yep... any movie whose official runtime is 180 minutes or longer.
for the sake of argument let's say officially released directors' cuts qualify.
something tells me this might be tough... on the other hand I know this place and you guys continually dazzle with your encyclopedic movie know-ledge :teddyr:
>>> include the runtime, if you can be bothered!
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)
- 229 minutes
2 Dances with Wolves - Extended cut
226 minutes
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
222 minutes
3 hours and 42 minutes
4. HEAVEN'S GATE
216 minutes
3 hours, 36 minutes.
The films original running time was 5 hours, 25 minutes 😳😳😳
5. DR ZHIVAGO
193 minutes
3 hours 13 minutes
6. NAPOLEON (1927)
562 min.!
Over 9 hours!
7. WYATT EARP (1994)
- 190 mins
(never seen this one, just correctly guessed it might be super long)
8.) Avengers: Endgame- I believe it's just around 181 minutes. I was in the theater a really long time. Been a while since I've watched it.
It's worth it though. Saw that thing twice in theaters. :bouncegiggle:
9. GANDHI
3 hours, eleven minutes.
10. TITANIC (1997)
- 195 min.
as if I didn't already have enough reasons to never watch it...
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 22, 2025, 11:27:31 AM10. TITANIC (1997)
- 195 min.
as if I didn't already have enough reasons to never watch it...
:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :thumbup:
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 22, 2025, 11:27:31 AM10. TITANIC (1997)
- 195 min.
as if I didn't already have enough reasons to never watch it...
It's not that bad honestly. Went in with the lowest indifference and was surprised.
Not great, either, but worth it once.
fair enough...
11. WAR & PEACE (1956)
- 208 mins
In the mid/late 90s I used to be on the mailing list of this seller who would send out his catalogue of rare VHS bootlegs, and there would always be this supposed '3 hour' version of PULP FICTION on there. wish I'd bought it, because there's never been a 'directors cut' release of that afaik
I was going to suggest GRAND PRIX (1966) but that is only 176 minutes 😭😉
12.) Schindler's List.
13.) The Irishman. The Martin Scorcese film.
14 Ben-Hur (1959) 212 minutes
15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP (1963)
5 hours and 20 minutes of a guy sleeping.
16. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (1974)
- 194 mins
an intriguing film that I've never made it past half way into.
Quote from: Trevor on September 22, 2025, 03:59:40 PMI was going to suggest GRAND PRIX (1966) but that is only 176 minutes 😭😉
close but no cigar... THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY is 177 mins! (Italian version... for some reason U.S. one is shorter)
Quote from: RCMerchant on September 22, 2025, 05:37:17 PM15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP (1963)
5 hours and 20 minutes of a guy sleeping.
Add Andy's 8-hour long
Empire and you've got a whole day planned out :bouncegiggle:
17 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Shoah_poster_1985_US.jpg)
1985 French documentary film about the Holocaust
over 9 hours long and one of the most important films of all time
Running time 566 minutes
18 Seven Samurai (1954) 207 minutes
I was surprised to see that the three Hobbit movies came in at under 3 hours. I'have only seen the first one, and that felt considerably longer.
Quote from: Dr. Whom on September 23, 2025, 12:54:23 AMI was surprised to see that the three Hobbit movies came in at under 3 hours. I'have only seen the first one, and that felt considerably longer.
oof... according to wiki and imdb the first 2 instalments of LORD OF THE RINGS are 178 mins and 179 mins respectively ...
part 3 earns its place here though:
19. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
- 201 mins
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 22, 2025, 07:34:11 PMQuote from: RCMerchant on September 22, 2025, 05:37:17 PM15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP (1963)
5 hours and 20 minutes of a guy sleeping.
Add Andy's 8-hour long Empire and you've got a whole day planned out :bouncegiggle:
well let's do it, we're trying to get to 100 :thumbup:
20. EMPIRE (1965)
- 485 mins
21. SATANTANGO (1994)
439 minutes :buggedout:
7 and a half hours :buggedout:
22. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
- 221 mins
tried watching this but had to tap out after 45 mins or so... ain't really my thang, but I respect the hustle , yo.
23. LITTLE DORRITT (1987)
350 minutes 😳
24.) The Godfather, Part 2
Classic. Really is.
^^ seems part 1 is only 5 mins off...
25. INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
- bang on 180 mins
26. KWAIDAN (1964)
182 minutes.
27. THE HUMAN CONDITION
A Japanese trilogy released in 1959 and 1961.
Part one: 208 min
Part two: 181 min
Part three: 190 min.
Total time: a bum numbing 579 min 😳😳😳
28: RYAN'S DAUGHTER (1970)
198 minutes and 206 minutes in a DVD release.
29. REDS (1981)
195 minutes of pro Russian 💩
30 Cleopatra (1963)
Given as 243 minutes
think I would've put money on ZULU being over 3 hours... turns out it's a mere 2hrs 20 mins. practically a short!
