War Films

Pattern Statistics

130
Movies
6.7
Avg Arcplot
135
Avg Runtime
1925-2024
Year Range
7.5
Avg IMDb
74%
Avg RT
70
Avg Metacritic
$7045M
Total Box Office
47
With Awards
13.5
Avg Plot Points

War Films - Structural Analysis

This compilation of 130 war films displays flexible handling of narrative structure common to the genre. Spanning works from 1925 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.7 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.

Exemplary works include Brothers (7.9), Emperor (7.9), and A Hidden Life (7.7).

Duration Characteristics

War films in this collection average 2 hours and 15 minutes, reflecting 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

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

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

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

Hansan: Rising Dragon

2022

Hart's War

2002

Heartbreak Ridge

1986

Heaven & Earth

1993

Hell's Angels

1930

In Darkness

2011

Incendies

2010

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

M*A*S*H

1970

Macbeth

2015

Malena

2000

More American Graffiti

1979

Mrs. Miniver

1942

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

Paths of Glory

1957

Raintree County

1957

Rambo

2008

Saving Private Ryan

1998

Screamers

1995

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

2018

Shadow

2018

Shanghai Fortress

2019

The Aftermath

2019

The Alamo

2004

The Battleship Island

2017

The Big Parade

1925

The Big Red One

1980

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

The Flowers of War

2011

The Fortress

2017

The Four Feathers

2002

The French Revolution

1989

The Good German

2006

The Great Battle

2018

The Great Raid

2005

The Green Berets

1968

The Guns of Navarone

1961

The Patriot

2000

The Razor's Edge

1984

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 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

U-571

2000

Uncommon Valor

1983

Valiant

2005

Von Ryan's Express

1965

War and Peace

1956

War and Peace

1967

War Horse

2011

We Are from the Future 2

2010

Where Eagles Dare

1968

While at War

2019

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

Windtalkers

2002

Wolf Warrior

2015

Zulu

1964