diff --git a/api/video/discover.py b/api/video/discover.py
index 0a859e9e..8fb5ef45 100644
--- a/api/video/discover.py
+++ b/api/video/discover.py
@@ -176,6 +176,29 @@ def register_routes(bp):
             tr = None
         return jsonify({"trailer": tr or None})
 
+    @bp.route("/discover/languages", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+    def video_discover_languages():
+        """Get/set the preferred original-languages for general rails (ISO-639-1 codes).
+        POST {languages: ['en','ko']} (or 'en,ko'); GET returns the current list."""
+        from . import get_video_db
+        db = get_video_db()
+        try:
+            if request.method == "POST":
+                body = request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+                langs = body.get("languages")
+                if isinstance(langs, list):
+                    val = ",".join(str(c).strip().lower() for c in langs if str(c).strip())
+                else:
+                    val = ",".join(c.strip().lower() for c in str(langs or "").split(",") if c.strip())
+                db.set_setting("discover_languages", val or "en")
+                return jsonify({"success": True,
+                                "languages": [c for c in (val or "en").split(",") if c]})
+            raw = db.get_setting("discover_languages", "en") or "en"
+            return jsonify({"languages": [c.strip() for c in raw.split(",") if c.strip()]})
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("discover languages get/set failed")
+            return jsonify({"languages": ["en"]})
+
     @bp.route("/discover/genres", methods=["GET"])
     def video_discover_genres():
         """Genre id→name maps for both kinds (powers the genre rails + filter)."""
@@ -211,8 +234,19 @@ def register_routes(bp):
         decade = request.args.get("decade") or None
         providers = request.args.get("providers") or None
         sort = request.args.get("sort") or "popularity.desc"
-        lang = (request.args.get("lang") or "").strip() or None       # original-language filter
+        lang = (request.args.get("lang") or "").strip() or None       # explicit (foreign rail)
         hide_owned = (request.args.get("hide_owned") or "") in ("1", "true", "yes")
+        # Preferred original-languages (multi) for GENERAL/curated rails — so the feeds
+        # aren't flooded with foreign titles (e.g. Bollywood in Popular/Trending). A rail
+        # with an explicit `lang` (a dedicated foreign rail) bypasses this. Default 'en'.
+        prefer_langs = None
+        if not lang:
+            try:
+                from . import get_video_db
+                raw = get_video_db().get_setting("discover_languages", "en") or "en"
+                prefer_langs = {c.strip().lower() for c in raw.split(",") if c.strip()} or None
+            except Exception:
+                prefer_langs = {"en"}
 
         def fetch(p):
             if key == "trending":
@@ -224,11 +258,11 @@ def register_routes(bp):
 
