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I kind of wish they wouldn't have changed it years ago...I feel like (as with just about all software 'updates' these days) they continue to remove useful featu

I kind of wish they wouldn't have changed it years ago...I feel like (as with just about all software 'updates' these days) they continue to remove useful features (like the ability to actually browse with a modicum of filter options) in favor of 'curating' results for 'you' and new graphics. I'll continue to use InstantWatcher and other 3rd party resources when I want to find something / browse and then back to Netflix when I know exactly the search term I'm looking for.

endymi0n 11y ago
Shameless self-plug: You might like our site at https://justwatch.com https://justwatch.com - all the filter options at your power and it doesn't make dizzy when scrolling :)
- ohitsdom 11y ago
  Netflix and Amazon Prime- nice! Any plans on integrating Rotten Tomatoes scores?
  - kbenson 11y ago
    Yes please. Alternate list display options are nice as well. Generally I browse instantwatcher for new releases with the short synopsis turned on, which includes star ratings and rotten tomatoes where applicable. And please, no hover info, unless it's in the cover art display, as generally I'm viewing on my phone (unless you correctly identify touch events and count them as a hover). It's surprising how many sites get this aspect of mobile usage wrong.
  - endymi0n 11y ago
    Ratings are on the way, less than a month. The non-optimal UX with the country switcher is due to a significant amount of VPNed users searching for other countries' content in case you were wondering. Still discussing how to improve on that.
  - bjwbell 11y ago
    Amazon Prime - no chromebook or android tablet support :-( Chromebooks, tablets and Arch Linux are all I run. Now I really don't feel bad about pirating.
- themodelplumber 11y ago
  gasp I just selected Netflix and AMP, and then filtered by year to the exact decade I was looking for, on the services I use! I was wishing for this capability just yesterday. This is incredible!!! Thank you.
- disposition2 11y ago
  about 5 seconds on your site and I found more of what I'm looking for than what I imagine would be 5+ minutes of Netflix and 3rd party sites. Thank you for sharing, I'll probably continue to use instantwatcher for finding popular / other people are watching but this site is perfect for drilling down and browsing.
  - endymi0n 11y ago
    Thanks so much - really curious as to the "why" though! Instantwatcher used to be one of our core inspirations, we found them helpful but pretty ugly back then. What are we still lacking compared to them in your eyes?
    - disposition2 11y ago
      So this is based off of limited use of your site but... - ratings from external sources - ability to queue straight from instantwatcher - similar titles - more info about the movie (actors, awards, genres, etc) on the actual movie page All that being said, Netflix should have just used the justwatch UI / UX.
      - endymi0n 11y ago
        Well, that's a pretty big compliment, thanks so much... As for the features, it tells me we're on the right way to add a lot of those things soon - except for queueing that is. Instantwatcher is one of the handful of apps that was deemed useful enough by Netflix to not be cut off from their API back then, so they still have an ability we won't ever have (and don't want to, as we're focused to have a good experience across all VOD providers). Was great getting some input on that, thanks for taking the time.
- IanDrake 11y ago
