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Handpicked: Movies by People
Discover movies fast and easy based on unique human tastes
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Discover movies fast and easy based on unique human tastes
3 followers
Looking for a movie, but tired of scrolling lists and reading threads? What you want is a person saying watch this. Handpicked is full of them. One deck of cards. Each card is a movie someone posted, with a pitch on why you should watch it. The deck is shuffled, not ranked: no algorithm decides what comes next, and no one is louder than anyone else.
My partner and I have been watching movies regularly for three years. Over time, it has become more than a hobby. However, choosing what to watch has always been a struggle.
Ratings can hint at a movie’s overall quality, but they are not enough to tell us whether it fits our taste or our mood. Lists and reviews on social platforms are helpful, but scrolling through them can be tiring, especially after a busy workday. Meanwhile, streaming platforms keep showing the same movies again and again.
We just want someone to tell us what to watch, and why.
For example, we knew The Florida Project had a high IMDb score and thousands of reviews on Letterboxd, but it wasn’t on our watchlist. Then somebody told us, “You should definitely watch it. It has one of the best child performances I’ve ever seen.” At that moment, we knew we wanted to watch it, and now it is one of our favorites.
Handpicked is full of them. It is one deck of cards. Each card is a movie someone posted, with a pitch on why you should watch it. The deck is shuffled, not ranked. No algorithm decides what comes next, and no one is louder than anyone else.
No likes or dislikes, no followers, no profiles. Its only purpose is to show real picks from real people, along with their takes.
Handpicked is free, with no ads and no subscription.
We asked the r/moviecritic subreddit one question: “What’s the one film you keep telling people to watch?” Hundreds of people answered with a film and a reason. With their permission, those answers became the first cards in the deck. The deck keeps growing as more people post their picks.