Show HN: Built an AI tool for movie lovers to find and get recommendations

[azedio]

I've built Movievanders. As someone who's really passionate about movies, I've put together a little tool that I think you might find handy. It uses artificial intelligence to help you find movies and get recommendations. For example, you can search with natural language queries like “a movie about a crash in the Andes,” or ask for suggestions similar to your favorites, say “something like '2001: A Space Odyssey’.”

It’s linked up with TMDb, so you get direct access to their database, plus links to JustWatch (to find out where you can stream or rent the movie) and IMDb for more info.

[tamimio]

It would be better to have a list of recommendations instead of one, it’s frustrating after writing what I want only to give me one movie that I already watched, and going back to write the same. Make the list maybe appears under the search bar, so no jumping back and forth.

[azedio]

Thanks for your feedback. I made a few changes. Now the app aims at offering you 5 titles, and then below you can click on "Get more recommendations" so you can get more suggestions.

[tamimio]

Thank you!

[azedio]

You’re welcome. Appreciate your feedback ;)

[andsoitis]

Why did you choose not to do multi-turn interaction? (Or did I just miss the afdordances)

[azedio]

What do you mean by multi-turn interaction?

[andsoitis]

It’s when you can have a back and forth (conversation) to refine the results.

For instance:

Me: “I want to watch something funny”

You: returns result(s)

Me: “something less slapstick”

And now that I’ve written this, I think you’re also only returning a single result, which will likely foster FOMO, so I would consider what balance to strike (too many results, unranked, can create indecision and the feeling that you don’t get me. Too few results and the user wonders, what else is there that I’m missing out on?)

[azedio]

Gotcha. You made a good point. I started with a simple version to test the product and receive feedback for early users. This is definitely something to be in the roadmap. Thanks for your feedback!

[artemisa22sh]

Love it!