Quote from: Trevor on September 23, 2025, 12:55:47 PMTotal time: a bum numbing 579 min 😳😳😳
need to get your reinforced padded feather pants on for that one Trev :wink:
31. PULP FICTION (1994)
2 hours 29 min.
32.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) long version is 3 hours 3 min.
^^ I've still never seen that..
Quote from: RCMerchant on September 23, 2025, 03:57:16 PM31. PULP FICTION (1994)
2 hours 29 min.
yeah that's not over 3 hours :question:
also wiki and imdb both say 2hrs 34 mins
(like I mentioned earlier, there appears to possibly be a 3 hour version somewhere out there in the ether...)
32
Paint Drying (2023)
607 minutes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Drying
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 23, 2025, 02:23:45 PMthink I would've put money on ZULU being over 3 hours... turns out it's a mere 2hrs 20 mins. practically a short!
Quote from: Trevor on September 23, 2025, 12:55:47 PMTotal time: a bum numbing 579 min 😳😳😳
need to get your reinforced padded feather pants on for that one Trev :wink:
😳🤣😆😅😄😃😀🩲
33.) Magnolia
34. The Ten Commandments (1956)
220 minutes (The silent version of 23 only is about two hours)
Quote from: bob on September 23, 2025, 05:00:28 PM32
Paint Drying (2023)
607 minutes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Drying
someone had to do it! :bouncegiggle:
not sure how it's classed as 'experimental' though... literally filming paint drying and calling the result PAINT DRYING is not much of an 'experiment' tbh
wreekap:
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
2 Dances with Wolves - Extended cut
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
4. HEAVEN'S GATE
5. DR ZHIVAGO
6. NAPOLEON
7. WYATT EARP
8.) Avengers: Endgame
9. GANDHI
10. TITANIC
11. WAR & PEACE
12.) Schindler's List
13.) The Irishman
14 Ben-Hur
15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP
16. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
17. SHOAH
18. Seven Samurai
19. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
20. EMPIRE
21. SATANTANGO
22. GONE WITH THE WIND
23. LITTLE DORRITT
24.) The Godfather, Part 2
25. INLAND EMPIRE
26. KWAIDEN
27. THE HUMAN CONDITION
28: RYAN'S DAUGHTER
29. REDS
30 Cleopatra
31. APOCALYPSE NOW
32 Paint Drying
33.) Magnolia
34. The Ten Commandments
still a way to go and I feel like most of the big hitters have been mentioned, think we can do this though
35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
36. EXODUS (1960)
208 minutes.
37. THE LEOPARD (1963)
205 minutes / 195 minutes
Quote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 05:18:36 AM37. THE LEOPARD (1963)
205 minutes / 195 minutes
QuoteThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
bloody hell that sounds like hard work. (although in fairness it's got a 7.9 score off 33K ratings so...)
just disappointed it's not about a crazed mutant leopard that goes on a 3 hour rampage though. missed opportunity there...
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 06:17:17 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 05:18:36 AM37. THE LEOPARD (1963)
205 minutes / 195 minutes
QuoteThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
bloody hell that sounds like hard work. (although in fairness it's got a 7.9 score off 33K ratings so...)
just disappointed it's not about a crazed mutant leopard that goes on a 3 hour rampage though. missed opportunity there...
😳😂😀😆😅🐆
38 Greed (1924)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Greed_1924_poster.jpg)
original run time over 9 hours
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
39.) Oppenheimer
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 07:35:08 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
😳😆😃😅😂🤣😀😃😆🐢
Quote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 07:43:30 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 07:35:08 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
😳😆😃😅😂🤣😀😃😆🐢
It's just..ugh. Having blood drawn is more fun.
40.) Malcolm X.
Good movie.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 08:18:34 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 07:43:30 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 07:35:08 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
😳😆😃😅😂🤣😀😃😆🐢
It's just..ugh. Having blood drawn is more fun.
:teddyr: :teddyr:
I actually didn't know there is a HELLRAISER 9 :buggedout: :teddyr: :teddyr:
41. DAS BOOT / THE BOAT (1981)
Director's cut 208 minutes.
Various other running times.
Quote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 09:14:16 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 08:18:34 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 07:43:30 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 07:35:08 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
😳😆😃😅😂🤣😀😃😆🐢
It's just..ugh. Having blood drawn is more fun.
:teddyr: :teddyr:
I actually didn't know there is a HELLRAISER 9 :buggedout: :teddyr: :teddyr:
Yeah. Hellraiser: Revelations. Came out in 2011. It was essentially a 'film-rights' obligation because I guess Miramax/Dimension Films was gonna lose the rights to make more films in the franchise. So, they assembled the worst script possible and with a budget of like $300,000 they made a movie. Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in all the previous 8 scripts, scoffed at the writing, and upon being offered so little money to return, gladly retired as the character. Then they hired some guy who looks like he just started puberty to kinda just stand around awkwardly for most of the film in the makeup, and the few lines he said, his voice was so bad they had some cartoon voice over guy overdub him. :bouncegiggle:
I was so just...I ended up going to a bar after I saw it. :cheers:
42. DR.MABUSE-THE GAMBLER (1922)
4 hours 57 minutes.
