Netflix! What started in 1997 as a DVD rental service has since exploded into one of the largest entertainment and media companies.
Given the large number of movies and series available on the platform, it is a perfect opportunity to flex your exploratory data analysis skills and dive into the entertainment industry.
You work for a production company that specializes in nostalgic styles. You want to do some research on movies released in the 1990's. You'll delve into Netflix data and perform exploratory data analysis to better understand this awesome movie decade!
You have been supplied with the dataset netflix_data.csv, along with the following table detailing the column names and descriptions. Feel free to experiment further after submitting!
The data
netflix_data.csv
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
show_id | The ID of the show |
type | Type of show |
title | Title of the show |
director | Director of the show |
cast | Cast of the show |
country | Country of origin |
date_added | Date added to Netflix |
release_year | Year of Netflix release |
duration | Duration of the show in minutes |
description | Description of the show |
genre | Show genre |
# Importing numpy, pandas and matplotlib
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Read in the Netflix CSV as a DataFrame
netflix_df = pd.read_csv("netflix_data.csv")
print(netflix_df)#solve: What was the most frequent movie duration in the 1990s?
import numpy as np
#subset the dataframe for type "Movie"
netflix_subset = netflix_df[netflix_df["type"] == "Movie"]
#filter the movies released in the 1990s
movie_1990s = netflix_subset[(netflix_subset["release_year"] >= 1990) & (netflix_subset["release_year"] < 2000)]
# "duration" array
duration_movie_1990s= np.array(movie_1990s.loc[:, "duration"])
#calculate the mode
import statistics as st
mode_duration_movie_1990s= st.mode(duration_movie_1990s)
print("the most frequent movie duration in the 1990s is"+ " " + str(mode_duration_movie_1990s))
#visualization of the mode
plt.hist(movie_1990s["duration"])
plt.title('Distribution of Movie Durations in the 1990s')
plt.xlabel('Duration (minutes)')
plt.ylabel('Number of Movies')
plt.show()# solve: A movie is considered short if it is less than 90 minutes. Count the number of short action movies released in the 1990s
#filter the action movies
movie_1990s_action=movie_1990s[movie_1990s["genre"]=="Action"]
# Use a for loop and a counter to count how many short action movies there were in the 1990s
short_movie_count = 0
# Iterate over the labels and rows of the DataFrame and check if the duration is less than 90, if it is, add 1 to the counter, if it isn't, the counter should remain the same
for label, row in movie_1990s_action.iterrows() :
if row["duration"] < 90 :
short_movie_count = short_movie_count + 1
else:
short_movie_count = short_movie_count
print(short_movie_count)