use Requests with OAuth 1.0 and Netflix REST API 1.5

keyfile.json

{
    "key": "<your-netflix-key>",
    "secret": "<your-netflix-secret>"
}

netflix.py

import requests
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
import json

URL = u'http://api-public.netflix.com/catalog/titles'


class Netflix(object):
    def __init__(self, keyfile='keyfile.json'):
        with open(keyfile,'r') as kf:
            keys = json.load(kf)
        self.key = unicode(keys.get('key'))
        self.secret = unicode(keys.get('secret'))
        self.headeroauth = self.oauth_header()

    def oauth_header(self):
        return OAuth1(self.key, self.secret, signature_type = u'auth_header')

    def search(self, term, max_results=25, start_index=0):
        params =  {'max_results': unicode(max_results), 'output': u'json',
                   'start_index': unicode(start_index), 'term': unicode(term)}
        return requests.get(URL, params=params, auth=self.headeroauth)