Data analysis of the most popular type of sport in sports-movies

most-popular-sport-type-in-movies.js

/**
 * Sources:
 * https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/best-sports-movies-rocky-rudy-71467/
 * https://www.vulture.com/article/best-sports-movies-ranked.html
 *
 * Combined and de-duplicated list from both sources, resulted in 62 movies
 * Both documentary and feature films are included in this list...
 *
 * Is 'The Big Lebowski' really a bowling film?
 * Are coaches movies their own genre?
 * Is running also track and field?
 */

const HORSE_RACING = 'HORSE_RACING';
const BASEBALL = 'BASEBALL';
const BASKETBALL = 'BASKETBALL';
const RUNNING = 'RUNNING';
const TRACK_AND_FIELD = 'TRACK_AND_FIELD';
const ICE_HOCKEY = 'ICE_HOCKEY';
const CAR_RACING = 'CAR_RACING';
const FIGURE_SKATING = 'FIGURE_SKATING';
const AMERICAN_FOOTBALL = 'AMERICAN_FOOTBALL';
const BOXING = 'BOXING';
const DODGEBALL = 'DODGEBALL';
const SOCCER = 'SOCCER';
const KARATE = 'KARATE';
const GOLF = 'GOLF';
const POOL_BILLIARD = 'POOL_BILLIARD';
const RUGBY = 'RUGBY';
const CYCLING = 'CYCLING';
const WRESTLING = 'WRESTLING';
const BOWLING = 'BOWLING';
const SURFING = 'SURFING';

const movies = {
    Seabiscuit: HORSE_RACING,
    'The Natural': BASEBALL,
    'The Way Back': BASKETBALL,
    'Without Limits': RUNNING,
    'Personal Best': TRACK_AND_FIELD,
    'Bang the Drum Slowly': BASEBALL,
    Goon: ICE_HOCKEY,
    Senna: CAR_RACING,
    'I, Tonya': FIGURE_SKATING,
    'The Longest Yard': AMERICAN_FOOTBALL,
    'The Boxer': BOXING,
    "White Men Can't Jump": BASKETBALL,
    'Major League': BASEBALL,
    Dodgeball: DODGEBALL,
    'Talladega Nights': CAR_RACING,
    Rudy: AMERICAN_FOOTBALL,
    'Bend It Like Beckham': SOCCER,
    'The Karate Kid': KARATE,
    'Eight Men Out': BASEBALL,
    'The Fighter': BOXING,
    'Happy Gilmore': GOLF,
    'The Color of Money': POOL_BILLIARD,
    Creed: BOXING,
    'The Bad News Bears': BASEBALL,
    'Sugar ': BASEBALL,
    Rush: CAR_RACING,
    'Tin Cup': GOLF,
    Caddyshack: GOLF,
    Hoosiers: BASKETBALL,
    'Love and Basketball': BASKETBALL,
    Moneyball: BASEBALL,
    'The Damned United': SOCCER,
    Miracle: ICE_HOCKEY,
    'Chariots of Fire': TRACK_AND_FIELD,
    'He Got Game': BASKETBALL,
    Murderball: RUGBY,
    'When We Were Kings': BOXING,
    'Field of Dreams': BASEBALL,
    'Breaking Away': CYCLING,
    'Million Dollar Baby': BOXING,
    'Slap Shot': ICE_HOCKEY,
    'A League of Their Own': BASEBALL,
    Ali: BOXING,
    'The Wrestler': WRESTLING,
    'Pride of the Yankees': BASEBALL,
    Foxcatcher: WRESTLING,
    'Bull Durham': BASEBALL,
    Rocky: BOXING,
    'Raging Bull': BOXING,
    'Hoop Dreams': BASKETBALL,
    'No No: A Dockumentary': BASEBALL,
    'Blue Chips': BASKETBALL,
    'Any Given Sunday': AMERICAN_FOOTBALL,
    'The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings': BASEBALL,
    Victory: SOCCER,
    'The Big Lebowski': BOWLING,
    'North Dallas Forty': AMERICAN_FOOTBALL,
    'The Endless Summer': SURFING,
    'Fat City': BOXING,
    'Friday Night Lights': AMERICAN_FOOTBALL,
};

const counts = {};

for (const type of Object.values(movies)) {
    counts[type] = counts[type] ? counts[type] + 1 : 1;
}

console.log(counts);

//  {
//     BASEBALL: 13,
//     BOXING: 9,
//     BASKETBALL: 7,
//     AMERICAN_FOOTBALL: 5,
//     CAR_RACING: 3,
//     GOLF: 3,
//     ICE_HOCKEY: 3,
//     SOCCER: 3,
//     TRACK_AND_FIELD: 2,
//     WRESTLING: 2,
//     BOWLING: 1,
//     CYCLING: 1,
//     DODGEBALL: 1,
//     FIGURE_SKATING: 1,
//     HORSE_RACING: 1,
//     KARATE: 1,
//     POOL_BILLIARD: 1,
//     RUGBY: 1,
//     RUNNING: 1,
//     SURFING: 1,
// };