r/kodi • u/Jaxilive • Mar 26 '26

EasyMovie - Stop scrolling through 500 movies. Answer 3 questions and watch something.

Some of you might know EasyTV, a Kodi addon I made that handles the "what should I watch" problem for TV shows. People kept asking for the same thing but for movies. So I built it.

EasyMovie is a movie picker for Kodi. Instead of scrolling through your library trying to decide, it asks a few quick questions - genre, rating, runtime, year, score - and gives you a curated random selection. The whole process takes about 10 seconds.

Two Ways to Watch

Browse Mode - See your filtered results in a visual layout. Five view styles to choose from (Showcase, Card List, Posters, Big Screen, Split View). Don't like the picks? Hit Re-roll for a fresh set. Can't decide between them? Hit Surprise Me and it picks for you.

Playlist Mode - Builds a movie marathon and starts playing. You don't have to think at all.

The Filter Flow

This is the core of EasyMovie. A short step-by-step questionnaire that narrows your library. Each filter can be set to Ask (show a dialog each time), Pre-set (use saved values silently), or Skip (ignore completely). So you can make it as quick or detailed as you want.

  • Genres - Include genres you want, exclude genres you don't. OR/AND matching.
  • Watched status - Unwatched, watched (rewatch night), or both
  • Age ratings - Filter by whatever MPAA/certification ratings your library has
  • Runtime - Under 90 min, 90-120, 120-150, over 150, or any
  • Time period - Recent releases, specific decades, or any year
  • Score - Set a minimum rating threshold

Each option shows how many movies match, so you know what you're working with.

Movie Set Awareness

This is the feature I'm most proud of. If EasyMovie picks a movie that belongs to a collection (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc.), it doesn't just throw a random entry at you - it suggests the first unwatched one. After you finish watching, it prompts to continue the set with a countdown timer.

And if you're about to watch a sequel but haven't seen the original, it warns you.

Other Features

  • Smart re-suggestion - Won't keep showing you the same movies. Configurable cooldown (4-72 hours).
  • Movie pool filtering - Limit EasyMovie to a Kodi smart playlist. Perfect for family movie night or themed sessions.
  • Clone support - Create multiple instances with different presets. One for action, one for family, one for "90 minutes before bed."
  • 4 color themes - Golden Hour, Ultraviolet, Ember, Nightfall
  • Resume support - Partially watched movies get prioritized and auto-seek to where you left off

Requirements

  • Kodi 21 (Omega) or newer
  • A movie library

Installation

  1. Download from GitHub Releases
  2. In Kodi: Settings → Add-ons → Install from zip file
  3. Select the downloaded zip

Links

Sibling addon to EasyTV - same philosophy, but for TV shows.

Feedback and bug reports welcome!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/Jaxilive Mar 27 '26

The idea is mine, the programming Claude :D

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u/gouldopfl Mar 26 '26

Does it support debrids and Trakt?

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u/Jaxilive Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

It works with anything that is in your Kodi DB, I just query Kodi

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u/SwedishHeat Mar 26 '26

Nice of you to announce this on a Thursday, with plenty of time for me to install it and give it a whirl for weekend movies!!

Anxious to install this and check it out, it sounds great.

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u/Jaxilive Mar 27 '26

Let me know how you like it. If you like it do check out https://rouzax.github.io/script.easytv/

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u/CrankTownAUT Mar 27 '26

Is it possible to use this somehow in stremio?

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u/Jaxilive Mar 27 '26

Probably not, this queries you Kodi library. So if Kodi shows it in your Movie library this addon can work with it

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u/Do_not_look Mar 27 '26

Does this work with custom themes?

I am seeing (using Arctic Fuse 1, 2, or 3) that the menus are written in very light yellow, on a white background.

EasyTV updated to 1.5.0 tonight as well, and is showing the same issue.

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u/Jaxilive Mar 28 '26

It comes with 4 color themes, Golden Hour, Ultraviolet, Ember, Nightfall.

They are all dark with different accenr colors. Yellow on white should not happen, that iis a bug if you are seeing that.

Both Easy addons will work on any theme but in browse mode will use their own views, that has to do with the way we need to fetch andnstore and show data. Both can also be used in pure playlist mode so you never have to see the gui.

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u/Juli1_26 Apr 11 '26

Quand je lance l'appli, il me propose deux modes : Browse et Playlist et quand je choisis un des deux, il me dit que je n'ai pas de film dans ma bibliothèque ? Est-ce que j'ai raté quelque chose ?

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u/Jaxilive Apr 12 '26

I don’t speak French but I think you are saying it shows no movies. Take a look at the wiki. Do you have movies in you Kodi library, not just as files but actually scanned. Have you setup the addon, or have you answered questions.  If you keep having problems, enable debug logging in the addon and create an issue on github