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