  Awesome start! I wanted to build something like this but Netflix shut down their API. Here's a list of features I'd like to see if it helps any. I'd like to be able to put movies into three groups, want to watch (watch queue), already seen (with a rating), and "have no interest" in seeing. Then, all my search results would NOT show the movies I've put into one of these three lists, so I only see new content. From the search result list, I can easily put movies into one of my three lists. Also, if your search results could filter out movies based on buy vs rent, since I have no interest in buying movies online. Also, remove pre-releases, I'm not looking for something I can watch in 5 months, I'm looking for things I can watch right now (GOTs season 5 pre-order). I think who ever nails this implementation could be a big winner as we need an online tv-guide more than ever. But so far, I only see ways to have the same movies I seen (or don't want to see) thrown in my face over and over again. As you watch more and more online content, you spend more and more time being offered movies you've already seen and that makes it hard to discover new content in the haystack of stuff you've seen or don't care to see. Hope that helps.
  - endymi0n 11y ago
    Hi Ian, Thanks for the feedback! Rent/Buy filter is already on the short term roadmap. Actually, your main idea is one that we've been dabbling with in various forms close to the one you're describing, as we're mainly dogfooding on the movie discovery UX we'd like to use ourselves. In the end, it's still just the plain WatchList feature you're seeing for time to market reasons, but we're back to the drawing board and will definitely release something similar in the mid term.
- bowlich 11y ago
  Nice. Bookmarked for future use. I was going to say that my biggest complaint about the existing Netflix site is for me (who doesn't keep an ongoing account) is the inability to search for films without first having an account. I can't just browse anonymously, see if Netflix has a particular show available for streaming and then sign up for a month to watch it.
- girvo 11y ago
  I <3 justwatch! I live in Australia, and so I have to have 3 streaming services to get anywhere near the library that even just Netflix has in the US -- being able to search and find what I'm looking for on your site is an absolute god-send, thanks very much! My only feature request would be rather difficult to implement, but I'd love it all the same: Have Foxtel Play's library in there somehow.
- hrayr 11y ago
  Excellent site. Something's wrong with your Apollo 13 listing [1], the Amazon Prime link points to a documentary about Apollo 13, not the movie. [1] https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/apollo-13 https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/apollo-13
  - endymi0n 11y ago
    Dang, that's even my favorite movie, thanks for noticing... Actually, getting a decent title matching rate was a problem that proved to be much harder than anticipated and allowed some false positives like this one to slip through. We don't have the resources to curate the catalog by hand (and honestly we don't even want to), so getting smarter at this is one main focus area for us during the next half of a year!
ajmurmann 11y ago
I agree. You used to be able to sort all movies by how much they think you will like it. What a concept! A little over a year ago I actually wrote a script that used their API to get me just that. Less than a month later they shut down the API... I honestly don't know what use case they are addressing. If I know what I am there to watch I just need a search field. If I don't know then there interface is a disaster. It keeps recommending movies they predict I will give a low rating. At the same time I found that they had "The Master" which I loved in the cinema after browsing the page for at least 10 minutes in order to find something. Most of the 10 minutes were spent looking over different lists that mainly contained the same movies I'd already watched or Netflix agrees I won't like. I also find their rating system to be the worst. I always check at imdb first. Some movies that have 4/10 or fewer starts have 4/5 or even 4.5/5 stars on Netflix. I can only assume that watching certain movies might be more beneficial to Netflix than others.

