What Are iWatched Curated Lists and How Do They Work?

iWatched Curated Lists are ordered watch guides that go beyond a simple collection of titles. You can arrange movies, shows, seasons, and episodes in the exact order you want, see how long the whole run takes before you start, track progress as you watch, and choose whether the list stays private, is shared by unlisted link, or is published publicly. They suit anyone planning a franchise marathon, a seasonal watch order, a ranked list, or a shared viewing plan with friends.

What a Curated List actually contains

A curated list is built from titles at different levels of the catalog:

• Movies — a single film entry with its runtime.
• Shows — a full series entry.
• Seasons and episodes — so you can order a run at the level you actually watch.

Each entry shows its runtime, and the list totals them. The public Stargate list on iWatched, for example, shows 8 items (4 movies, 4 shows) with a combined 267h 21m total, broken into groups like "The beginning," "The middle," and "The end."

That grouping is the part that makes a list a guide rather than a pile of titles: you can put context around each stretch of the run and keep the order explicit.

How ordering and runtime planning work

Ordering is manual and exact. You decide the sequence of movies, shows, seasons, and episodes, which is what makes the format useful for:

• Franchise orders — release order, chronological order, or a custom viewing order.
• Seasonal marathons — a run you intend to finish in one stretch.
• Rankings — best-to-worst or any other ranked sequence.
• Recommendation paths — a suggested route through related titles.

Runtime planning is the practical payoff. Because every entry carries a runtime, the list shows the total before you press play. The Stargate example makes this concrete: the middle group alone totals 234h 27m, dominated by Stargate SG-1 at 157h 16m and Stargate Atlantis at 72h 20m. Seeing that number up front tells you whether a marathon is a weekend project or a months-long one.

Tracking progress and shared runs

Once a list exists, you can mark titles watched, keep progress updated, and add timeline entries. Progress is tracked against the ordered list, so you always know where you are in the sequence.

Lists also support two modes of participation:

• Solo runs — you track your own progress through the list.
• Party runs — you invite friends into a shared run so everyone's progress sits in the same plan.

This is the collaborative side of the feature: a watch plan can be a personal checklist or a group activity with a shared order and shared progress.

Visibility: private, unlisted, or public

Every list has a visibility setting:

Public lists are browsable — the Stargate list and a 40-item "movies I watched in the theatres" list both appear as public examples, each credited to its creator and tagged. Note that interacting with someone else's list (marking titles watched, updating progress, adding timeline entries) requires logging in, as the public list pages state.

When Curated Lists are the right tool

Use Curated Lists when order and time matter:

• You're planning a franchise or chronological marathon and need the sequence fixed.
• You want to know how long a run takes before committing.
• You're building a ranked or recommendation list with context, not just titles.
• You want a shared watch plan where friends track progress together.
• You need controlled sharing — private for yourself, an unlisted link for a few people, or public for everyone.

If you only want a loose set of titles with no order or runtime, a plain favourites or bookmark list is simpler. Curated Lists are for when the sequence, the total time, and the progress are the point.