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PopcornPicks🍿: Your Destination for Movie Recommendations

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PopcornPicks is more than just a movie recommender system; it's a gateway to a world of cinematic adventures. With an ever-expanding library of films and a powerful recommendation algorithm, PopcornPicks is here to transform the way you discover, enjoy, and connect with movies.

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Why use PopcornPicks?

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PopcornPicks: Your movie recommender! Input movies, get tailored suggestions, and share via email. Elevate your movie choices effortlessly!

  • Efficient: Lightning-fast recommendations for movie buffs! 🚀
  • Adaptable: Tailor the recommendations to your taste.
  • Accessible: Works across all platforms and shells.
  • Insightful: Get movie insights at a glance.
  • Comprehensive: Supports a wide array of user-preferred movies.
  • Simple: Easy installation and setup – start discovering great movies in no time!"

Documentation

Checkout for project documentation at our wiki page

Project Presentation Video

You can see the project presentation at - https://youtu.be/ymAo_zXfZ0c

Project Description

PopcornPicks is a user-friendly movie recommender that curates a tailored list of 10 movie predictions based on user-provided movie preferences. Users can input their favorite movies, and our algorithm refines recommendations based on feedback—Liked, Disliked, or Yet To Watch. Additionally, PopcornPicks offers the convenience of emailing the recommended movies, enhancing the movie-watching experience. For the system architecture and other details, please refer to our wiki page

Core Applications of the Project

Movie Recommendation Mechanism

The user selects upto 5 movies to get a tailored watchlist and provide feedback for the same

Email Notifier

The user sends his/her movies feedback via an email (Notify Me button)

Email Notifier Email

Project 2 Delta

Check out the significant changes that we made for Project 2 here

Tech stack Used👨‍💻:

Getting Started

Step 1: Git Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/adipai/PopcornPicks.git

(OR) Download the .zip file on your local machine from the following link

https://github.com/adipai/PopcornPicks

Step 2: Follow the setup instructions in the wiki documentation

https://github.com/adipai/PopcornPicks/wiki/Installation-and-setup

Finally, start enjoying personalized movie recommendations!

Future Scope

PopcornPicks is a dynamic project with endless possibilities for expansion and enhancement. Here are some exciting avenues for future development:

  1. User Profiles and Preferences: Implement user profiles where users can save their preferences, ratings, and watch history for a more personalized movie discovery experience.

  2. Integration with Streaming Services: Integrate with popular streaming services to provide real-time availability information and seamless access to recommended movies.

  3. Movie Reviews and Ratings: Allow users to write and read movie reviews and ratings, fostering a community of film critics and enthusiasts.

  4. Improved Recommendation Algorithm: Enhance the recommendation engine with more advanced machine learning models and collaborative filtering techniques to provide even more accurate and personalized movie suggestions.

The future of PopcornPicks is full of potential, and we invite developers, movie lovers, and anyone passionate about cinema to join us in making this platform the ultimate movie companion.

Contribute to the Project!

Please refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md if you want to contribute to the PopcornPicks source code. Follow all the guidelines mentioned in the same and raise a pull request, we would love to look at it ❤️❤️!

Contributors

Aditya Pai Brahmavar
Ananya Mantravadi
Rishi Singhal
Samarth Shetty

Contact

In case of any issues, please e-mail your queries to popcornpicks504@gmail.com or raise an issue on this repository.

Join the PopcornPicks Community:

Contribute to the project and help us improve recommendations. Share your experience and film discoveries with us. Together, let's make PopcornPicks the ultimate movie companion! PopcornPicks is more than just code; it's a passion for cinema, and we invite you to be a part of this exciting journey. Start exploring, sharing, and discovering movies like never before with PopcornPicks! Let's make movie nights extraordinary together!

License

This project is under the MIT License.

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