Turning a vague craving into the right movie — in under a minute.
Moodfy is a French conversational movie & TV discovery app. It replaces genre browsing and endless scrolling with a single chat interface that understands what you're actually in the mood for. Built as a 0→1 solo product — design, code and the matching engine.
01 — Choice paralysis
Picking a movie has become harder than watching one.
Six streaming platforms. Hundreds of thousands of titles. A search that only understands exact names, and a genre browse that lumps No Country for Old Men and Barbie under the same shelves. Every Friday night, the same ritual: twenty minutes of scrolling, a half-hearted compromise, and the feeling that the best part of the evening was already gone.
The tools we use to pick a movie haven't really changed since Blockbuster. The catalog exploded, but the interface stayed the same. That gap is the whole opportunity.
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02 — Mood, not genre
We don't want a genre. We want a feeling.
Nobody says "I want a comedy" — they say "I want something light, but not dumb, and not too long, because we have to get up early." The intent is rich. Every tool we use to act on it is poor.
Words beat filters
Nobody browses anymore. People describe a mood, a craving, an evening — and expect a relevant answer.
Taste ≠ genre
Two “thrillers” can feel nothing alike. Genre is a shelf; taste is the texture between the shelves.
Discovery is social
What a friend loved matters more than what an algorithm predicts. Compatibility is part of the product.
03 — Moodfy
One conversation. Your platforms. Your mood. Your match.
Moodfy replaces the genre browse with a single chat. You tell it what you want — in your words, in your language — and it comes back with a handful of movies or series you can actually watch tonight, with one-line reasons written for your specific request.
Behind the simple interface sits a proprietary taste-scoring engine I designed from scratch. It captures the texture between genres — the dimensions of what people actually mean when they talk about a film — and matches them against a live catalog of thousands of titles across Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Canal+, OCS and Apple TV. The exact recipe stays in the kitchen.
Measured over the private beta: in 95 out of 100 sessions, users actually pressed play on one of the recommendations returned by Moodfy. Not clicks — watches.
04 — A look inside
Calm surface, dense engine.
Every interaction hides complexity behind a single clear action. A few of the key moments — the search, the social layer, and the extension that follows you wherever you watch.
Describe what you're in the mood for — in your own words.
Moodfy reads the full sentence, not the keywords. You can add friends to the query, mix moods and constraints, and always get back a curated list tailored for that exact request.
Your friends' taste, quietly part of the feed.
Add a friend to a search, and Moodfy blends both tastes to find a movie you'll both enjoy. You also get subtle toasts when friends watch or love something — turning every session into a tiny moment of shared discovery.
05 — The little things
A few choices I'm especially proud of — small details that carry a lot of the feeling of the product.
Clarification gate
On vague prompts like 'find me something good', Moodfy asks one smart question before searching — saving time, tokens and frustration.
Conversation persistence
Every search is saved and refinable. You can come back the next day and say 'ok but darker' — context is never lost.
Friend blending
Add a friend to the search and Moodfy averages your tastes to find a movie you'll both actually enjoy watching.
Reason explainability
Each recommendation ships with a one-line reason written for your specific request — not a generic 'because you watched X'.
Smart series progression
For TV shows, Moodfy knows which season you left off on, and recommends the next one — not the pilot, again.
Onboarding as a game
No forms. Just swipe 10 posters like Tinder, and a first taste profile is seeded in under 60 seconds.
06 — Brand & UI
A product that feels calm on purpose.
The whole visual language — dark base, generous negative space, glassmorphic surfaces, soft purple glow — is designed to feel like the opposite of scrolling Netflix. Less shouting. More breathing room. A tool to end the search, not to extend it.
Bricolage Grotesque
Bold display, warm neutral
Dark · purple gradients
Glass everywhere
07 — Where it stands
Live in beta — and shipping weekly.
Moodfy is currently live at moodfy.fr. The chat, onboarding, friend compatibility and series support are all shipped. The roadmap for the coming months: deeper social features, a proper mobile app, and opening the catalog beyond France.
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