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Saturday, September 27th, 2025

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Slow loading lists (freezing, too)

I don’t think the app can handle large lists very well. When trying to view large (lengthy) lists, the app freezes. After about two to three minutes, I’ll either get a “network error” message or the list might eventually load, but plagued with severe lagging. After using IMDb for 25+ years, some of my lists have nearly 10,000 titles. The problem appears to be that it’s trying to load the *entire* list at once. I’d like to see this redesigned by showing only the first 20 or so titles (then loading an additional 20 titles when (and only when) I scroll to the end of a batch.

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6 days ago

@troywindhorst Thanks for the feedback. I am in the same boat as you with several large lists and a 16K+ ratings history. The team are aware of the issue, which is due to a recent back-end migration, and we are actively working on solutions. They are making excellent progress in the early test versions to which I have access, ahead of a public app release.

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Cool. I appreciate the info. As always, I imagine it’s a delicate balance between providing so much data all while avoiding the lag gremlins. Kudos to the IMDb team. Thank you, sir!