Encoding Videos and handshot sporting events

[UltiTyler]

I have a collection of movies that I'd like to encode in the h265 Video Codec and while I'm at it I would like to reduce the file size of all of my hand-shot sporting event films. I have experimented with Handbrake in the past, but just recently I bought a CPU that should handle the program better. Now, I seem to be at a loss as to where my presets should be set. I set up all of my movies in the queue, but after checking the first 12 films, I realize that only SOME of the videos are being encoded to a reduced file size. Four of the videos increased in file size. So is there a way I can set the presets up so that I loose minimal quality and reduce file sizes? Or do I need to correct the settings depending on what film I'm encoding?

[Woodstock]

Without activity logs to see what settings you're using and what handbrake found when looking at the video, it's impossible to say much.

The red-on-pink box above explains where to find your logs.

[mduell]

Activity Log is required for support requests. See Must Read: How To Get Questions Answered on These Forums for details

[rollin_eng]

Could you please post your logs, instructions can be found here:

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/hel ... y-log.html

[UltiTyler]

Sorry I forgot to paste logs. Like I said in the OP some of these movies encode to a smaller file size; but some files do not. Specifically: Ant Man, Snowden, and the Hunger Games (all).
https://pastebin.com/HEvhw0kS

[rollin_eng]

We need the encode logs too.

[UltiTyler]

Here's the individual logs for the movies. The first one is Ant man, a movie that didn't reduce in size, and the second pastebin is for a movie that did reduce significantly in size; as I expected.
https://pastebin.com/h9eZjDZC
https://pastebin.com/LgkcpJUM