Don Reisinger from CNet put together a list of the Top 10 Movie Recommendation Engines, and Netflix was listed as #10. Some of sites on his list include Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster, Clerkdogs, Nanocrowd, TasteKid, and the #1 engine was Jinni.
Jinni is the best movie recommendation engine on the Web. Period. Whether you want to search for films in the search field or you want to find films based on your mood, time available, setting, or reviews, the site has it all. I searched for movies based on my mood and followed that with a search based on my plot preference. Each time, films that I've watched and loved in the past, or that I haven't watched but definitely want to see popped up.
But perhaps the most compelling feature that Jinni offers is its semantic search. You can input terms like, "movies that have gangsters" or "films that show Chris Farley yelling" and the site will return films that match your query. It's mind-blowing.
I rely on imdb.com for anything movie related, after i find it there, then i hop on over to netflix for my movie doing. :)
Posted by: Alexander X. | March 21, 2009 at 04:31 PM
I just check Apple's Movie Trailers page at http://www.apple.com/trailers/ once a day, watch the new trailers, and the ones that pique my interest I add to the Saved section of my Queue.
Posted by: Billy | March 21, 2009 at 09:37 PM
I think Movielens is the most amazing thing for movies ever. I just wish the interface would connect to Netflix so I could do more complex searches, like the highest recommendation available to stream.
I did sign up for Jinni after hearing so much about it but I haven't looked into it much yet.
Posted by: Phillip | March 22, 2009 at 03:34 PM
I use Wikipedia.
Honestly, it's great. For example, a while back I was wondering whatever happened to Alex Winter (of Bill and Ted fame). So I pulled up the Wikipedia article, and apparently he's a director now. Now I've got a couple Alex Winter films in my queue I am pretty excited to see.
Reading up on your favorite actors and directors can yield some interesting results.
Posted by: S | March 22, 2009 at 05:09 PM
Metacritic, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, in that order.
Posted by: Becky | March 23, 2009 at 08:38 AM
I really like Clerkdogs and the approach they take. It looks like Netflix is trying to go the same route with the "taste preferencess" thing.
Posted by: user | March 23, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Jinni: I adore it for being able to figure out what I might like to watch on Instant Watch. I just love the way it filters!
IMDB: I always check there before deciding to watch or rent anything. I wish that places like IMDB & Jinni could use the IMDB data so I didn't have to flip back and forth between web pages all the time.
Posted by: TJ | March 24, 2009 at 05:25 PM
this article is a joke, like every other "article" at cnet -- honestly, it's amazing they stay in business. imdb at #5 and netflix at #10? i've been using netflix for 5 years, and imdb for at least 10, and although imdb is a great site for movie *information*, netflix is vastly superior for recommendations if you are at all adventurous in your movie watching.
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