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TasteRay learns what you love, decodes your Taste DNA, and answers with a movie, a series, a book or a game worth your evening. Ones you wouldn’t find on your own. Each with the reason it fits, and for anything you stream or listen to, where it is on the services you already have. Because everything you watch, read and play should be unforgettable.

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wrecked from work, want to feel something

Still from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Already Yours

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20041h 48mMichel Gondry

95% match · IMDb 8.3 · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89

You said wrecked, not numb, and this earns the difference. It asks for the attention you gave Arrival and pays it back the way Aftersun did.

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A shortlist.Not a catalog.

Every other app answers a hard question with ten thousand options. You scroll, you doubt, you settle. TasteRay answers with up to three picks, each with the reason it fits you tonight and where to start. Ask Ray for a book or a game and the shortlist answers in those too.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster

Eternal…

2004 · 1h 48m

You said wrecked, not numb, and this earns the difference. It asks for the attention you gave Arrival and pays it back the way Aftersun did.

95% match · IMDb 8.3 · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89

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Moonlight

2016 · 1h 51m

Three chapters, quiet throughout, and it never asks you to brace for a shock. It carries the tenderness you responded to in Aftersun without the dread underneath.

88% match · IMDb 7.4 · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 99

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Parasite

2019 · 2h 13m

Sharper and funnier than its reputation, and fast enough to hold you when you are tired. The tonal swerve halfway through is the one you liked in The Handmaiden.

84% match · IMDb 8.5 · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 97

Still from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Already Yours

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20041h 48mMichel Gondry

95% match · IMDb 8.3 · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89

You said wrecked, not numb, and this earns the difference. It asks for the attention you gave Arrival and pays it back the way Aftersun did. The structure folds back on itself for the first twenty minutes before it resolves, and at 108 minutes it fits the evening you actually have.

What to watch for

The timeline folds back on itself for the first twenty minutes. Stay with it.

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The match
How closely it lands against your taste, not against what is trending.
The reason
Named before you press play. Not “because you watched”.
Where to watch
Across every service you already pay for.
What to watch for
Slow pace, predictable ending. We say it.

It also tells you what to skip

Same engine, opposite verdict. A low match is a real answer, and no feed will hand you one.

  • Joker poster
    Perfect match

    Joker

    2019 · 2h 2m

    Matches the intensity you go looking for when work has flattened you, and it carries the moral heat of There Will Be Blood. Phoenix is in every scene. Fair warning: it is bleak from the first frame and it does not let up.

    91% match · IMDb 8.3 · Rotten Tomatoes 68% · Metacritic 59

  • A Star Is Born poster
    Skip

    A Star Is Born

    2018 · 2h 16m

    The craft is real, but you have bounced off musical melodrama three times now. It wants the emotional openness Before Sunrise got from you, and you have told us tonight is not that. Save it for a week when it is.

    42% match · IMDb 7.6 · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 88

  • Guardians of the Galaxy poster
    Probably not

    Guardians of the Galaxy

    2014 · 2h 1m

    Fun, and completely wrong for what you asked for. Nothing in it works the way Arrival or Severance did for you. This is the film you put on when you want to feel nothing in particular, which is the opposite of tonight.

    35% match · IMDb 8.0 · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 76

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    Skip

    Her

    2013 · 2h 6m

    Close to your taste on paper and wrong in practice. You have told us twice that lonely-man-narrates films leave you cold, and this is the purest example of the shape: Arrival’s patience without its payoff.

    25% match · IMDb 8.0 · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 91

Books and games,picked the way your movies are.

The Taste DNA built from your movies already knows what you should read next, which game will hold you for a month, and what belongs on the table when four friends come over. The first time you ask Ray for a book, a video game or a board game, he asks four questions about it, and from then on it is part of your answers.

Because you loved

ArrivalAftersunSeveranceBefore Sunrise

Four picks from one profile, for four different evenings.

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster

    Movie

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004 · 1h 48m · Michel Gondry

    Already Yours · Netflix

    It asks for the attention you gave Arrival and pays it back the way Aftersun did.

  • Book

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    2002 · Ted Chiang · Short stories

    Audiobook on Storytel

    The story Arrival grew from, and the rest of the collection comes from the same mind.

  • Video game

    Outer Wilds

    2019 · Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive

    PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch

    A mystery you solve by working out how its world fits together. Twenty-two minutes a loop.

  • Board game

    Wavelength

    2019 · Hague, Vickers, Warsch · 30–45 min

    2–12 players

    Two people trying to read each other, as a party game. Four is a good number for it.

