I Built an AI App That Finds Any Movie From Your Vague Memory

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Ever tried explaining a movie to someone like "there were these kids with spinning tops that fought each other" and nobody knows what you're talking about?

I saw a tweet exactly like this and thought — what if AI could figure it out?

So I built What Did I Watch?

Try it: whatdidiwatch.onrender.com
Source: github.com/SaraTnazari/whatdidIwatch

What It Does

You describe any movie, TV show, cartoon, or anime in your own words — even if your memory is vague, messy, or completely wrong — and AI identifies it. Then it shows you the poster, rating, overview, and where to watch it.

Some examples:

"kids with spinning battle tops" → Beyblade
"fish looking for his son" → Finding Nemo
"guy stuck in the same day over and over" → Groundhog Day
"teenagers with notebooks that kill people" → Death Note

How It Works

User types or speaks a description in any language
The description hits a Flask backend
Claude AI analyzes it and returns up to 5 matches as structured JSON
Each match gets enriched with TMDB data (poster, rating, overview)
Results are shown with confidence levels and watch links

Multi-Language Support

The app works in 20 languages. The frontend has full translations for the UI, and Claude handles language detection and response naturally. Voice input uses the Web Speech API with language-specific recognition.