IMDb enthält hunderttausende Filme, Serien, Schauspieler, Bewertungen und andere Film-Infos. Da wäre es schön, wenn man diese Daten irgendwie analysieren könnte. Leider gibt's keine bezahlbare API, wohl aber einen automatischen Export der wichtigsten Filmdaten, als Textdateien.

rmdb ist mein kleines PHP-Script, das diese Export-Dateien runterlädt und in eine relationale Datenbank importiert, damit man die Filmdaten per SQL durchsuchen kann.

Damit kann man einige interessante Infos zu Tage fördern:

Verteilung von Genres über die Jahre

SELECT start_year,
       COUNT(*) AS count
FROM   titles
       LEFT JOIN titles_genres AS tg1
              ON tg1.title_id = titles.id
WHERE  tg1.genre_id = "drama" -- repeat for a few genres

       -- Exclude tv episodes etc.
       AND title_type = "movie"

       AND start_year < YEAR(CURRENT_DATE())

GROUP  BY start_year
ORDER  BY start_year ASC; 

Die 10 produktivsten Regisseure von guten Filmen in den 60ern

SELECT n.primary_name AS name,
       COUNT(*)       AS movies
FROM   principals
       LEFT JOIN names AS n
              ON n.id = name_id
       LEFT JOIN titles AS t
              ON t.id = title_id
WHERE  category_id = "director"
       AND t.title_type = "movie"
       AND t.start_year >= 1960
       AND t.start_year <= 1969
       AND t.runtime_minutes >= 90
       AND t.average_rating > 6
       AND t.num_votes > 10000
GROUP  BY name_id
ORDER  BY movies DESC
LIMIT  10; 

Die 50 am besten bewerteten Horror-Komödien

SELECT CONCAT("[", primary_title, "](https://www.imdb.com/title/", id, ")") AS primary_title,
       start_year,
       average_rating,
       num_votes
FROM   titles
       LEFT JOIN titles_genres AS tg1
              ON tg1.title_id = titles.id
       LEFT JOIN titles_genres AS tg2
              ON tg2.title_id = titles.id
WHERE  tg1.genre_id = "horror"
       AND tg2.genre_id = "comedy"

       -- Exclude TV episodes etc.
       AND title_type = "movie"
       
       -- Exclude little voted on movies where average_rating is often too high. 
       -- Higher num_votes = more popular
       AND num_votes > 20000

ORDER  BY average_rating DESC,
          num_votes DESC
LIMIT  50; 

Beliebte SciFi-Filme der 70er

Ohne Star Wars, da es nur Action, Adventure und Fantasy Genres hat.

SELECT CONCAT("[", primary_title, "](https://www.imdb.com/title/", id, ")") AS
       primary_title,
       start_year,
       average_rating,
       num_votes
FROM   titles
       LEFT JOIN titles_genres AS tg1
              ON tg1.title_id = titles.id
WHERE  tg1.genre_id = "sci-fi"

       -- Exclude TV episodes etc.
       AND title_type = "movie"

       -- Exclude little voted on movies where average_rating is often too high. 
       -- Higher num_votes = more popular
       AND num_votes > 10000

       AND start_year >= 1970
       AND start_year <= 1979

ORDER  BY average_rating DESC,
          num_votes DESC; 

Die 10 schlechtesten Regisseure, die trotzdem noch Filme drehen

SELECT CONCAT("[", d_name, "](https://www.imdb.com/name/", name_id, ")") AS name,
       ROUND(avg, 2) AS average_rating,
       movies
FROM   (SELECT name_id,
               n.primary_name                       AS d_name,
               SUM(t.average_rating) / COUNT(*)     AS avg,
               COUNT(*)                             AS movies
        FROM   principals
               LEFT JOIN names AS n
                      ON n.id = name_id
               LEFT JOIN titles AS t
                      ON t.id = title_id
        WHERE  category_id = "director"
               AND t.title_type = "movie"
               AND t.num_votes > 1000
               AND n.death_year IS NULL
        GROUP  BY name_id
        ORDER  BY avg ASC) AS t
WHERE  movies > 10
ORDER  BY avg ASC
LIMIT  10;