I've actually seen it all!
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 10:39:17 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 09:14:16 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 08:18:34 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 07:43:30 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 24, 2025, 07:35:08 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:43:25 AM35. PEARL HARBOUR (2001)
- 183 mins
another film I have 0 interest in sitting through...
imagine the commentary tracks on these things, lol
It's awful. I'd rather watch Hellraiser Part 9 than sit through Pearl Harbor again.
😳😆😃😅😂🤣😀😃😆🐢
It's just..ugh. Having blood drawn
Yeah. Hellraiser: Revelations. Came out in 2011. It was essentially a 'film-rights' obligation because I guess Miramax/Dimension Films was gonna lose the rights to make more films in the franchise. So, they assembled the worst script possible and with a budget of like $300,000 they made a movie. Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in all the previous 8 scripts, scoffed at the writing, and upon being offered so little money to return, gladly retired as the character. Then they hired some guy who looks like he just started puberty to kinda just stand around awkwardly for most of the film in the makeup, and the few lines he said, his voice was so bad they had some cartoon voice over guy overdub him. :bouncegiggle:
I was so just...I ended up going to a bar after I saw it. :cheers:
Oy 😳😅😆😃🤣😂
Quote from: RCMerchant on September 24, 2025, 12:00:46 PM42. DR.MABUSE-THE GAMBLER (1922)
4 hours 57 minutes.
I've actually seen it all!
Wow 😊😊🐢
43. INTOLERANCE (1916)
210 minutes.
what are those two mid 80s(?) films with weird similar sounding names... they're both dialogue and narrative-less, just images and scenes. think one begins with K and one with P.
I remember those being long.
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:36:14 PMwhat are those two mid 80s(?) films with weird similar sounding names... they're both dialogue and narrative-less, just images and scenes. think one begins with K and one with P.
I remember those being long.
Koyannisquatsi and Powaquatsi.
Not sure of the spelling.
Sounds like the sounds I make on the toilet 😳😳😉
thanks Trev... (eww)
yeah they're not even close, just checked. they felt long, haha...
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:54:24 PMthanks Trev... (eww)
yeah they're not even close, just checked. they felt long, haha...
I saw POWAQUATSI when I was at college in 1988: lots of bleary eyed stoners in the audience (not me) and the words most heard from the audience were "Wowww, man" 😃😆
RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) (2022)
It gets in at just 182 minutes, which reminds me I still have to watch the second half.
Quote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 06:51:48 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 06:17:17 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 05:18:36 AM37. THE LEOPARD (1963)
205 minutes / 195 minutes
QuoteThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
bloody hell that sounds like hard work. (although in fairness it's got a 7.9 score off 33K ratings so...)
just disappointed it's not about a crazed mutant leopard that goes on a 3 hour rampage though. missed opportunity there...
😳😂😀😆😅🐆
I like Burt Lancaster and I like big opulent epic spectacles - and I love leopards! But I found THE LEOPARD to be a real chore. Enough happens to fill POSSIBLY 95 minutes... maybe at a leisurely pace... though surely not 195 minutes. Also, "the Leopard" is Lancaster's nickname. He doesn't transform into a wereleopard and there is no rampage. :bluesad:
yeah, I'll happily take your word for it :smile:
Quote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 02:00:37 PMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 01:54:24 PMthanks Trev... (eww)
yeah they're not even close, just checked. they felt long, haha...
I saw POWAQUATSI when I was at college in 1988: lots of bleary eyed stoners in the audience (not me) and the words most heard from the audience were "Wowww, man" 😃😆
think I watched them both under the influence of some very strong herbal tea, but it didn't really enhance the experience tbh
Quote from: M.10rda on September 24, 2025, 04:15:41 PMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 06:51:48 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 24, 2025, 06:17:17 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 24, 2025, 05:18:36 AM37. THE LEOPARD (1963)
205 minutes / 195 minutes
QuoteThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
bloody hell that sounds like hard work. (although in fairness it's got a 7.9 score off 33K ratings so...)
just disappointed it's not about a crazed mutant leopard that goes on a 3 hour rampage though. missed opportunity there...
😳😂😀😆😅🐆
I like Burt Lancaster and I like big opulent epic spectacles - and I love leopards! But I found THE LEOPARD to be a real chore. Enough happens to fill POSSIBLY 95 minutes... maybe at a leisurely pace... though surely not 195 minutes. Also, "the Leopard" is Lancaster's nickname. He doesn't transform into a wereleopard and there is no rampage. :bluesad:
Very sad 😭😉😉😉😄🐢
45. MELANCHOLIA (2008)
447 minutes
46. BARRY LYNDON (1975)
185 minutes
47. 1900 (1976)
317 minutes
48. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
183 minutes.
