Discover best films on Wikipedia

LOVELESS · 2017, Russia

PARIS, TEXAS · 1984, Germany

THE TERRITORY · 2022, Brazil

PERSONA · 1966, Sweden

JIGARTHANDA DOUBLEX · 2023, India

Thousands of critically acclaimed films on Wikipedia with unique stories, great cast performances, cinematography, screenplays, direction, and dialogues you won't find recommended anywhere else.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME · 2017, United States

When the recommendation algorithms fail me, I turn to Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd lists, and strangers on Reddit for movie recommendations. Yet, despite their high ratings and frequent mention by people, I still often end up dissatisfied.

Then I started to notice a pattern among the few movies that I totally enjoyed: every single one of their Wikipedia article mentions the phrase "critical acclaim". It's weird.

And that got me wondering: what if there are many more like them on Wikipedia, and I would enjoy all of them? Hell yeah.

So I wrote a Python script and let it do its thing for 3 hours on the entire 150GB English archive of Wikipedia. The result? Over 1,000 films, from 75 countries, across 19 genres, dating back to 1910.

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FAQ

How does the curation process work?

I search all Wikipedia articles for the phrases "critical acclaim" or "critically acclaimed". This gives me over 1,600 films. Then, I go through each article to make sure the phrases actually refer to the film itself and that the article isn't too short or lacking substance(See here)

Is this a movie streaming service?

No. If you play around in Discover page, you will see that clicking the posters will only bring you to their Wikipedia article. You cannot stream or download them on this website.

What's in the Complete Collection?

It contains all the critically acclaimed films on Wikipedia at the time of your purchase.

It's updated every month Wikipedia updates its archives. If you bought the Complete Collection and wanted updates on any new critically acclaimed movies that appeared on Wikipedia henceforth, you'd have to subscribe to the monthly newsletter.

After your purchase, you will receive a license key in your email inbox, and you have to enter the key on Activate page. This will download the collection and load it on Discover page. Don't worry, the email will have much detailed instructions.

Note: If you purchase the Complete Collection now, you'll get free lifetime access to the Monthly Collection when it launches.

What about the Monthly Collection subscription?

Every month I will find new critically acclaimed films appearing on Wikipedia and share them in a Substack newsletter.