Picking up a movie rental at random or on the recommendation of a close friend or a movie critic is often a regretful experience, specially when the movie has to be turned off half way through due to explicit material or when the movie rental is not a perfect fit for your family’s taste, mood and opinion of great cinema. Fortunately due to the availability of countless movie rental review resources online, you can now make smarter and more informed movie rental choices.

1. AllMovie.com- As a movie database, the site provides general information on movies as director, actor, theme, plot and genre.
2. FamilyStyle.com- The site provides a brief synopsis of the movie and rates it in five categories- Profanity, Nudity, Sex, Violence and Drugs/Alcohol. The site is a boon for parents who are concerned about family entertainment standards.
3. The Internet Movie Database- A giant collection of movies as well as movie information. Each movie review contains information about the writer, director and actors of the movie. One section of the database is exclusively devoted to filmographies and mini biographies.
4. KidsInMind.com- The “New on Video” section of this site is helpful for the parents to determine whether a movie rental is appropriate for kids or not. “Sex and Nudity”, “Violence and Gore” and “Profanity” are the three factors, used for rating the movie. The site also provides detailed synopsis and a summary of the plot of the movie.
5. Megacritic.com-Here metascores are used to rate the movie where red stands for low critic approval, yellow for mixed approval and green for high critic approval.
6. Movie.com- The reviews are written by the members of this site, which can be found in the “DVD/Video” section. For convenience this section is divided into tabs as “Movie Details”, “Trailers and Clips”, “Photo Gallery”, “Cast and Crew”, “Technical Details” and “Market Place”.
7. MovieMom.com- Each movie rental review at this unique site is from a parent’s perspective.
8. RogerEbert.com- Roger Ebert is one of the most respected movie critics. The ”New on DVD” section of this site provides weekly DVD release list, star rating and a link to movie review written by Ebert.
9. RottenTomatoes.com- The “DVD/VHS” section of this site provides movie rental’s “Freshness Rating” together with a list of the week’s top grosser movie rentals.
10. VideoETA.com- A useful site that provides tentative dates of video release of the movies.

The sudden burgeoning of online DVD rental companies have made movie viewing an incredible experience. These DVD rental companies have a colossal collection of movies, which can be obtained on rent, at low monthly fees, in an easy and hassle free manner. Driving long distances or waiting in long queues is not required as movies are posted with return mailer, at the rate of zero postage fees. Late fees or extended viewing fees, is not applicable. Membership is automatically renewed each month and can be easily cancelled with just a few clicks of your mouse. Though, the number of DVDs you can have at a time is limited, but there is simply no limit to the number of movies you can rent in a month. The online DVD rental sites provide comprehensive online review, easy to browse categories and innovative search features to help you find the movie you are looking to rent.