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Show HN: MoodieMoovy – A free; movie recommender with a strong algorithm

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I hate not knowing what to watch. Even worse I hate taking hours choosing. So to combat this, I invented MoodieMoovy, the most unique yet specific movie reccomender around.

You can input your mood, the time of day and day of the week along with what services you have access too, and using the strong algorithm I built, you can get enticing results that go on.

This was a fun side project I made with the intention of 'finishing something for once'. I would love for you to try it out and leave some feedback!

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I chose Amused and it gave me Get Out. I chose Relaxed and it gave me Exhuma.

Can you explain the algorithm a little? How does the day of the week impact the result? What makes it "strong"?

So the method I chose was mapping and intersecting.

What happens is that for each day of the week, time, and mood, there are genres that fit most with these times, according to general data I had found from various articles over time.

I then get the users selected inputs and lay out all the genres. I see if there are any intersections/patterns in all 3 and if so, I store that for use to find movies. If there are no common genres, I map only the mood to the day then the mood to the time, as I think mood is the most powerful factor, and see intersections there and store them.

Then it's just a simple search for movies of that genre with the provider and that's all.

If you have any further questions feel free to ask.

Feel free to leave feedback below.

Not really good. It recommended me X for "Amused" and Joker for "relaxed"

Thanks,

Although Joker and relaxed may not combine for you, the day and time of day could also affect the results giving the variation of movies it gives. Obviously it could use refinements and upgrades but for the most part was it majorly incorrect at all?

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