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Netflix recommendations work really well for some people, not so much for others. Even after using it for a few months, I found the success rate not much bette
by throwaway7767 11y ago
Netflix recommendations work really well for some people, not so much for others.
Even after using it for a few months, I found the success rate not much better than just trawling through imdb new releases lists. Yet a lot of my friends say they the recommendations are pretty spot-on and usually something they enjoy.
- uxcn 11y agoNetflix recommendations have essentially never worked for me. It occasionally identifies a category I might be interested in, but essentially drops the ball on actual content. I think the best film I've seen recommended in a genre was Charlie Victor Romeo. There are still some excellent movies (Primer, Metropolis, Ronin, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, etc...), particularly classics. And the documentaries are probably under appreciated (Genius on Hold, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, both Cosmos, etc...). So, someone is probably paying attention. I have to randomly search for specific things from time to time though. Sometimes sites like https://reddit.com/r/bestofnetflix https://reddit.com/r/bestofnetflix help. One of the bigger problems I've noticed is that some movies tend to be cut short though. It's almost never a director's cut.