33 The movies dataset

In this capstone, you will

  • Define ordered sequences of elements
  • Transform and count the items of a list
  • Find the minimum and maximum elements according to specific features
  • Filter items based on their characteristics and selecting them based on their position
  • Sort lists and produce string representation for them

In this capstone, you’ll analyze data for more than 45,000 movies. The information is a subset of a popular and publicly accessible dataset called “The Movies Dataset” by Rounak Banik. On its website, you can find its latest version as well as an extensive description of its content:

These files contain metadata for all 45,000 movies listed in the Full MovieLens Dataset. The dataset consists of movies released ...

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