Using the Discord Bot

Run movie night polls right inside Discord. Voting is free for everyone in the channel; hosting polls requires a Pro account.

Adding the bot to a server

Go to the Discord integration page and click Add to Discord. Pick the server you want the bot in and approve the permissions. You need the Manage Server permission to add bots to a server.

Linking your account

Hosting polls requires a Movie Night Polls Pro account linked to your Discord identity. In any channel, run /movienight link. The bot replies with a one-time URL valid for 15 minutes — click it, sign in to Movie Night Polls, and your accounts are linked.

Not on Pro yet? See Pro features and upgrade before linking.

Creating a poll

In the channel where you want the poll to live, run /movienight create. A modal opens with three fields: Title, Description (optional), and Movies (one title per line, up to 25 for Pro). Hit submit and the bot searches TMDB for each title, then posts the finished poll right there in the channel.

Poll options live as slash-command arguments: votes-per-person, unlisted, anonymous, and dark. Set them before opening the modal — Discord shows them in the slash-command autocomplete.

Preview before publish

If any of your titles fail to match a movie on TMDB, the bot pauses and shows you a preview only you can see, with Post poll and Cancel buttons. Hit Cancel and run /movienight create again with corrected spellings if you want to retry — year hints like Heat 1995 help nail down ambiguous titles.

Voting

Voters click a movie button to cast a vote. No account or linking required — anyone in the channel can vote. The vote count updates in place, and voters get a private confirmation showing how many votes they have left (for multi-vote polls).

Closing a poll

When you're ready to announce the winner, run /movienight close. Autocomplete shows your open polls — pick one. The bot posts a celebration message with the winning movie's poster. If the poll ends in a tie, you get a private picker with buttons to crown one winner or accept the tie.

Sharing a poll into another channel

Run /movienight share in the channel you want to share into. Autocomplete shows your recent polls — pick one and the bot reposts it. Vote tallies stay in sync across every channel and every platform the poll appears in, and closing once announces the result everywhere.

Unlinking

Run /movienight unlink to disconnect your Discord identity from your Movie Night Polls account. You can re-link any time.

Troubleshooting

The slash commands don't show up. Slash commands can take up to an hour to propagate to a server after installation. Try again later, or reinstall the bot from the integration page.

I get "Your account isn't linked". Run /movienight link first. Linking requires a Pro account on Movie Night Polls.

The bot couldn't find one of my titles. TMDB doesn't recognize every spelling. Add a year hint (Heat 1995) or try a more canonical title.