War Films
Pattern Statistics
228
Movies
6.7
Avg Arcplot
129
Avg Runtime
1915-2024
Year Range
7.0
Avg IMDb
69%
Avg RT
64
Avg Metacritic
$12003M
Total Box Office
213
With Awards
14.9
Avg Plot Points
War Films - Story Architecture Study
This body of work of 228 war films reveals flexible handling of narrative structure representative of the genre. Covering works from 1915 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 demonstrates selective application of classical frameworks.
Exemplary works include Brothers (7.9), Emperor (7.9), and Sobibor (7.9).
Runtime Patterns
War films in this sample average 2 hours and 9 minutes, indicating conventional narrative development.
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12 Strong
2018
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
1917
2019
1941
1979
300: Rise of an Empire
2014
303 Squadron
2018
49th Parallel
1941
A Bag of Marbles
2017
A Bridge Too Far
1977
A Hidden Life
2019
A Journal for Jordan
2021
A Man Escaped
1956
Act of Valor
2012
Air Force The Movie: Danger Close
2022
Allied
2016
Anthropoid
2016
Apocalypse Now
1979
Army of Shadows
1969
Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
Ayla: The Daughter of War
2017
Balkan Line
2019
Barry Lyndon
1975
Battle of the Bulge
1965
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
Best Defense
1984
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
Biloxi Blues
1988
Black Book
2006
Black Robe
1991
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988
Braveheart
1995
Brothers
2009
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
Casablanca
1942
Catch-22
1970
Cavalcade
1933
Che: Part Two
2008
City of Life and Death
2009
Come and See
1985
Coming Home
1978
Courage Under Fire
1996
Das Boot
1981
Days of Glory
2006
Dead Presidents
1995
Defiance
2008
Devotion
2022
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
El Cid
1961
Emperor
2012
Empire of the Sun
1987
Enemy at the Gates
2001
Europa Europa
1990
Exodus
1960
Fatima
2020
First Blood
1982
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
Flyboys
2006
For the Boys
1991
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Formed Police Unit
2024
Free State of Jones
2016
From Here to Eternity
1953
Full Metal Jacket
1987
Fury
2014
Gallipoli
1981
Gardens of Stone
1987
Gettysburg
1993
Glory
1989
Gone with the Wind
1939
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Green Zone
2010
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023
Halo Legends
2010
Hansan: Rising Dragon
2022
Hart's War
2002
Havana
1990
Heartbreak Ridge
1986
Heaven & Earth
1993
Hell's Angels
1930
Home Coming
2022
In Darkness
2011
In Harm's Way
1965
In This Corner of the World
2016
Incendies
2010
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Jarhead
2005
Jojo Rabbit
2019
Joyeux Noel
2005
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Katyn
2007
Kelly's Heroes
1970
King Naresuan Part: 1
2007
Kingdom
2019
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Lee
2024
Lemon Tree
2008
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Little Boy
2015
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
M*A*S*H
1970
Macbeth
2015
Malena
2000
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
Mediterraneo
1991
Michael Collins
1996
Midway
1976
Midway
2019
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Missing in Action
1984
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
1985
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
More American Graffiti
1979
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Murder Company
2024
Napoleon
2023
No Man's Land
2001
Operation Chromite
2016
Operation Petticoat
1959
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
Pan's Labyrinth
2006
Paths of Glory
1957
Patton
1970
Platoon
1986
Private
2004
Raintree County
1957
Rambo
2008
Red Cliff
2008
Red Cliff II
2009
Red Tails
2012
Rescue Under Fire
2017
Rob Roy
1995
Rules of Engagement
2000
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
Sarah's Key
2010
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Screamers
1995
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018
Shadow
2018
Shanghai Fortress
2019
Shenandoah
1965
Shining Through
1992
Snipers
2022
Sobibor
2018
Spartacus
1960
Stalingrad
2013
Steel Rain 2: Summit
2020
Stockholm Bloodbath
2024
Stop-Loss
2008
Suite Française
2015
Tea with Mussolini
1999
Tears of the Sun
2003
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
2014
The Aftermath
2019
The Alamo
2004
The Battalion
2015
The Battleship Island
2017
The Big Parade
1925
The Big Red One
1980
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Caine Mutiny
1954
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
The Counterfeiters
2007
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
2015
The Deer Hunter
1978
The Delta Force
1986
The Devil's Double
2011
The Dirty Dozen
1967
The English Patient
1996
The Eternal Zero
2013
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
The Flowers of War
2011
The Fortress
2017
The Four Feathers
2002
The Good German
2006
The Great Battle
2018
The Great Raid
2005
The Green Berets
1968
The Guns of Navarone
1961
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Hurt Locker
2008
The Imitation Game
2014
The Last Legion
2007
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
The Longest Day
1962
The Lost Bladesman
2011
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
The Mountain II
2016
The Patriot
2000
The Razor's Edge
1984
The Round Up
2010
The Sand Pebbles
1966
The Silver Fleet
1943
The Six Triple Eight
2024
The Thin Red Line
1998
The Tin Drum
1979
The Train
1964
The Walking Dead
1995
The Wall
2017
The Water Diviner
2014
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
Three Kings
1999
To Be or Not to Be
1942
To Be or Not to Be
1983
Tropic Thunder
2008
U-571
2000
Uncommon Valor
1983
Valiant
2005
Von Ryan's Express
1965
War and Peace
1956
War Horse
2011
Where Eagles Dare
1968
While at War
2019
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
White Bird
2023
Windtalkers
2002
Wolf Warrior
2015
Zulu
1964