Making a movie master list

December 4, 2006 6:54 PM

I want to make a list of every movie and book I've ever seen/read. There are a few categorizing apps like this, but nothing I've found is very efficient. Here's my idea and tell me if it's already been done: I can search by genre, actor, director, author, etc and be given a list (preferably with the movie/book cover as a clickable icon), which I can then simply click on to go to my master list. The list then has my choices darkened (and the unclicked ones still light), so I can easily see, say, which Scorsese movie I haven't gotten to yet. Does anything like this exist? If not, it'd be a good project for me to work on (tho probably waaay over my head).
posted by zardoz to computers & internet (8 comments total)

It may not be comprehensive enough for what you need, and the interface leaves a little something to be desired, but I like reader2.com for tracking books.
posted by mykescipark at 6:58 PM on December 4, 2006

This is may not immediately assist you, but Delicious Library is an amazing way to catalog your books, movies, and music collection.

Then again, a single page of sortable tables in (relatively) plain text is equally as elegant. Maybe some php and SQL could satisfy this request.
posted by four panels at 7:19 PM on December 4, 2006

I've seen All Consuming. That site has most of the features you're looking for.
posted by reenum at 8:13 PM on December 4, 2006

I made a half-hearted attempt to use LibraryThing for this purpose, at least as far as books, but got frustrated by the differentiation between different published editions. I know that it can matter what printing you're referring to in a citation, but I don't care whether I read a ragged old copy from 1952 or a 2005 reprint; I just want to know that I read the novel! Are there sites or programs that attempt to address this?
posted by scission at 8:49 PM on December 4, 2006

But when you enter a book on LibraryThing - very easy via ISBN or title search - it only uses the title and author to socially collate data/organise your library. If you want to get anal with publication details you can, but it does a good job on basics too.
posted by einekleine at 4:19 AM on December 5, 2006

If you are able to, join Netflix. Not only does it allow you to brows and rate movies from it's extensive library, it also makes recommendations (most good) based on this information. And, despite the "unlimited movies" fiasco, I love the service.

(As I checked my Netflix account just now and have watched 845+ movies/television series. I'm not sure whether I should be proud or not.)
posted by JeremiahBritt at 6:48 AM on December 5, 2006

Second Librarything - its a very nice service and the guy running it is a cool guy. I found the import from amazon very easy to use, where it just grabs the ISBN numbers and goes.
posted by rsanheim at 10:45 AM on December 5, 2006

Movielens allows you to rate movies you've seen, search by actor, director etc. It's main aim is to predict what you'd like, based on your rated movies.
posted by Cuppatea at 1:44 AM on December 6, 2006