Top 10 Movie Review Influencers 2025
Movie & Film Review has established itself as one of the most durable content styles with entertainment creators. The creators in this list span deep-dive film analysis, horror specialist channels, beginner-friendly watchlist guides, cultural commentary podcasts, and festival circuit coverage — proof that the film review format is flexible enough to hold very different creative identities. What they share is opinion with utility: every post has something to say, and audiences keep coming back because the content takes them on a journey and makes them better informed about what to watch next.
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TikTok and Instagram are the dominant platforms for film review content in this ranking, with Liam Saul's top Instagram posts generating over 1.9M engagements and Chris Mayo's TikTok horror reviews consistently returning engagement rates above 1,000% — confirming that short-form reactive content is now the primary delivery mechanism for film discovery and recommendation.
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The horror specialist format is emerging as a distinct and high-performing sub-genre within film review: Chris Mayo's disturbing and extreme horror content generated $6.9M EMV across 18 posts by building a loyal audience around the most challenging corners of the genre.
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Film analysis and breakdown content is proving to be a durable and commercially viable niche, with Paul Tweddle's deep-dive essay format generating $618.3K EMV across 15 posts — demonstrating that long-form YouTube content retains strong value.
Liam Saul
UK actor and content creator with 257.6K followers whose film recommendation and review series generated $9.2M EMV across 20 posts — the highest total in this ranking by a significant margin. His top three Instagram posts — covering psychological thrillers, Father’s Day movie memories, and a Zac Efron performance breakdown — produced 1.9M, 735.5K, and 453.7K engagements respectively, at engagement rates above 175% each. His content is anchored by emotional hooks and audience participation, with captions like “Favourite movie your Dad showed you?” and “What are the trippiest movies and TV shows?” driving comments that extend each post’s reach well beyond his follower base.
Chris Mayo
UK blogger and content creator with 281.7K followers whose horror and disturbing film series generated $6.9M EMV across 18 posts. His top TikTok — a review of underground horror film Celluloid Nightmares — hit 3.9M engagements at a 1,701% engagement rate. His format is built entirely around extreme and cult cinema, positioning himself as the go-to guide for audiences who want to be told exactly how disturbing a film is before they decide whether to watch it.
Joc
US blogger and content creator with 478.2K followers whose TV and film watchlist series generated $5.5M EMV across 14 posts. Her top TikTok — covering true crime documentary The Secrets We Bury — hit 251.1K engagements at a 52.79% engagement rate. Her format is built around volume and breadth, tracking dozens of titles watched each month across every major streaming platform and turning her personal viewing habits into a trusted, recurring guide for audiences who don’t know what to watch next.
Yuvi Randhawa
Canadian blogger and content creator with 911.2K followers whose film recommendation series generated $1.8M EMV across 20 posts. His top TikTok — a review of action film G20 — hit 1.9M engagements at a 212% engagement rate, with a breakdown of mind-bending sci-fi Coherence and a rewatch recommendations post following close behind. His format is built around conviction — short, direct verdicts that tell audiences exactly whether a film is worth their time, making him one of the most trusted recommendation voices in the ranking.
Jays TV & Movies
UK blogger and content creator with 648.4K followers whose no-spoiler film review series generated $1.0M EMV across 20 posts. His top TikToks — covering The Long Walk, A Working Man, and Weapons — produced 1.3M, 1.2M, and 743.6K engagements respectively. His no-spoiler format is the clearest audience-first commitment in this ranking: every review is structured around whether the film is worth seeing, not what happens in it, making his content directly useful at the exact moment audiences are deciding whether to buy a ticket.
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Paul Tweddle
UK content creator with 1.6M followers whose film breakdown and analysis series generated $618.3K EMV across 15 posts. His top YouTube video — a full breakdown of Fight Club including easter eggs, hidden details, and ending analysis — hit 452.6K engagements at a 30% engagement rate. His James Bond retrospective series and Fincher deep-dives demonstrate that a long-form, essay-style format can build a highly engaged and loyal subscriber base willing to invest significant viewing time per post.
Marina
Spanish blogger and designer with 176.0K followers whose upcoming film and cinephile recommendation series generated $598.8K EMV across 20 posts. Her format is structurally different from every other creator in this ranking: rather than reviewing films she has just seen, she curates and designs visual posts around anticipated releases, festival lineups, and themed collections — positioning her audience inside the future of cinema rather than its recent output. Her LGBTQ+ film series and festival coverage from SXSW, TIFF, and Sitges extend the format into community and identity territory that broader film review accounts rarely reach.
Rachael Evren
Australian fitness instructor and content creator with 837.6K followers whose film review series generated $555.5K EMV across 16 posts. Her top TikTok — an enthusiastic review of Freakier Friday — hit 2.2M engagements at a 255% engagement rate. Her format is the most instinctive in the ranking: unscripted, reactive takes recorded immediately after watching, with an energy that makes her audience feel like they are getting a genuine first impression rather than a considered critique.
Nicky Reardon
US blogger and content creator with 440.1K followers whose film analysis and entertainment commentary series generated $367.2K EMV across 18 posts. His top TikTok — a review and analysis of Nine Perfect Strangers for Hulu — hit 556.1K engagements at a 127% engagement rate. His format sits closer to cultural criticism than traditional film review, using individual titles as a starting point to examine broader themes around body image, classism, the recession of originality in Hollywood, and the economics of the entertainment industry.
Shabaz Says
UK writer and content creator with 2.1M followers whose film and TV review series generated $341.9K EMV across 9 posts. His top TikTok — a review of Netflix horror A House of Dynamite — hit 69.5K engagements at a 3.31% engagement rate. His format is built around personality-first reactions, with a comedic and self-aware tone that makes even a mixed or confused review entertaining in its own right — turning the uncertainty of whether a film is good or bad into the content itself.