Books, on paper, as e-books or read aloud
Ray asks how you read first: on paper, on a reader or by listening. Ask for the audiobook and he checks which services carry it where you live, from Audible and Storytel to Spotify.
Video games, on what you already own
Ray asks what you play on, then picks from games that run on it. Each pick says what it runs on, and the reason tells you what kind of evening it is.
Board games, for the table you actually have
Ray asks who is coming before he picks: how many of you, how often you play, how complicated you like it, and which games you already own.

Your movies already told Ray what belongs on your shelf.

No title to sell you.

Netflix recommends Netflix. Prime mixes in rentals. Every platform’s algorithm is paid to keep you on that platform. TasteRay owns no catalog, so a pick has exactly one job: being right for you.

No catalog to promote
We do not own a single title, so no pick is ever a house recommendation.
No ads, no sponsored slots
Nothing on the list paid to be there.
Your history is not for sale
It improves your picks and nothing else. Export it any time.

You are the customer, not the inventory.

Say how you feel.Get a shortlist.

Three steps, and no homework. TasteRay never asks you to rate fifty movies first. A few is enough.

  1. Someone under a blanket on a sofa at night, typing into TasteRay on their phone

    wrecked from work, want to feel something

    90 minuteswatching with the kidssomething that wrecks me

    Tell it what you’re feeling

    Describe what you need in plain words. Exhausted and craving wonder. Restless and ready for a challenge. Just say it.

  2. Hands holding a phone with a shortlist, in a dark living room

    Get up to three worth your time

    A shortlist, not three hundred rows. Each title with the reason it fits you and where to stream it.

  3. Someone at home under a blanket, watching in quiet awe
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster
    Added to your favorites

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    You saved it as your personal top.

    Press play

    Two hours later you’re sitting in silence after the credits, wondering how you almost missed it.

92 out of 100 people find a new favorite in their first month.

Measured across 4,200+ people in opt-in research between September 2025 and April 2026. A favorite means a title they rated 8 out of 10 or higher. The method is published on our methodology page.

500,000 long-form reviews
Trained on critics, festival programmers and verified cinephiles. Not view counts.
+1.8 points out of 10
Average user-rated quality above the next-best baseline, tested against Netflix’s algorithm, IMDb top-rated by genre, and a random control.

4.3 on Google Play, from 42 reviews. More than 10,000 downloads.

Reviews from the App Store and Google Play.

“It reads you like a top-tier therapist, then serves up a movie that actually matches your mood and what you need. Not a similar movies search engine. More like a soul reader. I’m sold!”
jakub303App Store review
Rated 5 out of 5
  • Rated 5 out of 5
    IMDb’s generic lists of recommendations or the algorithms of major streaming giants only tell you what is popular - not what is YOU. … Moreover, it articulates the “why” behind every recommendation, making the discovery process feel like a conversation with a film historian rather than a cold database.
    KubrickStareApp Store review
  • Rated 5 out of 5
    Great app for movie recommendations. Give it a bit of time to learn your taste — once it does, it delivers spot-on suggestions based on subtle cinematic nuances, not the usual “people like you also watched” approach.
    mediafunApp Store review
  • Rated 5 out of 5
    Ray was a big help Shout-out to Ray man came in clutch when my girl was coming over helped me pick out a good movie. Night went good she stood over thanks Ray couldn’t have done it without you.
    Vertex WayneGoogle Play review

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I loved Severance. What next?
Two that fit. Dark, a German sci-fi thriller on Netflix, for the same eerie atmosphere and mind-bending twists. Or Devs on Hulu if you want that dread in eight hours instead of three seasons.

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  • Every pick comes back with a match score and the reason your customer sees
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TasteRay answers your customers’ “Is this for me?” and embeds with one line.

Frequently asked questions

The questions everyone asks, answered straight.

TasteRay is your culture and entertainment concierge. You tell it what you're in the mood for, and it guides you to the movie, TV series, book or game you'll still be thinking about next week.

Three steps. You describe your mood. We match it against thousands of titles. You get up to three picks, each with a clear reason why it fits you.

Yes, with a TasteRay account. Books on paper, as e-books and as audiobooks, video games and board games come from the same taste profile as your movies. The first time you ask Ray for one, he asks four quick questions, such as whether you read on paper, on a reader or by listening, or what you play on. For an audiobook he checks which services carry it where you live. For a board game he asks who is at the table first.

In opt-in research across 4,200+ users (September 2025 to April 2026), 92% discovered a new personal favorite within their first month. The full measurement method is documented on the TasteRay methodology page.

Most platforms recommend what keeps you scrolling: what's trending, what's promoted. You get recommendations based on what will genuinely move you. No algorithmic bias. No hidden agendas.

Yes. TasteRay considers everyone's preferences. Date night, family movie night, or a gathering with friends: you'll find something you all enjoy.

Yes. TasteRay is free while in early access, no credit card required. When paid plans launch, pricing is planned at $6.99/month or $69.99/year.

All major streaming services: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+, and more. One search covers every platform you have.

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