diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b80df368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "python.pythonPath": "venv/bin/python"
+}
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diff --git a/viewing_party/main.py b/viewing_party/main.py
index e69de29bb..86b754fd7 100644
--- a/viewing_party/main.py
+++ b/viewing_party/main.py
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+def create_movie(title, genre, rating):
+    movies_dict = {}
+    if title and genre and rating:
+        movies_dict["title"] = title
+        movies_dict["genre"] = genre
+        movies_dict["rating"] = rating
+        return movies_dict
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+def add_to_watched(user_data, movie):
+    user_data["watched"].append(movie)
+    return user_data
+
+
+def add_to_watchlist(user_data, movie):
+    user_data["watchlist"].append(movie)
+    return user_data
+
+
+def watch_movie(user_data, title):
+    for movie in user_data["watchlist"]:
+        if title in movie["title"]:
+            user_data["watchlist"].remove(movie)
+            user_data["watched"].append(movie)
+            return user_data
+    else:
+        return user_data
+
+
+##### WAVE 2 #####
+
+def get_watched_avg_rating(user_data):
+    ratings_from_user = []
+    if len(user_data["watched"]) == 0:
+        return 0.0
+    else:
+        for movies in user_data["watched"]:
+            ratings_from_user.append(movies["rating"])
+        total_sum = sum(ratings_from_user)
+        avg_rating = total_sum/(len(ratings_from_user))
+        return avg_rating
+
+
+def get_most_watched_genre(user_data):
+    genres_from_user = []
+    if len(user_data["watched"]) == 0:
+        return None
+    else:
+        for movies in user_data["watched"]:
+            genres_from_user.append(movies["genre"])
+        most_popular_genre = max(
+            set(genres_from_user), key=genres_from_user.count)
+        return most_popular_genre
+
+
+##### WAVE 3 #####
+
+def get_unique_watched(user_data):
+    user_movies = []
+    friends_movies = []
+    user_unique_movies = []
+    for movie in user_data["watched"]:
+        user_movies.append(movie)
+    for watched in user_data["friends"]:
+        for movies in watched["watched"]:
+            friends_movies.append(movies)
+    for users in user_movies:
+        if users not in friends_movies:
+            user_unique_movies.append(users)
+    return user_unique_movies
+
+
+def remove_dupes(user_data):
+    return [i for n, i in enumerate(
+        user_data) if i not in user_data[n + 1:]]
+
+
+def get_friends_unique_watched(user_data):
+    friends_watch_movies = []
+    user_watch_movies = []
+    friends_unique_movies = []
+    for movie in user_data["watched"]:
+        user_watch_movies.append(movie)
+    for watched in user_data["friends"]:
+        for movies in watched["watched"]:
+            friends_watch_movies.append(movies)
+    no_friends_duplicates = remove_dupes(friends_watch_movies)
+    # no_friends_duplicates = [i for n, i in enumerate(
+    #     friends_watch_movies) if i not in friends_watch_movies[n + 1:]]
+    for friends in no_friends_duplicates:
+        if friends not in user_watch_movies:
+            friends_unique_movies.append(friends)
+    return friends_unique_movies
+
+
+##### WAVE 4 #####
+
+def get_available_recs(user_data):
+    #movies_friends_watched = []
+    new_recommendations = []
+    for friends in user_data["friends"]:
+        for watched in friends["watched"]:
+            if (watched not in user_data["watched"]) and (watched["host"] in user_data["subscriptions"]):
+                new_recommendations.append(watched)
+    no_movies_duplicates = remove_dupes(new_recommendations)
+    return no_movies_duplicates
+
+
+##### WAVE 5 #####
+
+def get_new_rec_by_genre(user_data):
+    match_genre = get_most_watched_genre(user_data)
+    genre_recommendations = []
+    for friends in user_data["friends"]:
+        for watched in friends["watched"]:
+            if (watched not in user_data["watched"]) and (watched["genre"] == match_genre):
+                genre_recommendations.append(watched)
+    no_genres_duplicates = remove_dupes(genre_recommendations)
+    return no_genres_duplicates
+
+
+def get_rec_from_favorites(user_data):
+    recommended_movies = []
+    users_favorites = []
+    friends_watched = []
+    for favorites in user_data["favorites"]:
+        users_favorites.append(favorites)
+    for friends in user_data["friends"]:
+        for watched in friends["watched"]:
+            friends_watched.append(watched)
+    for movie in users_favorites:
+        if movie not in friends_watched:
+            recommended_movies.append(movie)
+    return recommended_movies