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How to get the very best matches from MatchMeAMovie.
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Your first ten minutes

Three steps from a new account to your first matches: genres, streaming services, then a quick calibration.

A new account starts on the Preferences page rather than a wall of movies. That's deliberate: a few quick choices first means the very first page of matches is already about you.

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1. Put your genres in order

On Preferences, drag your movie genres into order, favourites at the top, then press Save Movie Genre Order. This is the engine's starting point, so it matters more than anything else you'll do today. Do the same for TV genres if you watch shows. See Ordering your genres.

Preferences: your genres in order, favourites at the top
Preferences: your genres in order, favourites at the top

2. Choose your streaming services

Further down the same page, tap the services you have. This powers the ✓Free movies only filter and the Where to Watch links. See Streaming services.

3. Calibrate

When both are done, press Next: Calibrate. Pick the era you mostly watch, then rate films you've already seen. Anything you haven't seen, skip. A couple of minutes here gives the engine real evidence instead of guesses. See Calibrate and the quick start.

Calibrate: rate the films you have seen
Calibrate: rate the films you have seen

Then open For You

Your matches are ready in For You. From here on, the best thing you can do is keep interacting with what you see. See The single most useful habit.

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