John Ford Films
Pattern Statistics
3
Movies
7.1
Avg Arcplot
119
Avg Runtime
1940-1963
Year Range
7.4
Avg IMDb
84%
Avg RT
80
Avg Metacritic
$14M
Total Box Office
13.7
Avg Plot Points
John Ford - Story Architecture Patterns
John Ford's filmography, stretching across 23 years from 1940 to 1963, exhibits proven facility with classical narrative structure. Across 3 films analyzed on Arcplot, the average structural score of 7.1 reveals strong command of beat sheet principles.
From a beat sheet perspective, the director's strongest examples are Donovan's Reef (7.6), How Green Was My Valley (7.3), and The Grapes of Wrath (6.5).
Genre Exploration
John Ford's work often works within Drama (2 films), Adventure (1 film), Comedy (1 film), demonstrating consistent generic focus.
With an average runtime of 1 hour and 59 minutes, John Ford shows compression skills.
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