John Hughes Films
Pattern Statistics
8
Movies
7.0
Avg Arcplot
98
Avg Runtime
1984-1991
Year Range
7.0
Avg IMDb
65%
Avg RT
57
Avg Metacritic
$363M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
John Hughes - Story Architecture Patterns
John Hughes's filmography, covering 7 years from 1984 to 1991, exhibits solid grasp of classical narrative structure. Among 8 movies studied on Arcplot, the average structural score of 7.0 indicates careful attention to story structure.
From a beat sheet perspective, the director's strongest examples are Planes, Trains and Automobiles (7.8), Sixteen Candles (7.4), and She's Having a Baby (7.2).
Genre Exploration
John Hughes's output predominantly explores Comedy (8 films), Drama (4 films), Romance (4 films), demonstrating focused thematic interests.
With an average runtime of 1 hour and 38 minutes, John Hughes shows compression skills.
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