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MovieDive A MooreMetrics tool

Movie recommendations

Find movies that move you.

12,947 films profiled on 12 dimensions, from sci-fi and romance to cult following. Describe the movie you are in the mood for, or start from films you already love.

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Movies
12,947
Dimensions
12
Scale
−4 to +4

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Two ways to find tonight's movie

Set the dimensions that matter to you and switch off the rest. Zero is the average movie; move toward either end to ask for more or less of a trait.

Science fiction: the future, space, and technology that does not exist yet.

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From −4, No sci-fi, to +4, Pure sci-fi. Zero is the average movie.

How much the film asks of your brain: ideas, ambiguity, and slow burns.

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From −4, Easy watching, to +4, Demanding. Zero is the average movie.

How central a love story is.

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From −4, No romance, to +4, Love story. Zero is the average movie.

Fights, chases, battles, and spectacle.

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From −4, Quiet, to +4, Non-stop action. Zero is the average movie.

Fear, dread, and things that go bump in the night.

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From −4, Not scary, to +4, Terrifying. Zero is the average movie.

Whether the whole family can watch.

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From −4, Adults only, to +4, Family-friendly. Zero is the average movie.

Heists, cons, detectives, and the underworld.

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From −4, No crime, to +4, Crime story. Zero is the average movie.

Sex, drugs, and general excess.

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From −4, Wholesome, to +4, Debauched. Zero is the average movie.

How prominently U.S. minority communities and their stories feature.

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From −4, Less, to +4, More. Zero is the average movie.

Oceans, landscapes, and the natural world on screen.

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From −4, Indoors, to +4, Scenic. Zero is the average movie.

Films with a devoted, offbeat fan base.

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From −4, Mainstream, to +4, Cult classic. Zero is the average movie.

Musicals, concerts, and films built around music.

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From −4, Not musical, to +4, All about music. Zero is the average movie.

How it works

Every movie measured the same way

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    Each movie is profiled

    Every one of the 12,947 films was rated on a long list of questions about its story, tone, and audience.

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    12 dimensions

    A psychometric model condenses those ratings into 12 dimensions, each scaled from −4 to +4 around the average film. The sliders on this page set targets on those same scales.

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    Two ways to match

    Describe what you want finds the movies whose profile sits closest to your settings. Start from movies you like finds the films whose full rating profile correlates most strongly with the ones you named.

The data behind MovieDive is available through the MooreMetrics API.