Netflix is one of the world’s most popular destinations for TV and film lovers, but the service’s confusing ‘browse’ page can be a nightmare to navigate.
Now a simple website has made it easier than ever to pick your way through Netflix’s vast catalogue of content.
‘Flixable’ is a Netflix search engine that lets you quickly narrow down your choices by rating, genre and release date.
The free site also keeps a detailed log of what’s added and removed from the service to make it easier to keep up with newly uploaded titles.
A simple website has made it easier than ever to pick your way through Netflix’s vast catalogue of content. ‘Flixable’ (pictured) is a Netflix search engine that lets you quickly narrow down your choices by rating, genre and release date
Developed by Finnish programmer Ville Salminen, Flixable works for both the US and UK versions of Netflix.
He created the site and posted a link on Reddit after a user complained: ‘Why doesn’t Netflix have a decent way to browse content? I feel like i’m fairly stuck with the 50-100 titles shown to me on the homescreen, why can’t I browse their thousands of titles that they do they have outside of a search bar? why do I have to know the shows name to find it?’
Within hours of sharing his site, Mr Salminen had attracted three million page hits as users flocked to his site.
In a comment under the link, Reddit user StaplerLivesMatter wrote: ‘Just spending two minutes with this is enough to show just how unbelievably bloated, slow, and inefficient the Netflix UI has become.’
User ScoobySmackz commented: ‘Within 1 minute of being on that site I saw movies I had no idea were added that I wanted to see more than the movies Netflix recommends to me…well done sir’.
Netflix’s ‘browse’ page is driven by an algorithm that serves you suggestions based on your viewing history.
This means it’s possible for many users to miss many of the thousands of titles available to them.
The site has sections dedicated to Netflix originals (pictured), titles that will soon leave the platform, and a ‘popular’ section that reveals the most-watched shows and movies of the day, week and month
Netflix is one of the world’s most popular destinations for TV and film lovers, but the service’s confusing ‘browse’ pages (pictured) can be a nightmare to navigate
Flixable fixes this by adding more options to Netflix’s browse feature.
The site lets you search Netlix’s impressive range of original content as well as its catalogue of independent and studio-produced TV and film.
It has a slide-able date bar to help you narrow down searches, and also lets you hunt by genre and rating.
The site has sections dedicated to Netflix originals, titles that will soon leave the platform, and a ‘popular’ section that reveals the most-watched shows and movies of the day, week and month.
It also has a traditional search bar that allows users to hunt by title, actor or keyword.
It has a slide-able date bar to help you narrow down searches, and also lets you hunt by genre and rating. Pictured is a search for British TV shows made between 1900 and 2018 with an IMDB rating above eight and ordered by release year
Netflix’s ‘browse’ page is driven by an algorithm that serves you suggestions based on your viewing history. This means it’s possible for many users to miss a vast amount of the content available (stock image)