49. UNDERPANTS MAN (2026)
7 hours, 1.5 minutes 😳😉😉😉
50.) JFK
3 hours, 9 minutes.
51.) Gettysburg
Quote from: Trevor on September 25, 2025, 11:33:03 AM48. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
183 minutes.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 25, 2025, 12:08:06 PM50.) JFK
3 hours, 9 minutes.
nice, there's still relatively 'recent' blockbusters coming up... this bodes well for making it to 100 I reckon!
52.) The Green MileI
Not sure if mentioned. If so, scratch that off.
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 25, 2025, 12:29:08 PMQuote from: Trevor on September 25, 2025, 11:33:03 AM48. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
183 minutes.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 25, 2025, 12:08:06 PM50.) JFK
3 hours, 9 minutes.
nice, there's still relatively 'recent' blockbusters coming up... this bodes well for making it to 100 I reckon!
Halfway point now. I'm sure there's plenty more.
53 Ben Hur (1959)
212 minutes
Quote from: Dr. Whom on September 25, 2025, 02:19:45 PM53 Ben Hur (1959)
212 minutes
sorry Doc, that was #14
Quote from: Trevor on September 25, 2025, 11:59:15 AM49. UNDERPANTS MAN (2026)
7 hours, 1.5 minutes 😳😉😉😉
released titles only I'm afraid :smile:
(and I genuinely am afraid)
this means the next entry should be
52.
updated list:
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
2 Dances with Wolves - Extended cut
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
4. HEAVEN'S GATE
5. DR ZHIVAGO
6. NAPOLEON
7. WYATT EARP
8.) Avengers: Endgame
9. GANDHI
10. TITANIC
11. WAR & PEACE
12.) Schindler's List
13.) The Irishman
14 Ben-Hur
15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP
16. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
17. SHOAH
18. Seven Samurai
19. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
20. EMPIRE
21. SATANTANGO
22. GONE WITH THE WIND
23. LITTLE DORRITT
24.) The Godfather, Part 2
25. INLAND EMPIRE
26. KWAIDEN
27. THE HUMAN CONDITION
28: RYAN'S DAUGHTER
29. REDS
30 Cleopatra
31. APOCALYPSE NOW
32 Paint Drying
33.) Magnolia
34. The Ten Commandments
35. PEARL HARBOUR
36. EXODUS
37. THE LEOPARD
38 Greed
39.) Oppenheimer
40.) Malcolm X.
41. DAS BOOT / THE BOAT
42. DR.MABUSE-THE GAMBLER
43. INTOLERANCE
44. RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram)
45. MELANCHOLIA
46. BARRY LYNDON
47. 1900
48. THE DEER HUNTER
49.) JFK
50.) Gettysburg
51.) The Green Mile
52. AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER (2022)
192 minutes
53 Fanny and Alexander
theatrical version 188 minutes
the tv mini-series version 312 minutes
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/206-fanny-and-alexander
Quote from: bob on September 25, 2025, 07:04:53 PM53 Fanny and Alexander
theatrical version 188 minutes
the tv mini-series version 312 minutes
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/206-fanny-and-alexander
That's the movie which showed me that sometimes Ingmar Bergman can be very funny 😁😁🐢
54.) Nixonb
The Oliver Stone film with Anthony Hopkins
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 25, 2025, 04:08:56 PMQuote from: Trevor on September 25, 2025, 11:59:15 AM49. UNDERPANTS MAN (2026)
7 hours, 1.5 minutes 😳😉😉😉
released titles only I'm afraid :smile:
(and I genuinely am afraid)
😳😀😃😄😅🐢
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 26, 2025, 12:45:11 AM54.) Nixonb
The Oliver Stone film with Anthony Hopkins
The version I have on VHS is 189 minutes 😊😊👍
I had a brain wave that old films with the phrase 'Battle Of...' in the title would surely yeild a few 3+ hour results... found about 40, and none of them are :bluesad:
ah here we go...
55. THE BATTLE OF MANCHURIA (1970)
- 197 mins
:thumbup:
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 26, 2025, 08:09:38 AMI had a brain wave that old films with the phrase 'Battle Of...' in the title would surely yeild a few 3+ hour results... found about 40, and none of them are :bluesad:
Any movie about battles or wars should be 180 minutes or more.
I was gonna add Braveheart, but that's just 2-minutes under 3 hours. And for some reason, Avengers: Infinity War clocks in at just over 2hr 35min. Great film, another few minutes wouldn't have hurt the experience.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 26, 2025, 08:34:03 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 26, 2025, 08:09:38 AMI had a brain wave that old films with the phrase 'Battle Of...' in the title would surely yeild a few 3+ hour results... found about 40, and none of them are :bluesad:
Any movie about battles or wars should be 180 minutes or more.
