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 pandas and matplotlib
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")# Start coding here! Use as many cells as you likenetflix_df.head()# Filter only the records that have "Movie" as Type and were released in the 1990s
only_1990_movies = netflix_df.loc[(netflix_df['type'] == 'Movie') & (netflix_df['release_year'] >= 1990) & (netflix_df['release_year'] < 2000)]# Filter all the movies released in the 1990s
only_1990_movies = only_movies.loc[(only_movies['release_year'] >= 1990) & (only_movies['release_year'] <= 1999)]
only_1990_movies# Find the most frequent movie duration
most_frequent_duration = only_1990_movies['duration'].mode()[0]
most_frequent_duration# Filter short action movies from the 1990s
short_action_1990s = short_movies.loc[(short_movies['genre'] == 'Action') &
(short_movies['release_year'] >= 1990) &
(short_movies['release_year'] <= 1999)]
# Count the number of short action movies from the 1990s
num_short_action_1990s = short_action_1990s.shape[0]
num_short_action_1990s# from 1990's movies
short_movie_count = only_1990_movies.loc[(only_1990_movies['duration'] < 90) & (only_1990_movies['genre'] == 'Action')].shape[0]
print(short_movie_count)