Story Structure
The Quest
Journey toward a specific goal, prize, or destination
58
Films
5.2
Avg Arcplot Score
133 min
Avg Runtime
1939-2023
Year Range
Films with The Quest Structure
4.5
The Boy and the Heron
2023 • Hayao Miyazaki
7.5
Tenet
2020 • Christopher Nolan
6.1
1917
2019 • Sam Mendes
5
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Anthony Russo
7.4
Isle of Dogs
2018 • Wes Anderson
4.9
Ready Player One
2018 • Steven Spielberg
5.8
Coco
2017 • Lee Unkrich
3.5
Inside Out
2015 • Pete Docter
4.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 • George Miller
8.1
Interstellar
2014 • Christopher Nolan
4
The World's End
2013 • Edgar Wright
5.4
Django Unchained
2012 • Quentin Tarantino
4.2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2011 • David Yates
7.3
The Adventures of Tintin
2011 • Steven Spielberg
5.9
War Horse
2011 • Steven Spielberg
3.4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2010 • David Yates
8.1
Inception
2010 • Christopher Nolan
6
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 • Edgar Wright
5.3
True Grit
2010 • Coen Brothers
7.6
Up
2009 • Pete Docter
5.4
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 • Steven Spielberg
3.6
The Darjeeling Limited
2007 • Wes Anderson
5.5
Pan's Labyrinth
2006 • Guillermo del Toro
5.5
Munich
2005 • Steven Spielberg
3.7
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 • Quentin Tarantino
7.7
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 • Wes Anderson
7.5
Finding Nemo
2003 • Andrew Stanton
3.8
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 • Quentin Tarantino
5.1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 • Peter Jackson
4.7
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 • Peter Jackson
7.6
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 • Steven Spielberg
3.8
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 • Chris Columbus
5.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 • Peter Jackson
3.9
Gladiator
2000 • Ridley Scott
5.6
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 • Coen Brothers
3.5
Saving Private Ryan
1998 • Steven Spielberg
3.7
Children of Heaven
1997 • Majid Majidi
4.6
Princess Mononoke
1997 • Hayao Miyazaki
4.3
Unforgiven
1992 • Clint Eastwood
4.1
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 • Steven Spielberg
5.6
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
1986 • Hayao Miyazaki
3.7
Stand by Me
1986 • Rob Reiner
7.8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 • Steven Spielberg
3.3
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983 • Richard Marquand
5.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 • Steven Spielberg
5.1
Apocalypse Now
1979 • Francis Ford Coppola
5.1
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 • Hayao Miyazaki
5.8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 • Steven Spielberg
7.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 • Terry Gilliam
5.4
The Sugarland Express
1974 • Steven Spielberg
6.1
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 • Stanley Kubrick
4.1
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 • Sergio Leone
5.1
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 • Sergio Leone
4.9
Ben-Hur
1959 • William Wyler
5
Seven Samurai
1954 • Akira Kurosawa
3.5
Bicycle Thieves
1948 • Vittorio De Sica
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 • John Huston
3
The Wizard of Oz
1939 • Victor Fleming