I was gonna add Braveheart, but that's just 2-minutes under 3 hours. And for some reason, Avengers: Infinity War clocks in at just over 2hr 35min. Great film, another few minutes wouldn't have hurt the experience.
Even THE LONGEST DAY taps out at 170 minutes.
Quote from: Trevor on September 26, 2025, 08:40:59 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 26, 2025, 08:34:03 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 26, 2025, 08:09:38 AMI had a brain wave that old films with the phrase 'Battle Of...' in the title would surely yeild a few 3+ hour results... found about 40, and none of them are :bluesad:
Any movie about battles or wars should be 180 minutes or more.
I was gonna add Braveheart, but that's just 2-minutes under 3 hours. And for some reason, Avengers: Infinity War clocks in at just over 2hr 35min. Great film, another few minutes wouldn't have hurt the experience.
Even THE LONGEST DAY taps out at 170 minutes.
Yeah. Forgot about that movie. Watched it with my grandfather back when I was a kid.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 26, 2025, 08:34:03 AMAny movie about battles or wars should be 180 minutes or more.
surely, right? :bouncegiggle:
at least I did find one...
56.) The Sand Pebbles.
1966. Starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough
57. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
185 minutes.
59 OJ: Made in America (2016)
467 minutes
Quote from: Trevor on September 26, 2025, 08:44:47 PM58. WAR AND PEACE (1956)
208 minutes.
had it already... #11 :thumbup:
Quote from: bob on September 26, 2025, 08:52:43 PM59 OJ: Made in America (2016)
467 minutes
all this OJ nostalgia stuff that seems to have been going on for a long while has totally passed me by... wasn't there a dramatised tv series too? I remember the arrest / trial frenzy, and being on a shift in my first job when the verdict was delivered. the entire place came to a standstill to watch it on a tiny tv in the corner of 1 room.
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 27, 2025, 01:10:23 AMQuote from: Trevor on September 26, 2025, 08:44:47 PM58. WAR AND PEACE (1956)
208 minutes.
had it already... #11 :thumbup:
Quote from: bob on September 26, 2025, 08:52:43 PM59 OJ: Made in America (2016)
467 minutes
all this OJ nostalgia stuff that seems to have been going on for a long while has totally passed me by... wasn't there a dramatised tv series too? I remember the arrest / trial frenzy, and being on a shift in my first job when the verdict was delivered. the entire place came to a standstill to watch it on a tiny tv in the corner of 1 room.
The People VS O J Simpson. Very well made with great performances all round.
It won 9 Emmys.
Quote from: Trevor on September 26, 2025, 08:40:59 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 26, 2025, 08:34:03 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on September 26, 2025, 08:09:38 AMI had a brain wave that old films with the phrase 'Battle Of...' in the title would surely yeild a few 3+ hour results... found about 40, and none of them are :bluesad:
Any movie about battles or wars should be 180 minutes or more.
I was gonna add Braveheart, but that's just 2-minutes under 3 hours. And for some reason, Avengers: Infinity War clocks in at just over 2hr 35min. Great film, another few minutes wouldn't have hurt the experience.
Even THE LONGEST DAY taps out at 170 minutes.
Yup, A Bridge Too Far misses the mark by just four minutes!
60. THE BRUTALIST (2024)
The title checks out. It is the brutalest watch.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on September 27, 2025, 09:46:44 AM60. THE BRUTALIST (2024)
The title checks out. It is the brutalest watch.
thanks Rev, that is actually #59 as Trevor did a re-post...
next is #60
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 27, 2025, 12:55:40 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on September 27, 2025, 09:46:44 AM60. THE BRUTALIST (2024)
The title checks out. It is the brutalest watch.
thanks Rev, that is actually #59 as Trevor did a re-post...
next is #60
I don't see where anybody but me mentioned THE BRUTALIST, but as long as it's on the list...
no the re-posted one was WAR & PEACE as #58
60. BIRTH OF A NATION (1916)
193 minutes.
61. SPARTACUS (1960)
3 hours 17 min.
updated list:
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
2 Dances with Wolves - Extended cut
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
4. HEAVEN'S GATE
5. DR ZHIVAGO
6. NAPOLEON
7. WYATT EARP
8.) Avengers: Endgame
9. GANDHI
10. TITANIC
11. WAR & PEACE
12.) Schindler's List
13.) The Irishman
14 Ben-Hur
15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP
16. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
17. SHOAH
18. Seven Samurai
19. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
20. EMPIRE
21. SATANTANGO
22. GONE WITH THE WIND
23. LITTLE DORRITT
24.) The Godfather, Part 2
25. INLAND EMPIRE
26. KWAIDEN
27. THE HUMAN CONDITION
28: RYAN'S DAUGHTER
29. REDS
30 Cleopatra
31. APOCALYPSE NOW
32 Paint Drying
33.) Magnolia
34. The Ten Commandments
35. PEARL HARBOUR
36. EXODUS
37. THE LEOPARD
38 Greed
39.) Oppenheimer
40.) Malcolm X.
