Looking for a great movie to watch? Try MovieBot. It recommends great movies, and can have a conversation with you about movies, cast, directors, plots, and more. To get started, just say “Alexa, recommend a movie." Stay in the know about movies, and find out what’s good before you watch them, or before you head to the theater. It’s a fun way to explore IMDb!
Here are some things that you can try with MovieBot.
New Features
Memory: Remembers movie recommendations from previous conversations, and avoids re-recommending them, where possible.
Movie Recommendations
Personalized movie recommendation: “Recommend a movie”. As you chat with MovieBot, it will learn your preferences for actors, directors, and genres, and recommend a movie personalized just for you.
Find the next recommendation: Say “next” if you don’t like the recommended movie, or if you would like to hear the next recommendation. MovieBot will recommend another good movie for you.
Movies by genre: “Suggest action movies”
Movies by actor: “Suggest movies by Tom Hanks”
Movies by director: “Suggest movies by Steven Spielberg”
Movies by genre, and by an actor or a director: “Suggest a comedy by Tom Hanks” or “Suggest an action by Steven Spielberg”
Latest movies by an actor or a director: “Tell me the latest movie by Tom Hanks” or “Tell me recent movies by Steven Spielberg”
Similar movies: “Suggest movies similar to Inception”
Video capabilities on Echo Show/Spot/FireTV
Movie trailers: “Play the trailer for Inception”, and MovieBot will stream the trailer for Inception.
Movie Snapshots: “Recommend a movie.” Besides telling you a movie recommendation personalized just for you, MovieBot will show you the movie poster, ratings, duration, genre, cast, director, and the plot of the movie.
Person Snapshots: “Who is the hero in Inception?” or “Who directed Inception?” or “Tom Hanks”. Besides telling you the name of the person, MovieBot will show you a brief description of the person and the movies for which the person is known for.
Personalization
Learns your preferences: "I don’t like horror movies”, and MovieBot won't recommend a horror movie again. Of course, if you change your mind, you can say “Give me a horror” or “I like horror”, and MovieBot will include horror movies in your recommendations. Similarly, you can also say “I don’t like movies by Tom Hanks” or “I don’t like Inception”.
Conversational Capabilities
Follow-up questions: Ask “Who directed Inception?”, and MovieBot will answer “Christopher Nolan”. Now, you can ask “What else has he directed?”, and MovieBot will recommend other good movies directed by Christopher Nolan.
Recognizing the context: Ask “Who is the hero in Inception?”, and MovieBot will answer “Leonardo DiCaprio”. Now, you can ask “How about Sully?”, and MovieBot will find the hero of the movie Sully, which is Tom Hanks.
Recognizing the person: Ask “Who is Tom Hanks married to?”, and MovieBot will find the name of Tom Hanks’ wife, if he is still married. Then, you can ask “How old is she?”, and MovieBot will tell you her age. Now if you ask “How old is he?”, MovieBot will tell you Tom Hanks’ age.
Understand MovieBot's choices: Ask "Why did you pick this one?”, to learn why MovieBot recommended a specific movie.
Show times/Prime availability
Movie show times: “What are the show times for Inception?”
Amazon Prime availability: "Is Inception available on prime?"
Movie Q&A
Ask MovieBot about the ratings, genre, cast, director, plot, and duration of movies, awards they won, and quotes, trivia, and goofs from them.
Actor Q&A
Ask MovieBot about your favorite actor's birthday, age, height, quotes, zodiac sign, marital status, hometown, and fun facts about the actor.
Say these anytime
“What can you do?”
“Help”
“Stop”
“Repeat”
“Start over”
Let us know your experience with MovieBot. Please leave a comment if you found something you really liked or you feel like throwing rotten tomatoes.
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