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8.9

7.8

1. Shoah (1985)

Running Time: 544 Minutes (9 Hours, 4 Minutes)

340

8.7

2. Satantango (1994)

Running Time: 450 Minutes (7 Hours, 30 Minutes)

3. Melancholia (2008)

Running Time: 450 Minutes (7 Hours, 30 Minutes)

238

8.1

4. The Best of Youth (2003)

Running Time: 366 Minutes (6 Hours, 6 Minutes)

7.4

5. La commune

Running Time: 345 Minutes (5 Hours, 45 Minutes)

7.2

6. And Quiet Flows the Don (1957)

Running Time: 340 Minutes (5 Hours, 40 Minutes) Only in the Soviet Union.

7.9

7.3

7. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)

Running Time: 272 Minutes (4 Hours, 32 Minutes)

106

7.4

7.5

8. Gettysburg (1993)

Running Time: 271 Minutes (4 Hours, 31 Minutes)

334

7.6

9. 1900 (1976)

Running Time: 245 Minutes (4 Hours, 5 Minutes)

492

7.3

7.8

10. The Ten Commandments (1956)

Running Time: 240 Minutes (4 Hours, 0 Minutes)

8.6

7.8

11. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Running Time: 237 Minutes (3 Hours, 57 Minutes)

245

8.3

7.8

12. Love Exposure (2008)

Running Time: 237 Minutes (3 Hours, 57 Minutes)

1486

8.2

8.4

13. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Running Time: 229 Minutes (3 Hours, 49 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

1957

7.8

8.2

14. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Running Time: 226 Minutes (3 Hours, 46 Minutes)

144

8.2

7.7

15. Napoléon (1927)

Running Time: 222 Minutes (3 Hours, 42 Minutes)

7.7

16. Eureka (Shooting Gallery) (2000)

Running Time: 217 Minutes (3 Hours, 37 Minutes)

1093

8.4

17. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Running Time: 216 Minutes (3 Hours, 36 Minutes)

997

7.5

8.1

18. Ben-Hur (1959)

Running Time: 212 Minutes (3 Hours, 32 Minutes)

6.3

6.8

19. Exodus (1960)

Running Time: 208 Minutes (3 Hours, 28 Minutes)

125

6.3

6.7

20. War and Peace (1956)

Running Time: 208 Minutes (3 Hours, 28 Minutes)

1539

8.6

8.8

21. Seven Samurai (1954)

Running Time: 207 Minutes (3 Hours, 27 Minutes)

421

8.7

8.1

22. Andrei Rublev (1966)

Running Time: 205 Minutes (3 Hours, 25 Minutes)

Note that the 205 minute running time is in its original length. There are a few other versions which differentiate.

658

7.2

7.6

23. Malcolm X (1992)

Running Time: 202 Minutes (3 Hours, 22 Minutes)

7385

8.2

8.9

24. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin... (2003)

Running Time: 201 Minutes (3 Hours, 21 Minutes)

3352

8.6

25. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Running Time: 200 Minutes (3 Hours, 20 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

663

7.4

26. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Running Time: 197 Minutes (3 Hours, 17 Minutes)

4693

8.4

8.9

27. Schindler's List (1993)

Running Time: 195 Minutes (3 Hours, 15 Minutes)

7.3

7.4

28. Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Running Time: 195 Minutes (3 Hours, 15 Minutes)

7737

7.6

29. Titanic (1997)

Running Time: 194 Minutes (3 Hours, 14 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

199

7.5

7.4

30. Reds (1981)

Running Time: 194 Minutes (3 Hours, 14 Minutes)

263

7.5

7.9

31. The Right Stuff (1983)

Running Time: 193 Minutes (3 Hours, 13 Minutes)

151

8.1

7.5

32. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

Running Time: 193 Minutes (3 Hours, 13 Minutes)

252

6.6

33. Nixon (1995)

Running Time: 192 Minutes (3 Hours, 12 Minutes)

413

6.7

6.8

34. Cleopatra (1963)

Running Time: 192 Minutes (3 Hours, 12 Minutes)

1064

7.5

8.1

35. Gandhi (1982)

Running Time: 191 Minutes (3 Hours, 11 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

165

6.9

7.2

36. Tess (1979)

Running Time: 190 Minutes (3 Hours, 10 Minutes)

4427

8.5

37. The Green Mile (1999)

Running Time: 189 Minutes (3 Hours, 9 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

1031

7.3

38. JFK (1991)

Running Time: 189 Minutes (3 Hours, 9 Minutes)

2320

7.5

39. Magnolia (1999)

Running Time: 188 Minutes (3 Hours, 8 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

593

8.3

8.1

40. Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Running Time: 188 Minutes (3 Hours, 8 Minutes)

3787

6.4

7.3

41. King Kong (2005)

Running Time: 187 Minutes (3 Hours, 7 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

528

7.7

42. Short Cuts (1993)

Running Time: 187 Minutes (3 Hours, 7 Minutes)

1013

7.8

8.1

43. Barry Lyndon (1975)

Running Time: 184 Minutes (3 Hours, 4 Minutes)

1025

7.3

44. Spartacus (1960)

Running Time: 184 Minutes (3 Hours, 4 Minutes)

2863

5.7

5.8

45. Pearl Harbor (2001)

Running Time: 183 Minutes (3 Hours, 3 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

1521

8.2

46. The Deer Hunter (1978)

Running Time: 182 Minutes (3 Hours, 2 Minutes)

The Cinephile's rating:

1769

7.3

47. Dances with Wolves (1990)

Running Time: 181 Minutes (3 Hours, 1 Minute)

The Cinephile's rating:

287

7.8

48. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Running Time: 181 Minutes (3 Hours, 1 Minute)

179

6.7

7.4

49. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Running Time: 180 Minutes (3 Hours, 0 Minutes)

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Comments

BadSmile

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 11 19:36

"Satantango": 450 min. "1900": 245 min . "Das Boot": 293 min long.