         try:
             items, seen = [], set()
-            # Hiding owned + a huge library means most popular titles are already owned, so
-            # page DEEPER and drop owned server-side until the rail has enough un-owned to
-            # look full (instead of the client CSS-hiding most of a 2-page batch to nothing).
-            target = 24 if hide_owned else 0
-            max_pages = 8 if hide_owned else pages
+            # When filtering (hide-owned or language), page DEEPER and drop items server-side
+            # until the rail has ~enough to look full — instead of returning a half-empty rail.
+            need_fill = hide_owned or bool(prefer_langs)
+            target = 24 if need_fill else 0
+            max_pages = 8 if need_fill else pages
             for offset in range(max_pages):
                 batch = fetch(page + offset) or []
                 for it in batch:
@@ -238,13 +272,17 @@ def register_routes(bp):
                     seen.add(dk)
                     if hide_owned and it.get("library_id") is not None:
                         continue
+                    if prefer_langs:
+                        ol = (it.get("original_language") or "").lower()
+                        if ol and ol not in prefer_langs:
+                            continue   # known foreign language not in your preference
                     items.append(it)
                 if key == "trending" or not batch:
                     break        # trending is a fixed list; empty batch = TMDB ran out
                 if target and len(items) >= target:
-                    break        # enough un-owned collected
-                if not hide_owned and offset + 1 >= pages:
-                    break        # normal mode: respect the requested page count
+                    break        # enough collected
+                if not target and offset + 1 >= pages:
+                    break        # no filtering: respect the requested page count
             return jsonify({"items": items, "page": page})
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("discover list failed (key=%s)", key)
diff --git a/core/video/enrichment/clients.py b/core/video/enrichment/clients.py
index 3b93adf9..e076136c 100644
--- a/core/video/enrichment/clients.py
+++ b/core/video/enrichment/clients.py
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ class TMDBClient:
                 "year": ((it.get("release_date") if is_movie else it.get("first_air_date")) or "")[:4] or None,
                 "rating": it.get("vote_average") or None,
                 "overview": it.get("overview") or None,
+                "original_language": it.get("original_language") or None,   # for the language filter
+                "popularity": it.get("popularity") or None,                  # for blended ranking
                 "poster": (self.POSTER_W + it["poster_path"]) if it.get("poster_path") else None,
                 "backdrop": (self.BACKDROP_W + it["backdrop_path"]) if it.get("backdrop_path") else None,
             })
diff --git a/webui/static/video/video-discover.js b/webui/static/video/video-discover.js
index f60d39dc..e7239b86 100644
--- a/webui/static/video/video-discover.js
+++ b/webui/static/video/video-discover.js
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
         'talk': '148, 163, 184', 'news': '148, 163, 184',
     };
     var DECADE_RAILS = [
-        { title: 'Best of the 2010s', q: 'kind=movie&decade=2010&sort=vote_average.desc&lang=en' },
-        { title: '2000s Favorites', q: 'kind=movie&decade=2000&sort=vote_average.desc&lang=en' },
-        { title: '’90s Classics', q: 'kind=movie&decade=1990&sort=vote_average.desc&lang=en' },
-        { title: 'Retro ’80s', q: 'kind=movie&decade=1980&sort=vote_average.desc&lang=en' },
+        { title: 'Best of the 2010s', q: 'kind=movie&decade=2010&sort=vote_average.desc' },
+        { title: '2000s Favorites', q: 'kind=movie&decade=2000&sort=vote_average.desc' },
+        { title: '’90s Classics', q: 'kind=movie&decade=1990&sort=vote_average.desc' },
+        { title: 'Retro ’80s', q: 'kind=movie&decade=1980&sort=vote_average.desc' },
     ];
     // Dedicated foreign-language rails so non-English titles live HERE rather than
     // leaking into the general genre/decade rails (which are pinned to lang=en).
@@ -93,17 +93,17 @@
         // personalized first — seeded from what you actually own
         (state.taste.movie || []).slice(0, 3).forEach(function (name) {
             var id = gm[name.toLowerCase()];
-            if (id != null) { out.push({ title: 'Because you like ' + name, q: 'kind=movie&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc&lang=en' }); used['m:' + name.toLowerCase()] = 1; }
+            if (id != null) { out.push({ title: 'Because you like ' + name, q: 'kind=movie&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc' }); used['m:' + name.toLowerCase()] = 1; }
         });
         (state.taste.show || []).slice(0, 2).forEach(function (name) {
             var id = gs[name.toLowerCase()];
-            if (id != null) { out.push({ title: 'More ' + name + ' shows', q: 'kind=show&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc&lang=en' }); }
+            if (id != null) { out.push({ title: 'More ' + name + ' shows', q: 'kind=show&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc' }); }
         });
         out = out.concat(CURATED);
         GENRE_RAILS.forEach(function (name) {
             var id = gm[name.toLowerCase()];
             if (id != null && !used['m:' + name.toLowerCase()])
-                out.push({ title: name, q: 'kind=movie&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc&lang=en' });
+                out.push({ title: name, q: 'kind=movie&genre=' + id + '&sort=popularity.desc' });
         });
         return out.concat(DECADE_RAILS).concat(FOREIGN_RAILS);
     }