John Badham Films
Pattern Statistics
11
Movies
7.1
Avg Arcplot
108
Avg Runtime
1977-1995
Year Range
6.3
Avg IMDb
59%
Avg RT
60
Avg Metacritic
$845M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
John Badham - Story Architecture Patterns
John Badham's filmography, covering 18 years from 1977 to 1995, demonstrates proven facility with classical narrative structure. Among 11 works examined on Arcplot, the average structural score of 7.1 reveals strong command of beat sheet principles.
9% of analyzed films reach scores above 8.0, reflecting strategic deployment of classical structures. From a beat sheet perspective, the director's strongest examples are Short Circuit (8.0), The Hard Way (7.5), and Drop Zone (7.4).
Thematic Territory
John Badham's output frequently engages with Action (7 films), Crime (6 films), Comedy (5 films), showing concentrated narrative territory.
Maintaining an average runtime of 1 hour and 48 minutes, John Badham practices economical storytelling.
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