Battle of the Genres
Is your favourite show or movie genre the best?
Select a role based on your favourite genre
In later pages, you will see this one highlighted in yellow!
Reporter
Drama
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Comedian
Comedy
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Scientist
Documentary
YOU
Artist
Animation
YOU
Pop Star
Reality
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Adventurer
Action & Adventure
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Thief
Crime
YOU
Teacher
Family
YOU
Magician
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
YOU
Detective
Mystery
YOU
It’s family movie night! But…
You and your 9 siblings can’t agree on what to watch.
Everyone has a
different favourite genre.
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To help decide, you look at the top 500,000 most popular movies and TV shows from according to The Movie DataBase and Netflix's Top 10.
Before we choose, let’s see what’s out there in the world.
Hover over a country to see the top 10 most-watched shows there, based on
weekly popularity.
Which genres is the most popular?
Drama is the largest, followed by other major genres like Comedy and Animation.
But, has it always been like that?
It seems like Drama has always been the largest, but Documentary and Reality have been growing fast.
What if we see what some experienced studios think is worth making?
But it seems many studios work with many different genres and don't stick to only one category.
No studios stick to only one category?
Maybe you and your siblings should do the same.
Maybe there isn’t a best single genre. Every genre has something to offer, and the
differences aren’t as important as they first seemed.
You and your siblings randomly pick a show/movie together...
No studios stick to only one category?
Maybe you and your siblings should do the same.
Maybe there isn’t a best single genre. Every genre has something to offer, and the
differences aren’t as important as they first seemed.
You and your siblings randomly pick a show/movie together...
No studios stick to only one category?
Maybe you and your siblings should do the same.
Maybe there isn’t a best single genre. Every genre has something to offer, and the
differences aren’t as important as they first seemed.
You and your siblings randomly pick a show/movie together...
No studios stick to only one category?
Maybe you and your siblings should do the same.
Maybe there isn’t a best single genre. Every genre has something to offer, and the
differences aren’t as important as they first seemed.
You and your siblings randomly pick a show/movie together...
Click on the popcorn to get a movie recommendation!
Watch genres pop like kernels - click popped popcorn for a movie fortune!
...and you start watching. Even if not everyone agrees on the genre,
at least you are all watching it together.
In the end, the show matters less than the people you watch it with.
The Team Behind the Story
Kelly Du
Data Visualization and overall development
Anisa Hosseinpour Khoshghalb
Data Visualization and overall development
Julia Zhong Guo
Data Visualization and overall development
Mary Zhao
Data Visualization and overall development
Trentin Maur
Data Visualization and overall development
Sources and image credits
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TMDB Movies Dataset
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/asaniczka/tmdb-movies-dataset-2023-930k-movies
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TMDB TV Shows Dataset
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/asaniczka/tmdb-tv-shows-dataset-2023-150k-shows
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Netflix Top 10 Dataset
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10
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Star animation
https://nyknck.itch.io/staranimation @nyk_nck
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Background
198X by Hi-Bit Studios
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Cursor
https://toumeya.itch.io/
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Clapper pixel art
https://jose-moyano.itch.io/clapper-pixel-art
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Character maker
https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/270210