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Alternative TCM Frontend

What is this?

This is a simple frontend webpage for checking what movies are available to watch on TCM. It uses TCM's API, but adds filters so you can pare down the list.

How do I use it?

Just click here and give it a try!

Why did you make this?

I find TCM's web interface kind of cumbersome. You can't filter on more than one genre or by release year, and clicking on a movie takes you to a new webpage. I would rather just see a filterable, sortable list of what is available, which is what this page does.

Why isn't there an option to filter by such-and-such?

Go ahead and open an issue! I plan on adding lots more options to this program in case anyone finds them useful.

What is the gimme-tcm-movies.py file?

I originally wrote this program as a Python script, but pretty soon I re-wrote essentially the same functionality in an frontend-only Elm app. I think it is nicer to use that way, but you can still use the original script if you desire.

Just run python gimme-tcm-movies.py --help for basic usage information.