Employee
•
17.2K Messages
•
310.1K Points
Introducing: Interests on Web
We are excited to announce the global launch of “Interests” on the IMDb website, providing entertainment fans a new way to explore their passions and personalize their IMDb experience.
Interests are single hub dedicated to a genre or subgenre to explore popular and highly rated series and movies. Using Interests you can discover the most anticipated releases, popular favorites, and watch new trailers, interviews and IMDb Original Videos.
Interests for each title are listed alphabetically on the title page header first by subgenre and then by genre, and on the Popular interests widget that appears on the IMDb homepage.
To see a full list of all available Interests, visit http://www.imdb.com/interest/all in your web browser. For customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, you can also search for any Interest using the Search box at the top of IMDb.com. We are working to add search capabilities to more regions soon.
Adding interests is currently only available on the IMDb iOS App and the IMDb Android App. The ability to follow interests will be coming to IMDb.com at a later date.
For more information about “Interests”, please review our Help Guide.
Thanks as always for all your feedback – please feel free to post your questions and comments to this thread.
- The IMDb Team
Peter_pbn
Champion
•
14.2K Messages
•
328K Points
1 month ago
I don't see this yet.
1
plur62
252 Messages
•
5.7K Points
1 month ago
I really don't like that the genre and the subgenre are sticked together, I hope that in the next update you will separate the subgenre from the genre, i.e. put the subgenre in a different place because this doesn't look good at all. Also, subgenre can be a spoiler. Truly unnecessary.
(edited)
2
Coyote444
36 Messages
•
598 Points
1 month ago
WARNING: bit of humor (not rudeness) ahead. Warning since it may not transpire as intended, so read more "tongue in cheek" and not insulting, ok? Ok!)
This is a first for me! When were they added? I did a search here and I see questions dating to 2022.
Never came across a movie with so many as I did now in:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/
Also how many sub/genres total can a movie have? When is it too many?
IDK about anyone else, but I like things simple. I like ONE genre but I (finally) got used to 3 and now there's a bazillion genres?
Btw, I find the "drama" is overused and abused.
Maybe a pop up to block users before allowed to post, saying "this is what a drama is.... are you sure?"
Every movie has some kind of boy-girl-meets-dates but is NOT romance genre. Isn't that CONFUSING and going a bit overboard??
Shouldn't there be a limit on genre-ing?
I find a LOT of contributors are MISGENRING films!
(Who agrees?)
The abuse on the "drama" when it's "thriller" or "horror" is out of control.
Considering the genres are in alphabeitcal order, when they ought to be (IMHO) by PRIORITY, and only 3 are displayed (or were, until I found the above) it's all...so...very.... first world problems, no? (But still! Important!)
Back to the new subgenres:
Can normal people (me) simply not add them? Are they reserved to IMDb staff or superpowered users?
I find that they give away the surprise plot, for instance "Body Horror" (!) Really?
(I was perusing an old show (don't ask, K?!) , if anyone were to add that, series be completely SPOILED!)
I mean my favorite subgenre (and IDK if you have it) has always been Time-Travel. Ok I see you have that in *some* films. You have it in
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694
but you don't have it in:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035423
and I cannot add it (I'm normal, not super-powered!) <G>
And "Feel-Good Romance" I think is insulting: it tells people how they're supposed to feel when viewing it.
Scratch that: it's a SPOILER: we'll then know the movie ends well, "aww" and might be borderline meaning "cheese"!
Also by "Tragedy" ...am I the only one who reads "Melodrama"? (As in "let me go get my violin!")
Is Melodrama a subgenre? Surely it has to be! This cheesy melodrama comes to mind:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/
(Sorry if you like it, but hey it won Oscars so it's fair game for those of us who can't stand the film!)
Will "cheesy" be a genre and "CHEESY MELODRAMA" a subgenre?
<G> as in: Warning: cheese ahead!
I propose it be! Who will second me? ;-D (I kid, I kid!!) (No, I don't!)
Actually, it's prob best it won't be: imagine the overuse worse than "Drama".
And today I find when I go grab the URL at imdb, there's a lot more of long stuff that I need to delete (like on eBay past the item number!) past the "?", stuff I always ignore. Why is it a mile long now?? It wasn't like that yesterday, as I was working with stuff and routinely delete the "extra".
Sorry for so many questions. Feel free to tackle as many as you can.
Thanks for reading and (hopefully/mabye?) answering.
------------------------------
PS: WHAAA...??
https://www.imdb.com/interest/in0000037/
^High Concept comedy??
Look I may be overstepping things here, but to me a GENRE is a SIMPLE WORD to state WHAT you're in the mood for! That's it! "let's go see a comedy!" As opposed to horror or action, or drama. I don't know about you , but I don't know anyone who has friends who say "Yeah, but let's make it a High Concept comedy!" cos we all be like 'huh?" and they be booted off the friendship club for being pedantic!
What is the meaning behind all this? Considering that SPECTRUM appears to grab IMDb's info (for on-screen TV guide. and genres for its OnDemand classifications) and so does Google, are they now going to repeat this nonsense ah, uh..I mean... upgraded genre stuff??
I'm sorry but, if I may put it plainly without (too many) people getting offended, it's just plain: (modern)
CRAZY MAKING!!!
There, I said it.
11
plur62
252 Messages
•
5.7K Points
25 days ago
The subgenre is usually listed before the genre, but not in the case of "Holiday", which is placed between genres or at the end of a line. it looks messy.
1
Coyote444
36 Messages
•
598 Points
23 days ago
If I may, I'd like to propose a couple new sub-genres, for your consideration:
formulaic and extreme-formulaic.
(A polite way to say: "You've seen one, you've seen them all!") Examples:
Formulaic:
Bewitched
Columbo
Extreme Formulaic:
Dead Files
Ghost Adventures
Possibly all reality shows (most likely Housewives shows etc. I've only seen the promos.)
Why:
Darrin bickers with and is taunted by Endora, made an animal, loses his job, Sam intervenes, gets his job back at the end, but is never promoted. Darrin gets mad at Sam for using magic but she does anyway; confusion between Sam & Serena, Larry says "You son of a gun!" Aunt Clara does cute stuff etc. But with some cool music effects and visual effects in between.
Bad guy commits crime in huge spoiler within first 5. Columbo arrives on the scene. Instantly knows who the killer is (he musta watched the intro along with all of us!); zeroes in on bad guy; bad guy/gal has smug, smug attitude; is annoyed by Columbo, who does his awkward shtick and solves murder at the end.
The 2 reality ones above are word-for-word the same exact thing, episode after episode.
So, what do you guys think?
4
dan_dassow
Champion
•
19.3K Messages
•
475.5K Points
23 days ago
@Michelle , et al,
FYI: You may be interested in this IMDb Poll:
Best Interest
https://www.imdb.com/poll/6wIZENknXIQ/
The listed titles are only examples.
0
NYVKE
713 Messages
•
7.9K Points
18 days ago
This feature is clearly a work in process and needs some straightening out around the edges, but it is a good feature.
We have been crying for subgenres for 10+ years, so let's be grateful.
0
NYVKE
713 Messages
•
7.9K Points
18 days ago
@Michelle , @Col_Needham
Neo-Noir appears to be glaringly absent.
Please consider its inclusion.
0
KIMHYESOO
2 Messages
•
70 Points
18 days ago
What criteria are used to determine the order in which the genres of a drama are listed? There are cases where multiple genres are listed for a single drama. What is the basis for the order in which these genres appear? For example, the drama "Sunjae Eobgo Tweeeo" is categorized under six genres: Feel-good romance, Romantic comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, and Romance.
1
0