The Cut

Next.js 15 · Prisma · TMDb · AI Summaries · Live app

Project Overview

The Cut is a personal movie and TV ranking app. Score titles out of 100, compare your ratings against IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, and save spoiler-free AI memory joggers — with movies and TV kept strictly separate.

Key Features

Separate rankings — independent catalogs and lists for movies vs TV
1–100 scoring — visual comparison bars vs external ratings
TMDb search — posters and metadata when adding rankings
AI summaries — optional spoiler-free memory joggers from your notes
User accounts — email/password auth with per-user data via NextAuth
One-click backup — export all rankings as JSON from the home page

Architecture

Next.js App Router with server actions, SQLite + Prisma for persistence, and JWT sessions via NextAuth v5. External APIs (TMDb, optional OMDb and Groq/OpenAI) are wrapped in service modules so the UI stays thin.

Run locally

Requires Node.js 20+ and a TMDb API key. From the project folder: npm install, copy .env.example to .env, then npm run db:setup, npm run db:seed, npm run dev — open http://localhost:3000.

My Role

Solo developer. I was responsible for:

Designing the ranking model and separate movie/TV flows
Building TMDb search, scoring UI, and comparison bars
Integrating NextAuth and Prisma with SQLite
Adding optional AI summary generation
Polishing the dark cinematic UI with Framer Motion

Technologies Used

Next.js 15 React 19 TypeScript Prisma NextAuth Tailwind CSS Framer Motion