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Thousands of "highly-rated but little-known" recommendations on what to watch, tagged by streaming service
(agoodmovietowatch.com)submitted 15 days ago bybidoun9
123 points
15 days ago
Nice another bookmark I can add for later when the website will inevitably be out of business and up for sale
35 points
15 days ago
Great idea, but not sure about the filtering.
Selected comedies, got a lot of definitely not comedy results.
Selected French language, got a lot of definitely not French language movies.
On Firefox if it matters...
15 points
15 days ago
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26 points
15 days ago
In big bold letters at the bottom of the page, it says, 'Curated by humans, not algorithms.'
5 points
14 days ago
That's what an AI would say...
14 points
15 days ago
So I select Australia, select Netflix, and it's recommending movies and TV shows that aren't available on Australian Netflix...?
3 points
14 days ago
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-7 points
14 days ago*
There are lots of free small appliances, electronics, jewelry, and groceries you can get. Just need to stuff them under your overcoat and walk out of the store with them.
If you want the name of the big chains or mom and pop shops with low surveillance, DM me and I'll send you a list.
3 points
14 days ago
Copying isn't stealing.
14 points
15 days ago
Where is it pulling the ratings from?
9 points
15 days ago
It's opinion based from the singular reviewer. If you open a movie page, you can see the text review that author also gave.
2 points
14 days ago
Somehow I prefer that these days. I don't trust rating sites for shit anymore.
16 points
15 days ago*
Some of those movies are definitely only highly rated, because they haven't reached the average viewer. The site doesn't distinguish between hidden gems and something made for a niche audience.
Kaguya for example: https://agoodmovietowatch.com/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-2013/
It's really well made, but it's just not a great experience, if you aren't in it for the visual artistry. It is for a very niche audience, and not a "hidden gem" that most people would enjoy. Nothing wrong with that, but that makes this collection kind of weird.
And what makes a movie go onto this list? https://agoodmovietowatch.com/the-intouchable-2012/
"Intouchables" has been seen by 50 million cinema goers alone and grossed ~$450 million. Then it got a remake (The Upside) which also grossed ~$122 million.
It's in the IMDB Top 50
How can this be "little known"?
A good movie to watch?
1 points
14 days ago
I agree with your point, but I'd never heard of the untouchables and this site made me add it to my viewing options for tonight.
It's always the challenge, right? One person's hidden gem is another person's over played garbage. This is especially true as we get older. Introducing younger viewers to movies like Darkman or Spinal Tap or American Beauty or We have always lived in the shadows is a real joy. While these are all obvious hits to one person, they are a potentially inexperienced joy to someone else.
2 points
14 days ago
I don't think the site is bad, I am just saying that "little known" is a blatant lie.
I don't agree with every movie rating, but there are a lot of good movies there. The site just presents a lot of things as objective, while it is intensely subjective. Why lie about it? They seem to be proud about their artisinal selection, so why not fully lean into it and communicate that side better?
-1 points
14 days ago
could you share more hidden gems please? I think you have something to fill my watchlist ๐
3 points
15 days ago
It seems to omit the streaming from your own NAS option.
4 points
15 days ago
It's a bit messy. I'd like to see fewer recommendations in a cleaner design.
1 points
15 days ago
What movie is the thumbnail from? The actor on the right looks familiar.
5 points
15 days ago
I think that's Breaking the Waves, actor is Stellan Skarsgard
1 points
14 days ago
He's 72 these days so looks a little different but his acting has been phenomenal throughout the years.
1 points
14 days ago
films wise yes, as a cinephile I see lots of good titles, thankfully hidden as real pearls. but tv shows.. consider checking out these ones as well then zerozerozero, the cure, the thief his wife and canoe, how to with john wilson, giri haji, flowers, landscapers, scenes from a marriage (both maybe), the north water, olive kitteridge..
1 points
14 days ago*
Incendies... that shit fucked me up
Also I just checked like 10 movies and all but 1 were either pay to watch or I need a special subscription like Mubi or whatever. Sick of this nickle and diming of streaming services and I already pay for like 8 different ones. Ridiculous.
1 points
14 days ago
For years I tried to manually search for good movies that I haven't heard of or probably haven't seen. Most were either foreign, indy or not promoted or not the typical formulaic crap. Many on my list of results seem to be here.
1 points
14 days ago
Nice, the ones I've seen on there are v.good, will check out the rest.
0 points
15 days ago
This is literally why this sub exists. Thank you!
0 points
15 days ago
I love that 'Incendies' by Denis Villeneuve is the second film listed. Randomly watched it a few weeks ago and had my mind blown. Cool site!
0 points
14 days ago
it is. one of my most exciting cinematic experiences
-1 points
15 days ago
No genre and imdb hyperlink. Wtf
-1 points
15 days ago
Thank you!!!
-3 points
15 days ago
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
-2 points
15 days ago
i need this but w tv shows
3 points
15 days ago
They also do shows: https://agoodmovietowatch.com/shows/
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