John Ford Films
Pattern Statistics
6
Movies
6.9
Avg Arcplot
125
Avg Runtime
1940-1963
Year Range
7.5
Avg IMDb
89%
Avg RT
81
Avg Metacritic
$78M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
John Ford - Story Architecture Patterns
John Ford's filmography, stretching across 23 years from 1940 to 1963, showcases evolving relationship with classical narrative structure. Throughout 6 movies studied on Arcplot, the average structural score of 6.9 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.
Structurally, the director's strongest examples are Donovan's Reef (7.6), How Green Was My Valley (7.3), and How the West Was Won (7.3).
Genre Distribution
John Ford's work regularly tackles Drama (4 films), Western (3 films), Adventure (1 film), showing strong genre specialization.
With an average runtime of 2 hours and 5 minutes, John Ford adheres to standard runtime expectations.
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