We kept watching the same 5–6 “safe” movies with our toddler, because trying anything new often meant tears — a sudden villain, loud crash, or emotional gut punch we didn’t see coming.
So I built TinyViewers: a searchable database that breaks down kids’ movies scene by scene, with age-specific “scary” scores (for ages 2–5) and content warnings.
How it works:
Pulled subtitle .srt files and stored them in postgres DB
Used Claude/GPT to chunk scenes + assess intensity
Assigned age-based scary scores (2, 3, 4, 5)
Built with Supabase + Next.js (using Cursor AI)
Added a UI to be able to analyze movies that aren't in DB currently (hidden behind a passcode)
This was a recurring pain point in our house — figured it might help other parents too.
We kept watching the same 5–6 “safe” movies with our toddler, because trying anything new often meant tears — a sudden villain, loud crash, or emotional gut punch we didn’t see coming.
So I built TinyViewers: a searchable database that breaks down kids’ movies scene by scene, with age-specific “scary” scores (for ages 2–5) and content warnings.
How it works:
Pulled subtitle .srt files and stored them in postgres DB
Used Claude/GPT to chunk scenes + assess intensity
Assigned age-based scary scores (2, 3, 4, 5)
Built with Supabase + Next.js (using Cursor AI)
Added a UI to be able to analyze movies that aren't in DB currently (hidden behind a passcode)
This was a recurring pain point in our house — figured it might help other parents too.
Thanks for this. We've been stuck w/ the same couple "safe" movies so this is helpful! What are your 'safe' movies?
Frozen all the way! This was helpful to expand the spectrum. So trying something more interesting like encanto!
Hope the analysis helps :) lmk what you think!