get_listed_items_with_colon.py

def get_listed_items_with_colon(text):
    import re
    list_of_items = []
    list_of_sentences = re.split('\.|\?|\!', text)
    for sentence in list_of_sentences:
        if ':' in sentence:
            start_index = sentence.find(':')
            sub_sentence = sentence[start_index+1:]
            list_of_items.append([word.strip() for word in sub_sentence.split(',')])
    return list_of_items


# Test
text = """The house has everything I need: two bedrooms, a backyard, and a garage. I have several favorite genres of movies: drama, science fiction, and mystery."""
get_listed_items_with_colon(text)

# [ ['two bedrooms', 'a backyard', 'and a garage'], ['drama', 'science fiction', 'and mystery'] ]