Michael Bay Films
Pattern Statistics
14
Movies
3.9
Avg Arcplot
146
Avg Runtime
1995-2022
Year Range
6.5
Avg IMDb
40%
Avg RT
44
Avg Metacritic
$6504M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Michael Bay - Structural Approach
Michael Bay's filmography, stretching across 27 years from 1995 to 2022, exhibits evolving relationship with classical narrative structure. Across 14 films analyzed on Arcplot, the average structural score of 6.8 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.
From a beat sheet perspective, the director's strongest examples are Bad Boys II (7.3), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (7.1), and Bad Boys (7.0).
Genre Distribution
Michael Bay's work often works within Action (14 films), Adventure (7 films), Comedy (6 films), showing strong genre specialization.
With an average runtime of 2 hours and 26 minutes, Michael Bay works within traditional feature lengths.
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
Ambulance
2022
Armageddon
1998
Bad Boys
1995
Bad Boys II
2003
Pain & Gain
2013
Pearl Harbor
2001
The Island
2005
The Rock
1996
Transformers
2007
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
