Rate everything . Rate stuff that you watched ages ago and dont intend to ever rewatch . Rate things that look unappealing . Rate things that you stopped watching in the middle because they were mediocre at bestRate things you liked . Netflix bases their recommendations on user input . Give them as much input as possible to know what you like and what you do not like . Look through related titles of your favourite movies and shows and see what netflix has . Search stuff even if you know its not on netflix to see the similar content that is on netflix and add anything that looks interesting to your watch listnetflix makes reccomendations based on watch list tooOnce you rate everything you will start seeing suggestions related to things you rated