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by smartbit 1220 days ago
Belgium Canvas has several superb movies and series, every week, year-in year-out. Humans select them, not software. Selecting movies/shows is a profession and I’m positive that many people can learn it.

When I meet people with seemingly the same taste, usually we exchange our trophies, eg my latest

  This is going to hurt (series) - 2022 - UK
  En man som heter Ove - 2015 - Sweden
  All That Breathes - 2022 - India
  Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - 1975 - Belgium
1 comments

Your shows all seem to have a 7.5+ IMDB rating which means pretty much everyone should probably give them a chance if they like the genre/synopsis. (I certainly will, thanks.)

The idea of a recommendation engine in these comments is generally a holy grail that can predict shows you will like personally that aren't necessarily well-rated by other people. Shows that don't simply show up in the platform's "critically acclaimed" section.

Though your post is a good example of why word of mouth recommendations are important. Netflix could have the best recommendation system in the world yet it cannot recommend any of the great shows it doesn't have to show you.