Problem & interest:

• Multiple Reddit threads (r/movies, r/ideas, r/androidapps, r/ios, r/Showerthoughts) repeatedly ask for a “Shazam for movies/TV”. Posts receive dozens-to-hundreds of up-votes, showing real pull, not push, demand.
• Show HN 2024-02 (WhatMovie) got traction on HackerNews (“I built a Shazam for movies”), indicating hacker/early-adopter curiosity.

Keyword data (tool output):

• “shazam for movies” – 720 searches/mo, difficulty 11 (low)
• “what movie is this” – 4 400 searches/mo, difficulty 28 (below 30)
• “find a movie by describing it” – 3 600 searches/mo, difficulty 10 => ≥2 keywords above 500 SV and <30 difficulty → passes quantitative bar.

Competitive landscape:

• Active apps: Movineder (Android/iOS, ~8 000 installs, RapidAPI listing for paid API tiers), ClipFix (iOS & Android), Voola (iOS 2025), TRACE (wait-list), WhatMovie.net, FilmSpot, Movsea etc.
• These are predominantly indie or early-stage; no big-tech incumbent dominates yet; SERPs still show Reddit & App Store pages at top positions – low SEO saturation.
• Monetisation signals: Movineder sells API on RapidAPI (paid tiers), ClipFix offers ‘Pro’ IAP, WhatMovie advertises future subscription plan. Peopl...