Every movie recommender I've come accross gives pretty similar answers which completely misunderstand what I think of when I mean "similar". What the recommenders think I mean is "Give me a movie that has similar topic keywords, or same star, or same director", whereas what I mean is "Give me a movie that gives me these same sensations".

For instance, a movie I really like and often think "I'm in the mood for a movie like that" about is Margin Call. It's all slick night time looking, happens in a condensed span of time, feels very Manhattan and business class. When I watch it I feel like I can hear the pulse of the city. There's an ASMR like quality to it in my opinion. It's all plush and expensive feeling.

But what does every recommender tell me? Watch Big Short, or Inside Job. One is a brash franticly hand held comedy with popping colors, and the other is a documentary. But because they came out at the same time about the same topic, recommenders think that's a good choice. A much better choice would be Michael Clayton, which is a different year, different topic, different director, etc, but has many tactile similarities to Margin Call, as I describe them above.

Is anybody working on or has already provided an ML based tool which somehow measures "vibe"? Maybe it's color palette, or edit speed, or score key, or any of that stuff? I'd be interested.