diff --git a/movienightbot/db/controllers.py b/movienightbot/db/controllers.py
index 8bcc19a..48f73bf 100644
--- a/movienightbot/db/controllers.py
+++ b/movienightbot/db/controllers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import random
 from collections import defaultdict
 from string import ascii_lowercase
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
@@ -129,15 +130,21 @@ def update_imdb_id(self, server_id: int, movie_name: str, imdb_id: str):
             .execute()
         )
 
+    def _weighted_movie_selection(self, server_id: int, num_movies: int) -> list[int]:
+        # weighted score so it's random but has the movie avg score taken into account
+        return (
+            Movie.select(Movie, ((Movie.total_score / Movie.num_votes_entered) * pw.fn.Random()).alias('weight_score'))
+                .order_by(pw.SQL("weight_score").desc())
+                .where(
+                    (Movie.server == server_id)
+                    & Movie.watched_on.is_null(True)
+                    & (Movie.num_votes_entered > 0)
+                )
+            .limit(num_movies)
+        )
+
     def get_random_movies(self, server_id: int, num_movies: int, genres: Optional[list[str]] = None) -> list[Movie]:
-        if genres is None:
-            return (
-                Movie.select()
-                .order_by(pw.fn.Random())
-                .where((Movie.server == server_id) & Movie.watched_on.is_null(True))
-                .limit(num_movies)
-            )
-        else:
+        if genres is not None:
             return (
                 Movie.select()
                 .join(MovieGenre)
@@ -148,6 +155,40 @@ def get_random_movies(self, server_id: int, num_movies: int, genres: Optional[li
                 .limit(num_movies)
             )
 
+            # calculate the new vs old split
+            counts_by_votes_entered = (
+                Movie.select(Movie.num_votes_entered, pw.fn.COUNT(Movie.num_votes_entered).alias("count_value"))
+                    .group_by(Movie.num_votes_entered)
+                    .where(Movie.server == server_id)
+                    .order_by(Movie.num_votes_entered.asc())
+            )
+            if counts_by_votes_entered[0].num_votes_entered != 0:
+                # We have some weird case where every movie has been in at least one vote
+                # so short circuit and just choose at random weighted
+                return self._weighted_movie_selection(server_id, num_movies)
+
+            total_count = sum(c.count_value for c in counts_by_votes_entered)
+            new_count = counts_by_votes_entered[0].count_value
+
+            # prevent errors by limiting the total number if db has too few options
+            if total_count < num_movies:
+                num_movies = total_count
+
+            # calculate the actual split counts, making sure at least one new movie is in the split
+            new_split = max(1, round((new_count / total_count) * num_movies))
+            old_split = num_movies - new_split
+
+            # query the movies based on the split
+            new_movies = (Movie.select()
+                          .order_by(pw.fn.Random())
+                          .where((Movie.server == server_id)
+                                 & Movie.watched_on.is_null(True)
+                                 & (Movie.num_votes_entered == 0))
+                          .limit(new_split))
+
+            # Shuffle so it isn't ordered new -> old always
+            return random.shuffle(new_movies + self._weighted_movie_selection(server_id, old_split))
+
 
 def movie_score_weightings(server_id: int) -> dict[int, float]:
     num_votes_allowed = ServerController().get_by_id(server_id).num_votes_per_user