The principle of Whatismymovie remains simple: you enter the description of your film in English and the site offers you results close to your description. Its database compiles more than 130,000 feature films, some of which date back to the 1930s.
Hollywood dominates, but French, British and Indian films are also indexed. For example, it allowed me to rediscover a film that traumatized me during my childhood: Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Yes, this film with clowns coming from space to eat humans gave me nightmares for weeks.
A French alternative that changes everything: FindMovies
If the English barrier is blocking you from Whatismymovie, there is now a much more accessible solution. FindMovies.eu is a French site powered by artificial intelligence connected to the web which allows you to describe a film directly in French, in your own words. No need to translate, no registration, no account to create. You describe what you remember, and the site offers you a list of matching films. For descriptions in French of French-speaking or little-known films, it is often more effective than its Finnish competitor.
And ChatGPT in all this?
The other major development in recent years is that generative AI has become extremely effective for this type of research. Describing a film to ChatGPT or Claude in French, with all the details you remember, produces good results in most cases. The additional advantage is that the conversation allows us to refine, clarify and eliminate leads. If the first answer is wrong, you can add details and the AI bounces back.
For more complex cases, especially old films or little-known productions, the subreddit r/tipofmytongue remains a very reliable community resource where movie buffs from around the world help identify the most obscure films.
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