At Stage and Cinema, we’re spoiled for choice. Every year, hundreds upon hundreds of films come across our desks—features, documentaries, animated films, festival favorites, indie productions, shorts, foreign films… you name it. We do our best to watch as many as humanly possible, but there’s only so much time in the day.

And let’s be honest: not every movie deserves two hours of your life.

Even when we’re looking for something to watch ourselves, the problem usually isn’t a lack of options. It’s the opposite. Spend five minutes on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+, or Apple TV, and suddenly you’ve spent forty-five minutes scrolling instead of actually watching something.

That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to discover Help Me Pick a Movie, the place where you can find movies to watch.

Unlike recommendation sites that simply throw endless lists at you, this one begins with six quick questions. It asks about your mood, your favorite genre, the era you’re in the mood for, how much time you have, who you’re watching with, and a movie you already love. From there, its AI suggests five films tailored to your tastes.

Each recommendation comes with its IMDb rating, a short explanation of why it was selected, a direct link to its IMDb page if you’d like to learn more, and—perhaps best of all—a list of the streaming services where it’s currently available. Instead of wondering whether a recommendation is buried on some platform you don’t subscribe to, you immediately know where you can watch it.

That’s what I appreciate most about the site. It isn’t trying to overwhelm you with hundreds of possibilities. It’s trying to solve a very modern problem: decision fatigue. I tried it myself and the very first recommendation based on my choices was perfect: Billy Wilder’s The Apartment (and I even listed Get Out as one of my favorite recent movies—how weird is that?

There’s no need to create an account just to use it, either. If you’re the type who likes keeping track of what you’ve watched, you can sign up for a free account to build a watchlist, rate movies, and receive recommendations that become more personalized over time. But if all you want is an answer to the nightly question, “What should we watch?” you can jump right in.

As someone who spends a good portion of his life watching movies professionally, I can tell you there’s a difference between discovering a film and simply scrolling until you give up. The former is exciting. The latter is exhausting.

No recommendation engine will ever replace your own instincts—or a trusted critic—but a smart tool that helps narrow the field? That’s something I can wholeheartedly recommend.

So while Stage and Cinema can’t review every film released each year—or save you from every cinematic dud—I can recommend one thing with confidence: if you’ve ever wasted more time choosing a movie than watching one, Help Me Pick a Movie is well worth bookmarking.