41. DAS BOOT / THE BOAT
42. DR.MABUSE-THE GAMBLER
43. INTOLERANCE
44. RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram)
45. MELANCHOLIA
46. BARRY LYNDON
47. 1900
48. THE DEER HUNTER
49.) JFK
50.) Gettysburg
51.) The Green Mile
52. AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER (2022)
53 Fanny and Alexander
54.) Nixon
55. THE BATTLE OF MANCHURIA (1970)
56.) The Sand Pebbles.
57. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
58 OJ: Made in America (2016)
59. THE BRUTALIST (2024)
60. BIRTH OF A NATION (1916)
61. SPARTACUS (1960)
62. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)
An easy watch, doesn't seem as long as it is
63. CHELSEA GIRLS (1966)
210 minutes
64. FOUR STARS aka **** (1967)
25 hours of film 😳😳
1500 minutes 😳😳😳😳
not over 3 hrs but SCARFACE is only 10 mins away. was surprised...
Quote from: Trevor on September 28, 2025, 01:00:15 PM63. EMPIRE (1965)
485 bum shattering minutes 😳
you nominated this one already (#20)... we don't want to sit thru it again :buggedout: :bouncegiggle:
65. ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1980)
3 hours 30 minutes
66. THE TRAVELING PLAYERS (1975)
3 hours 50 minutes.
67. Parsifal (1982)
255 minutes.
I went to see that with a friend. When it famously changes actors half way through, we realised we had another two hours to go. We looked at eachother and quietly left the cinema.
Quote from: Dr. Whom on September 29, 2025, 12:58:51 AM67. Parsifal (1982)
255 minutes.
I went to see that with a friend. When it famously changes actors half way through, we realised we had another two hours to go. We looked at eachother and quietly left the cinema.
😳😆😀😃😄😅🤣🐢
I've always thought any film over 2 hours long really need to justify being so. like really really. time is a commodity.
btw PARSIFAL should've been #66, as EMPIRE was reposted.
next is #67
EDIT - ah no it shouldn't... I see Trevor edited and corrected his previous posts numbers....
next is #68
I'm struggling to find any more!
68. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (2013)
Definitely not worth the slog. Even people specifically looking for a lesbian romance would probably prefer they get through it in 90 minutes.
1987's The Cure For Insomnia
Quote from: ER on September 29, 2025, 11:27:17 AM1987's The Cure For Insomnia
87 hours?... well that's just showing off
imdb review says it could do without the last 15 minutes which dragged
70 Babylon (2022)
189 minutes
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 29, 2025, 12:34:32 PMQuote from: ER on September 29, 2025, 11:27:17 AM1987's The Cure For Insomnia
87 hours?... well that's just showing off
imdb review says it could do without the last 15 minutes which dragged
😄😄😄😂🐢
71.) King Kong
2005. Naomi Watts and Jack Black star.
72.) Woodstock.
73.) It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963. Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman and Jonathan Winters appear.
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 29, 2025, 01:35:41 AMI've always thought any film over 2 hours long really need to justify being so. like really really. time is a commodity.
btw PARSIFAL should've been #66, as EMPIRE was reposted.
next is #67
EDIT - ah no it shouldn't... I see Trevor edited and corrected his previous posts numbers....
next is #68
I'm struggling to find any more!
I generally feel 1hr 45min to 2hr 15mins is a decent time for a good movie. 1hr 45min for a comedy/horror and 2hr 15min for a decent drama or action fluck.
Some exceptions can be made, of course.
The Dark Knight was 2 and a half hour long. And I'm a fan of the MCU overall and
Avengers: Infinity War and
Avengers: Endgame really needed to be 2.5-3 hours long. They had a great villain in Thanos, and they brought together so many characters from 20 or so different films, many of whom never met until the events in these two films.
Hmm, looks like THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is exactly 3 hours long, so not OVER 3 hours.
I forget, did we say extended cuts are allowed?
Here's one we seem to have forgotten:
74. GRINDHOUSE (3 hours, 11 min.)
Quote from: Rev. Powell on September 30, 2025, 02:40:30 PMHmm, looks like THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is exactly 3 hours long, so not OVER 3 hours.
I forget, did we say extended cuts are allowed?
Here's one we seem to have forgotten:
74. GRINDHOUSE (3 hours, 11 min.)
I believe the Extended Version of Dances with Wolves is on the list, so extended cuts should count. Gonna need it cause can't think of many more that aren't rare or something.
