Discovering & Exploring With Filters
SIMKL v2 Advanced Filter Features
SIMKL v2 introduces powerful advanced filters that go far beyond basic “watched / not watched” sorting.
These filters are designed to help you discover smarter, clean your lists, avoid unwanted titles, and compare taste differences all without manually removing anything.
Advanced Filters Feature
Movies FiltersTV Shows FiltersAnime FiltersCustom Lists FiltersExclude My Custom Lists
Exclude My Custom Lists is an advanced SIMKL v2 filter that lets you hide specific titles from your results without deleting them or modifying your lists.
Think of it as a Not Interested Feature:
This is especially powerful for discovery, recommendations, and auto lists where you want cleaner, more relevant results.
How It Works (Step-by-Step)
1. Create or use an existing Regular Custom List
Creating custom lists
Lists can be public or private
Examples:
Movies I’m Not Interested In
Anime I Dropped Forever
Top 100 Movies I Rewatch All the Time
Weirdo Movies for Beginners
Long-Running Anime That I am not interested in
You can also use lists you follow, not just lists you created.
2. Open any SIMKL Page For Exploring Titles
This filter works inside any page that has v2 Filters enabled:
Discover Page
Recommendations
Auto Lists
Regular Lists
Watchlists
3. Select lists from Exclude My Custom Lists Filter
Expand Exclude My Custom Lists
Start typing or select one or more lists
You can currently exclude up to 4 custom lists at once
4. See Results Instantly Update
Every title that exists in the selected lists is removed/hidden from view
This happens in real time
No refresh, no reload
You can also save it as a layout.
Why This Exclude Lists Feature Is So Powerful
Most platforms let you “block genres” or “hide titles,” but SIMKL goes further:
You’re not filtering by “category”: You decide exactly what disappears/hide, based on your own personal lists.
You keep your tracking history: Nothing is deleted.,You simply say: “Don’t show me anything from these lists right now.”
It works everywhere: Discover, Recommendations, Auto Lists, Saved Layouts all clean.
It’s flexible: Use your own custom lists OR lists you follow.
You can combine up to 4 lists: Perfect for multi-layered filtering, Hide remakes + hide long runners + hide documentaries + hide holiday movies.
This is personalized content control at a level most alternative apps don’t offer.
Examples of few use cases:
Hide your list of remade series and view only originals.
Exclude your “Ghibli Favorites” list to discover non-Ghibli anime.
Exclude “Long Anime” (One Piece, Naruto) to find short, bingeable shows.
Not in a “Marvel or DC marathon” mood? Exclude the franchise list.
Exclude documentaries when you want only fun content.
Hide Christmas or Halloween lists outside their season.
The Exclude My Custom Lists feature is one of the most advanced personalization tools SIMKL offers. It gives you total control over what you see , without affecting your lists, your watch history, or your stats.
Moderator Filters
Moderator Filters are designed to surface titles that are missing, incomplete, or broken metadata on SIMKL.
They are available across TV Shows, Movies, and Anime and are especially useful for moderators, contributors, and power users who care about clean data, better discovery, and high-quality lists.
Unlike regular discovery filters, these focus on what’s missing, not what’s popular.
What Do Moderator Filters Do?
Moderator Filters let you quickly find titles that are missing important information such as posters, summaries, trailers, or external database IDs (IMDb, TMDB, TVDB, etc.).
This makes it easy to:
Spot metadata gaps
Fix broken entries
Improve discovery quality
Clean up auto-lists and recommendations
Available Moderator Filters
You can filter titles that have missing or hidden data, including:
Visual & Media Assets
No Poster – Titles missing a main poster
No Fanart – Titles without background artwork
No Trailer – No video trailer available
Content & Metadata
No Summary / No About – Missing description or overview
No DVD Date – Release or physical media date missing
External Database Links
No IMDb – IMDb ID not connected
No TMDB – TMDB ID missing
No TVDB – TVDB ID missing
No MAL (Anime only) – MyAnimeList ID missing
Visibility Status
Hidden from Search – Titles intentionally hidden from public search results
Who Are Moderator Filters For?
These filters are especially valuable for:
Even regular users benefit indirectly, because better data = better recommendations.
Practical Use Cases
Data Cleanup & Moderation
Find popular movies without posters and prioritize fixes
Locate shows missing summaries before they appear in recommendations
Identify titles without IMDb / TMDB / TVDB for proper linking
List Quality Control
Audit large auto-lists for incomplete entries
Remove low-quality or unfinished titles from curated collections
Combine with sorting (Rank / Popularity) to fix high-impact titles first
Discovery Improvements
Surface titles hidden from search for review
Avoid recommending incomplete entries to new users
Keep SIMKL discovery clean and trustworthy
When used together with Advanced Filters, sorting options, and saved layouts, Moderator Filters become a professional-grade moderation and curation tool.
Pro Tip: Combine Moderator Filters + Sort by Rank/Popularity to catch the most impactful missing data first, fixing one popular title can improve thousands of user recommendations instantly.
Compare With Friends Watchlists
Compare WatchlistsWatch Party With FriendsSIMKL’s friend comparison and rating filters turn your watchlists into a powerful discovery and decision-making tool. Instead of guessing what to watch next—or endlessly scrolling—you can instantly compare your activity with your friends and filter results based on ratings, watch status, and recency.
This feature is available across Movies, TV Shows, and Anime.
What Does This Feature Do?
This filter lets you compare your watch data against your friends’ data in real time.
Instead of asking:
“What should we watch together?”
SIMKL shows you the answer visually, based on actual viewing history, ratings, and last watched activity.
You can:
Compare watch status
Compare ratings (yours, your friend’s)
Sort titles based on who watched what and when
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