[alichapman]

For anyone who finds themselves getting bored scrolling through the film options on Netflix, or utterly disinterested in watching Marvel film #593 then I'd recommend Mubi [0]. It mainly shows independent films from around the world and it cycles through them relatively quickly - they add a new movie every day so there's always something you haven't considered watching yet.

0: https://mubi.com/showing

[mattowen_uk]

Netflix does an impressive job of hiding from you 90%+ of what it has available if it's algorithm decides you are not interested in those genres.

However, there are plenty of sites out there that have compiled links to the thousands of genres that Netflix have categorised everything into. For example:

https://www.finder.com/uk/netflix-around-the-world/genre-lis...

I just wish Netflix would open up these lists to be browsable in their own UI.

[brabel]

I just search for random words sometimes and find really interesting movies that way :D sounds crazy but really works as you're really right: the algorithm, like YouTube, tends to show you all the same things you've already watched and probably got tired of already.

[ant6n]

I wonder what percentage of „movies and tv suck nowadays“ is just the poor discoverability on Netflix, Amazon, etc.

Does Netflix license content with a pay per view model, so that they will get the content for those who are seeking it, but wont offer unless requested?

[dragonwriter]

> I wonder what percentage of „movies and tv suck nowadays“ is just the poor discoverability on Netflix, Amazon, etc.

I wonder what percentage of it is people having both higher expectations of them (in part becaise of competing entertainment) and exhausting the supply of what they do like faster (binging, etc.)

[sefrost]

Mubi is great!

I don't know if it's in other countries, but in the UK you get a free cinema ticket with your subscription every week (Mubi GO) and I've seen so many great films I would never have even heard of because of that service.