Grindhouse. Good call. Forgot about that.
recap of rules:
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 22, 2025, 06:26:07 AMyep... any movie whose official runtime is 180 minutes or longer.
so WOLF OF WALL STREET counts (as did the exactly 180 min INLAND EMPIRE).
not to go too deep but if a film officially hits the 180 minute mark then I guess the law of time itself states it must technically be 'over' that, cause precisely dead-on 180 minutes is not achievable (?)
75. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Quotefor the sake of argument let's say officially released directors' cuts qualify.
so yes , they count.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on September 30, 2025, 02:22:57 PM71.) King Kong
2005. Naomi Watts and Jack Black star.
wow I would not have had that down as a 3 hour-er...
Quote from: zombie no.one on September 30, 2025, 03:42:22 PMQuote from: HappyGilmore on September 30, 2025, 02:22:57 PM71.) King Kong
2005. Naomi Watts and Jack Black star.
wow I would not have had that down as a 3 hour-er...
Theatrical release was 187 minutes. Director cut was around 200 minutes, give or take.
76. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
181 minutes
77. BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT (1993)
180 minutes.
78. THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) 4 hours, 20 minutes
80. BATANG WEST SIDE (2001)
5 hours 15 min 😳
81. THE ICEMAN COMETH (1973)
3 hours 59 min 😳
82. A TOUCH OF ZEN (1971)
3 hours 20 min
83. HAMLET (1996)
4 hours 2 minutes
84. ANDREI RUBELEV (1966)
3 hours 9 minutes.
85. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991)
4 hours 47 minutes 😳
86. RENALDO AND CLARA (1978)
3 hours 55 minutes
Trevor in maximum overdrive mode, no one get in his way! :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: zombie no.one on October 01, 2025, 01:51:42 PMTrevor in maximum overdrive mode, no one get in his way! :bouncegiggle:
😆😄😂😅🐢
77. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) a 4 hour cut of what was released to theaters as a 2-hour movie
88
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
181 minutes
89
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
190 minutes
^^ expected those to be some old thing... brand new!
there seems to be no predominant 'era' for the 3 hour movie. they just crop up randomly
got one!
90. THE FALLS (1980)
- 185 mins
was watching this recently, and it never occurred to me for this list... weird film!
gonna check if any of Peter Greenaway's other movies are 3 hr....
edit, apparently not. he did make some long ass films though
here we beez...
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
2 Dances with Wolves - Extended cut
3. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
4. HEAVEN'S GATE
5. DR ZHIVAGO
6. NAPOLEON
7. WYATT EARP
8.) Avengers: Endgame
9. GANDHI
10. TITANIC
11. WAR & PEACE
12.) Schindler's List
13.) The Irishman
14 Ben-Hur
15. Andy Warhol's SLEEP
16. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
17. SHOAH
18. Seven Samurai
19. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
20. EMPIRE
21. SATANTANGO
22. GONE WITH THE WIND
23. LITTLE DORRITT
24.) The Godfather, Part 2
25. INLAND EMPIRE
26. KWAIDEN
27. THE HUMAN CONDITION
28: RYAN'S DAUGHTER
29. REDS
30 Cleopatra
31. APOCALYPSE NOW
32 Paint Drying
33.) Magnolia
34. The Ten Commandments
35. PEARL HARBOUR
36. EXODUS
37. THE LEOPARD
38 Greed
39.) Oppenheimer
40.) Malcolm X.
41. DAS BOOT / THE BOAT
42. DR.MABUSE-THE GAMBLER
43. INTOLERANCE
44. RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram)
45. MELANCHOLIA
46. BARRY LYNDON
47. 1900
48. THE DEER HUNTER
49.) JFK
50.) Gettysburg
51.) The Green Mile
52. AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER (2022)
53 Fanny and Alexander
54.) Nixon
55. THE BATTLE OF MANCHURIA (1970)
56.) The Sand Pebbles.
57. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
58 OJ: Made in America (2016)
59. THE BRUTALIST (2024)
60. BIRTH OF A NATION (1916)
61. SPARTACUS (1960)
62. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
63. CHELSEA GIRLS
64. FOUR STARS aka ****
65. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
66. THE TRAVELING PLAYERS
67. Parsifal
68. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
69. The Cure For Insomnia
70 Babylon
71.) King Kong
72.) Woodstock
73.) It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
74. GRINDHOUSE
75. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
76. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
77. BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT
78. THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
80. BATANG WEST SIDE
81. THE ICEMAN COMETH
82. A TOUCH OF ZEN
83. HAMLET
84. ANDREI RUBELEV
85. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
86. RENALDO AND CLARA
77. Zack Snyder's Justice League
88 Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
89 Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
90. THE FALLS
ten more to go :drink:
A lot of Bollywood movies are over 3 hours, but this is the only one I'll mention, since it got relatively wide distribution (it was even nominated for a best song Oscar, I believe):
91. RRR (2022)
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 02, 2025, 08:09:41 AMA lot of Bollywood movies are over 3 hours, but this is the only one I'll mention, since it got relatively wide distribution (it was even nominated for a best song Oscar, I believe):
91. RRR (2022)
I believe that's the one at #44?
any other B-wood to chuck in then please do!
