FilmScout alerts parents 30 seconds before flagged scenes in movies. Calibrate each category to your family's values, then skip, mute, or talk it through.
Press play prepared.
Every movie, scored and sorted
A gentle family adventure and a genuinely intense thriller can carry the exact same PG-13. From the rating alone, you cannot tell where a movie really falls, or what is waiting inside it. That is the whole problem with the label, and it is why we built FilmScout. It reads a movie moment by moment and shows you what is coming before you press play, so the call about what fits your family stays yours.
Every movie we have scored. Direction is the kind of content, distance is the ScoutScore. The 52 solid dots all carry the same US PG-13.
FilmScout runs alongside your streaming service. No integrations required.
Browse FilmScout's library and see every flagged scene before you press play.
Tell FilmScout where you're watching, then tap "Movie started" at the first frame. The countdown syncs to your screen and calibrates to your platform, so the timing is right even when the intro runs long.
30 seconds before each flagged scene, you get an alert with a plain-English description. Skip, mute, or pause. Your call.
Move the sliders. Watch four real films recompute their scores. This is the actual math the app uses on every title.
Every feature exists to give parents a heads-up, not a play-by-play.
Create a profile per kid and dial each category (violence, language, sexual content, themes) up or down. Every ScoutScore in the catalog re-tunes to match what matters in your home.
A full half-minute heads-up before each scene, and you can set it to 15, 30, or 60 seconds. Enough time to skip, mute, or pause and talk to your kids.
Every flagged moment is researched and timestamped: violence, language, sexual content, each with a plain-English description.
After difficult scenes, FilmScout suggests age-appropriate ways to discuss what just happened with your kids.
Sound alarm and vibration before scenes arrive. Works while your screen is on.
Flag your personal triggers (spiders, jump scares, medical procedures, flashing lights, and more). FilmScout highlights your specific triggers in purple so they stand out from general warnings.
Every movie carries its official rating for your country alongside the ScoutScore, so a PG in one place and a 12A in another stop being a surprise. New in 1.2.
FilmScout sits in your hand while the movie plays on the TV. Get alerts, see scene details, and control playback from your iPhone.
Hand-picked behind-the-scenes and making-of videos for movies in the catalog. See how the effects were made, so intense moments feel like craft instead of something to fear.
Scene is intense enough to skip entirely. Fast-forward recommended.
Language or audio to mute while keeping the visuals.
Emotionally intense. Worth a preview conversation.
Nothing flagged in this stretch. It is what we did not find, not a promise.
FilmScout doesn't replace your streaming service. It runs on your phone alongside whatever you're watching on TV.
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