I did a similar thing with ChatGPT-4o giving it a txt file list of movie names, and it returned the release date of each one, then gave me an iCal file of all those movies with their release dates as recurring yearly anniversary events so I can watch my favorite movies on their anniversary.
I’ve done it for a few friends as well now and it’s got a 100% success rate so far, across over 100 total movie names.
To bad that wouldn't work for good music albums. For many years (still, maybe?) albums would come out on Tuesdays. So one day of the week you'd have them all bunched up together.
That's how I remember that September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday. Album day, and there was a good one that day, too.
You wouldn't have them bunched up if you were celebrating the anniversaries, unless all the music you were interested in was from the same year (or only years where 11 September was a Tuesday, say).
Yup, we tried scraping IMDB for dates too to compare which method was easiest/best and it was spot on (and easier!). I guess the release dates are mentioned enough around the web that it has enough reference. It does use the US release dates for everything though which was one issue, but that’s almost always the first release for major movies anyway.
I’ve done it for a few friends as well now and it’s got a 100% success rate so far, across over 100 total movie names.