endymi0n 11y ago

Shameless self-plug: You might like our site at https://justwatch.com https://justwatch.com - all the filter options at your power and it doesn't make dizzy when scrolling :)

ohitsdom 11y ago
Netflix and Amazon Prime- nice! Any plans on integrating Rotten Tomatoes scores?
- kbenson 11y ago
  Yes please. Alternate list display options are nice as well. Generally I browse instantwatcher for new releases with the short synopsis turned on, which includes star ratings and rotten tomatoes where applicable. And please, no hover info, unless it's in the cover art display, as generally I'm viewing on my phone (unless you correctly identify touch events and count them as a hover). It's surprising how many sites get this aspect of mobile usage wrong.
- endymi0n 11y ago
  Ratings are on the way, less than a month. The non-optimal UX with the country switcher is due to a significant amount of VPNed users searching for other countries' content in case you were wondering. Still discussing how to improve on that.
- bjwbell 11y ago
  Amazon Prime - no chromebook or android tablet support :-( Chromebooks, tablets and Arch Linux are all I run. Now I really don't feel bad about pirating.
themodelplumber 11y ago
gasp I just selected Netflix and AMP, and then filtered by year to the exact decade I was looking for, on the services I use! I was wishing for this capability just yesterday. This is incredible!!! Thank you.
disposition2 11y ago
about 5 seconds on your site and I found more of what I'm looking for than what I imagine would be 5+ minutes of Netflix and 3rd party sites. Thank you for sharing, I'll probably continue to use instantwatcher for finding popular / other people are watching but this site is perfect for drilling down and browsing.
- endymi0n 11y ago
  Thanks so much - really curious as to the "why" though! Instantwatcher used to be one of our core inspirations, we found them helpful but pretty ugly back then. What are we still lacking compared to them in your eyes?
  - disposition2 11y ago
    So this is based off of limited use of your site but... - ratings from external sources - ability to queue straight from instantwatcher - similar titles - more info about the movie (actors, awards, genres, etc) on the actual movie page All that being said, Netflix should have just used the justwatch UI / UX.
    - endymi0n 11y ago
      Well, that's a pretty big compliment, thanks so much... As for the features, it tells me we're on the right way to add a lot of those things soon - except for queueing that is. Instantwatcher is one of the handful of apps that was deemed useful enough by Netflix to not be cut off from their API back then, so they still have an ability we won't ever have (and don't want to, as we're focused to have a good experience across all VOD providers). Was great getting some input on that, thanks for taking the time.
IanDrake 11y ago
Awesome start! I wanted to build something like this but Netflix shut down their API. Here's a list of features I'd like to see if it helps any. I'd like to be able to put movies into three groups, want to watch (watch queue), already seen (with a rating), and "have no interest" in seeing. Then, all my search results would NOT show the movies I've put into one of these three lists, so I only see new content. From the search result list, I can easily put movies into one of my three lists. Also, if your search results could filter out movies based on buy vs rent, since I have no interest in buying movies online. Also, remove pre-releases, I'm not looking for something I can watch in 5 months, I'm looking for things I can watch right now (GOTs season 5 pre-order). I think who ever nails this implementation could be a big winner as we need an online tv-guide more than ever. But so far, I only see ways to have the same movies I seen (or don't want to see) thrown in my face over and over again. As you watch more and more online content, you spend more and more time being offered movies you've already seen and that makes it hard to discover new content in the haystack of stuff you've seen or don't care to see. Hope that helps.
- endymi0n 11y ago
  Hi Ian, Thanks for the feedback! Rent/Buy filter is already on the short term roadmap. Actually, your main idea is one that we've been dabbling with in various forms close to the one you're describing, as we're mainly dogfooding on the movie discovery UX we'd like to use ourselves. In the end, it's still just the plain WatchList feature you're seeing for time to market reasons, but we're back to the drawing board and will definitely release something similar in the mid term.
bowlich 11y ago
Nice. Bookmarked for future use. I was going to say that my biggest complaint about the existing Netflix site is for me (who doesn't keep an ongoing account) is the inability to search for films without first having an account. I can't just browse anonymously, see if Netflix has a particular show available for streaming and then sign up for a month to watch it.
girvo 11y ago
I <3 justwatch! I live in Australia, and so I have to have 3 streaming services to get anywhere near the library that even just Netflix has in the US -- being able to search and find what I'm looking for on your site is an absolute god-send, thanks very much! My only feature request would be rather difficult to implement, but I'd love it all the same: Have Foxtel Play's library in there somehow.
hrayr 11y ago
Excellent site. Something's wrong with your Apollo 13 listing [1], the Amazon Prime link points to a documentary about Apollo 13, not the movie. [1] https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/apollo-13 https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/apollo-13
- endymi0n 11y ago
  Dang, that's even my favorite movie, thanks for noticing... Actually, getting a decent title matching rate was a problem that proved to be much harder than anticipated and allowed some false positives like this one to slip through. We don't have the resources to curate the catalog by hand (and honestly we don't even want to), so getting smarter at this is one main focus area for us during the next half of a year!

ajmurmann 11y ago

I agree. You used to be able to sort all movies by how much they think you will like it. What a concept! A little over a year ago I actually wrote a script that used their API to get me just that. Less than a month later they shut down the API... I honestly don't know what use case they are addressing. If I know what I am there to watch I just need a search field. If I don't know then there interface is a disaster. It keeps recommending movies they predict I will give a low rating. At the same time I found that they had "The Master" which I loved in the cinema after browsing the page for at least 10 minutes in order to find something. Most of the 10 minutes were spent looking over different lists that mainly contained the same movies I'd already watched or Netflix agrees I won't like. I also find their rating system to be the worst. I always check at imdb first. Some movies that have 4/10 or fewer starts have 4/5 or even 4.5/5 stars on Netflix. I can only assume that watching certain movies might be more beneficial to Netflix than others.