91. SHOLAY (1975)
204 / 198 minutes
My fave Indian film. 😊😊🐢
92. LAGAAN ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA (2001)
233 minutes.
Quote from: zombie no.one on October 02, 2025, 08:37:18 AMQuote from: Rev. Powell on October 02, 2025, 08:09:41 AMA lot of Bollywood movies are over 3 hours, but this is the only one I'll mention, since it got relatively wide distribution (it was even nominated for a best song Oscar, I believe):
91. RRR (2022)
I believe that's the one at #44?
any other B-wood to chuck in then please do!
Apologies, I think I just assumed no one remembered it! How about
93. THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)
Quote from: Trevor on October 02, 2025, 08:51:09 AM91. SHOLAY (1975)
204 / 198 minutes
My fave Indian film. 😊😊🐢
noted. never watched an Indian film so I'll try and make it that one if/when I do...
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 02, 2025, 09:00:12 AMApologies, I think I just assumed no one remembered it! How about
93. THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)
cool... another pretty big movie that wasn't mentioned yet
Quote from: zombie no.one on October 02, 2025, 10:52:40 AMQuote from: Trevor on October 02, 2025, 08:51:09 AM91. SHOLAY (1975)
204 / 198 minutes
My fave Indian film. 😊😊🐢
noted. never watched an Indian film so I'll try and make it that one if/when I do...
Think of it as an Indian western with musical numbers, an absolutely hideous villain and two hardened criminals who are actually good guys. That train attack sequence :buggedout: :buggedout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i2s0Dz4xAg
94. The ironically named SHORT CUTS (1993) is 3 hours, 8 minutes
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 03, 2025, 08:10:07 AM94. The ironically named SHORT CUTS (1993) is 3 hours, 8 minutes
As any hobbit knows, short cuts make long delays.
just watched the 'short' version of APOCALYPSE NOW... yeah think I'll skip the long version :)
(fwiw we had it already at #31)
95. RED BEARD (1965)
3 hours 5 minutes.
96. THE SANDS OF KUROBE (1968)
3 hours 16 minutes.
97. WAR AND PEACE (1965)
6 Hours 33 minutes 😳
98. QUIET FLOWS THE DON (1957)
5 hours 30 min
Quote from: Trevor on October 04, 2025, 07:28:48 AM97. WAR AND PEACE (1965)
6 Hours 33 minutes 😳
released in 4 installments over 2 years apparently..... not sure if this should count but go on :teddyr:
99. LA ROUE (1923)
413 minutes 😳
100. THE BROTHERS KARAMASOV (1969)
3 hours 52 minutes.
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F6IvqjOOCsWJ6AENsy2%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&ipt=860e710cff9d8230794aa9425e37f2a08e706f9072045a0e6ef0e5f37f485560)
99. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Do not watch this movie. If someone tells you this is a great film, run. You have been warned.
apparently this thread is going on past the time you'd think it would have ended... kind of appropriate :wink:
Wow. A hundred. :cheers:
This list ought to go viral, so wannabe film snobs will feel obliged to sit through all of these
102) The Alamo (1960)
Tho I'm not sure the 3+ hour version still exists.
Oh well
103) The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) 182 minutes
Quote from: pacman000 on October 13, 2025, 07:50:46 PM102) The Alamo (1960)
Tho I'm not sure the 3+ hour version still exists.
The version I have on DVD is 159 minutes and I agree that the 3 hour + version no longer exists.
Quote from: Trevor on October 14, 2025, 02:09:04 AMQuote from: pacman000 on October 13, 2025, 07:50:46 PM102) The Alamo (1960)
Tho I'm not sure the 3+ hour version still exists.
The version I have on DVD is 159 minutes and I agree that the 3 hour + version no longer exists.
Well, as long as people remember it
Quote from: Dr. Whom on October 14, 2025, 01:02:05 PMQuote from: Trevor on October 14, 2025, 02:09:04 AMQuote from: pacman000 on October 13, 2025, 07:50:46 PM102) The Alamo (1960)
Tho I'm not sure the 3+ hour version still exists.
The version I have on DVD is 159 minutes and I agree that the 3 hour + version no longer exists.
Well, as long as people remember it
😃😄🐢
Quote from: Dr. Whom on October 07, 2025, 12:51:37 AMThis list ought to go viral, so wannabe film snobs will feel obliged to sit through all of these
:thumbup: there's well over 2 weeks' worth of continuous movie time in this thread, roll up for the view-athon!
104. RUNNING DOWN A DREAM (2007)
238 minutes docco about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
105. BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2020)
183 minutes.
105) The Gospel of John (2003)
180 minutes exactly, according to Wikipedia.