RekkoBot: what to watch tonight

An evening, a sofa, and forty minutes of scrolling a catalog instead of watching a film. Sound familiar? RekkoBot exists to end that: it asks a few things and suggests what to watch. 🍿

This is the recommendation bot of the Okko online cinema. It introduces itself as someone who loves digging through a huge film library and promises to pick movies, series, and even lectures.

Two ways to find a film

With /start the bot offers a choice: a personal recommendation or a random one. The first suits you when you want an exact hit, the second when you cannot be bothered to think.

• Personal selection. The bot asks questions and searches by your answers.
• Random pick. A couple of films without extra talk.
• The /random command. Shows a random film from the catalog.

What the bot asks about

According to reports at launch, there can be about ten questions, and each next one depends on your previous answer. Criteria include country of production, genre, director, audio track language, and subtitles.

There is a mood question too. It helps: the same person wants quite different films on different evenings. 🎭

What you can find

At launch the database held tens of thousands of films, series, and programs from the cinema's library. The bot searches that library rather than the whole internet, so recommendations are tied to what Okko has.

Besides movies and series, it can suggest lectures. That is a nice find for people who watch to learn, not only to be entertained.

Getting a sharper selection

1. Do not skip questions: more answers give a more accurate list.
2. Answer for tonight's mood, not out of habit.
3. If you did not like the result, restart the bot and change one answer.
4. For a spontaneous evening, use /random.

The bot does not know your tastes beforehand and does not read your watch history. It relies only on what you tell it.

A title is not a ticket

A recommendation is a title and a description. After that you decide where to watch: availability depends on subscription, region, and screening rights. The bot suggests what to look for, but does not promise the film will be free.

Check the age rating before you watch, especially with children. 🎬

Watching as a group

When choosing for a group, let everyone answer one question in turn. The selection becomes a compromise, and fewer people get bored halfway through.

Add a rule: the first suggested film gets at least twenty minutes before anyone decides. It saves evenings from endless arguments. 🛋️

Lectures from the selection suit solo evenings: they are shorter than a film and need less commitment.

Who finds it handy

People tired of choosing and groups where everyone pulls a different way. The bot flips the coin for you and gives the evening back its purpose.

If you want a detailed database of actors and directors with critic ratings, that is a different kind of service. Here the task is simpler: choose what to watch today.