Leave it to Letterboxd to find the funniest, most sincere way to process GTA 6 hype. Users on the movie review site have been logging Rockstar's extended look as an actual film, rating it like a theatrical release, and per Dexerto, it's now sitting among the best-reviewed "movies" of 2026.

The extended look gave us our longest peek at the game yet, and it spread everywhere like a launch trailer for a game the size of a small country. It didn't feel like marketing. It felt like an event, and apparently Letterboxd agreed, because people started treating it as cinema in the most literal sense.

The ratings put it in genuine contention on the year's charts, rubbing shoulders with actual films that had, you know, directors and scripts and catering budgets. The reviews are exactly what you'd expect from that community. Letterboxd reviews have always been their own art form, half joke, half genuine criticism, usually packed into one devastating line. Watching that crowd turn a game trailer into their playground is exactly the kind of internet moment I live for.

There's a real point buried under the jokes, though. Rockstar trailers have always been cut like films. The pacing, the music, the way ninety seconds can make a fictional state feel like a place you've actually been. People logging it on Letterboxd aren't entirely kidding. The extended look does more storytelling in a few minutes than a lot of feature films manage in two hours.

And the timing tracks, too. We're closing in on launch, the discourse is at full boil, and my Discord has been nonstop since the thing dropped. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't rewatched it more than once just to catch background details in the crowd scenes.

Is a game trailer one of the best movies of 2026? Of course not, in any technical sense. But the community deciding it deserves a spot on the list anyway tells you how big this release has become. When your trailer gets reviewed like cinema, you're not selling a game anymore. You're selling an event.

If you want the full breakdown of where it ranks, Dexerto has it. And if you logged the trailer yourself on Letterboxd, I respect the commitment. Drop your one-liner in the comments. Best fake movie review gets featured in my next recap.