art for the film from any tab by clicking/tapping the desired poster or backdrop, then saving changes. The poster you select will represent the film for your use of the platform (on both app and web), as described below. The backdrop you select will represent the film on the film’s main page, as well as on your diary entries, reviews, lists (where it is the first film) and your profile (where it is the first of your four favorites), as long as you haven’t disabled backdrops on those content types in Settings.
If your subscription tier gives access to the custom-poster feature, you’ll see four modes available in Settings (and replicated in the Filters menu for ease of access) that govern which poster you see for each film:
- Any: Your selection is shown unless you’re viewing the profile or content of another member with a custom selection for the film, in which case their poster takes priority over yours. (This is the default mode.)
- Theirs: The profile or content owner’s selection is always shown when applicable, with your selections shown otherwise.
- Yours: Your selection is always shown, including on other members’ content.
- None: The feature is disabled and our platform-default poster is always shown.
If you do not have access to the custom-poster option, there are two modes that govern which poster you see for each film:
- Enabled: When viewing the profile or content of a member with a custom selection for the film, their poster is shown. (This is the default mode.)
- Disabled: The platform-default poster is always shown.
There are no corresponding modes for backdrops. Your selection does not override another member’s backdrop — so you see your own choices on your content, and their choices (or the platform default) on their content.
Patron/HQ members may select one poster and one backdrop for each film on our platform, and change this selection as often as they wish, in addition to modifying the poster and/or backdrop on diary entries, reviews, lists and their profile. Our apps support long-pressing a backdrop to change it, for members with access to this feature. (See Can I upload my own poster or backdrop image to Letterboxd? for notes on image sourcing.) Note: Some sections on our website may show an older poster selection for another member due to caching — our caches are cleared within 24 hours in all cases, after which time you’ll see the correct selection.