My wife and I love watching movies(mainly Telugu and Hindi) during weekends. I realized that we were wasting a lot of time reading reviews on the internet trying to decide which movies to watch. There definitely had to be a better way!
I knew that IMDB ratings were pretty reliable so I wondered if I could lay my hands on the IMDB ratings data. After doing some research on the internet, I stumbled upon this site IMDB datasets.
The data seemed fairly normalized so I wrote a quick and dirty script in python which downloads the zipped data files, unzips it and loads them into an SQLite database.
I am fairly happy with the result, it takes roughly 45 mins end to end from the point of downloading the files to loading the data into the database without any manual intervention.
Here are some highly rated Indian movies in 2019.
| Original Title | Genres |
|---|---|
| Joker | Crime,Drama,Thriller |
| Ardaas Karaan | Drama |
| Family of Thakurganj | Action,Drama |
| The Sound Story | Documentary,Drama |
| Shibu | Comedy |
| Oththa Seruppu Size 7 | Drama |
| Asuran | Action,Drama |
| Digbhayam | Thriller |
| Anandi Gopal | Biography |
| Moothon | Crime,Drama |
| Girgit | Comedy |
| Adda | Comedy |
| Avengers: Endgame | Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi |
| Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood | Comedy,Drama |
| Toy Story 4 | Adventure,Animation,Comedy |
| Uri: The Surgical Strike | Action,Drama,War |
| Gully Boy | Drama,Music |
| Super 30 | Biography,Drama |
| Article 15 | Crime,Drama |
| Chhichhore | Comedy,Drama |
| The Tashkent Files | Drama,Mystery,Thriller |
| Super Deluxe | Action,Crime,Drama |
| Nerkonda Paarvai | Action,Drama,Thriller |
| Kumbalangi Nights | Comedy,Drama,Romance |
| Jersey | Drama,Sport |
| Yatra | Biography,Drama |
| Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya | Action,Comedy,Crime |
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Action,Drama,History |
| Unda | Action,Comedy,Thriller |
| Virus | Drama,Thriller |
| The Irishman | Biography,Crime,Drama |
| Evaru | Crime,Drama,Thriller |
| Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Drama,History,Romance |
| Thanneer Mathan Dhinangal | Comedy,Romance |
| Uyare | Drama |
| Section 375 | Crime,Drama |
| Brochevarevarura | Comedy |
| Seetharama Kalyana | Action,Drama |
| Kavaludaari | Thriller |
| Luca | Drama,Mystery,Romance |
| The Gambinos | Crime,Drama |
| Gang Leader | Action,Comedy |
| Pengalila | Drama |
| Rakshasudu | Action,Crime,Thriller |
| Jiivi | Drama,Thriller |
| Thamaasha | Comedy,Drama |
| Chaal Jeevi Laiye | Drama |
| To Let | Family |
| Padmavyuhathile Abhimanyu | Drama |
| Ilayaraja | Drama |
| Chal Mera Putt | Comedy,Drama |
| Ganagandharvan | Comedy,Drama,Music |
| Jallikattu | Crime |
| Mallesham | Biography |
| Ninnu Thalachi | Romance |
| Konttho | Drama |
| Chasani | Drama,Romance |
| Sikander 2 | Drama |
| Vinara sodara veera kumara | Drama,Romance |
| Penalty | Sport |
| Network | Drama,Thriller |
| Siege | Sci-Fi,Thriller |
| Kempe Gowda 2 | Action,Thriller |
| Arjun Suravaram | Crime |
| Super Duper | Comedy,Thriller |
| The Great Indian Escape | Adventure,Biography,Drama |
| Has Jhan Pagli Fas Jabe | Romance |
| Noblemen | Drama |
| Nanna Prakara | Crime,Mystery |
| Aamis | Drama |
| Hansa Ek Sanyog | Drama |
| Jacqueline I Am Coming | Drama |
| Pratibha | Drama |
| The Himalayan Diaries | Comedy,Romance |
Here is the script: gist
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