The Cinephile

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 11 20:23

Das Boot is only three hours on DVD, with a different version than the original released version.

Hoplaa

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 12 3:48

The Green Mile, 189 min.

The Cinephile

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 12 5:56

The Green Mile, yes, thanks.

Edit: 3 years, 5 months ago

fartman

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 12 15:50

The Cure for Insomnia is 87 hours long...haha

The Cinephile

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 12 16:56

Weird comments from a couple of people here. ????

And Thanks Vivi :)

Juize

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 15:21

And Quiet Flows the Don is 340 minutes long.
http://www.listal.com/movie/and-quiet-flows-the-don

bob loblaw

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 15:44

And here's few more:

Napoléon (1927) - running time depends on which version you'll choose. Anyway, it's easily over three hours.
http://www.listal.com/movie/abel-gances-napoleon

War and Peace (1956) - 208 min
http://www.listal.com/movie/war-and-peace

Greed (1924) - 239 min (1999 restored version)
http://www.listal.com/movie/greed

The Cinephile

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 16:27

I will add those, thanks guys.

Kris

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 16:50

Napoléon (1955)
182 (French)/190 min (English)
http://www.listal.com/movie/napolon

Shichinin no samurai (1954)
207 (202-203 - restored version) min.
http://www.listal.com/movie/the-seven-samurai

Amadeus (1984)
180 min (Director's Cut)
http://www.listal.com/movie/amadeus

Stehako

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 18:18

Che (2008)
263 minutes (4 hours, 23 mins)

Like the list!

The Cinephile

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 31 13:07

Thank you MaxS, will add it.

schwarzerabt

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 2 4:40

Love Exposure (2008)
Running Time: 237 Minutes
http://www.listal.com/movie/ai-no-mukidashi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128075/

BadSmile

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at May 31 16:17

Eureka (2000)
Runtime: 217 min

http://www.listal.com/movie/yreka

My raimBow

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at May 31 19:39

Fellowship of the Ring: 208 min (extended edition)
The Two towers: 223 min (extended edition)
The return of the king: 250 min (extended edition)
Watchmen: 215 min (ultimate cut)

Shaun

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 1 13:22

Shoah (1985) is over 500 minutes long (other versions running either 540 or 565) but there's not one of those minutes that drag. Completely captivating to say the least all the way through.

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 1:49

"Myriam", I don't count extended editions. Thanks for the support all of you :)

audrey dobbs

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 12:56

Some of the most memorable films are over 3 hours

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 18:36

True that.

Stehako

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 18:48

Does Che not count because it's in two parts? They were still released as one, in theatres.

MissWis

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 8 0:01

How long was 'Amadeus'? That movie seemed like it went well over; but I may have watched the director's cut.

Fantômas

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 10 11:47

You could list 'Das Boot', which is 229 minutes (3 h 49 min) long.

Fantômas

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 10 11:47

You could list 'Das Boot', which is 229 minutes (3 h 49 min) long.

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 10 16:51

I believe that's the extended DVD.

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Jul 24 1:11

WOW, lol. Thank you.

Fantômas

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Jul 26 13:03

LOL. The Cure for Insomnia = 87 hours.

Aprakadabra

Posted: 2 years, 6 months ago at Nov 15 13:48

Nixon (1995) 185 min. Starring: Anthony Hopkins.

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 6 months ago at Nov 16 1:31

Thanks, added.

Hoplaa

Posted: 2 years, 4 months ago at Jan 4 9:41

Exodus (1960) 208 min
Talvisota (1989) 195 min
Inland Empire (2006) 180 min

The Cinephile

Posted: 2 years, 4 months ago at Jan 4 19:04

Thanks Hoplaa, they will be added shortly.

Kris

Posted: 2 years, 3 months ago at Feb 11 12:01

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1269566/
Argentina:450 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Dierdre

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 3 16:50

Nice list. O: I didn't even realize some of these movies were so long.

C!pH3r

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 3 21:16

http://www.listal.com/movie/andrei-rublev-1969
- 205 Mins

Lost in Space

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 6 11:09

city of god? // nice list!

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 8 0:16

City of god is only 2 hours and 10 minutes......

bench

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Jul 27 23:56

you forgot to add the ten commandments which has an actual intermission

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Jul 28 17:26

An intermission? lol ok I'll check it out.

Doc_Block

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Jul 31 5:30

You forgot the most longest epic sorry....
Mammoth long Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz.
15 hours long

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 24 17:06

Is that some sort of a joke?

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 24 17:17

I checked out the "Che" two part film, and decided not to add it.

Doc_Block

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 6 5:27

Its not a joke. It was actually filmed as a movie. But they (the producer-director) promoted it in a TV serial.
But it's a film.

Doc_Block

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 6 5:31

and what about Andrei Rublev ? ?
165 mins original cut

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 6 20:09

A.) I checked out that title over on IMDb, and no sign.

B.) 165 minutes totals 2 hours and 45 minutes, just missing the 3 hour mark.

blankend

Posted: 1 year, 6 months ago at Nov 15 3:39

The mark of a truly good, well-made film is that it is so engaging and so entertaining that you don't realize that 3 hours has gone by. In some cases, you even wish it could go on longer. I think the 3-4 hour mark is where I draw the line. I can't see watching a movie for 6+ hours.

I saw some movies in the list that I have watched and enjoyed, but had no idea they were 3+ hours long.

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 6 months ago at Nov 15 16:30

I completely agree "blankend". I've only come across a few films so engaging in which I feel that way about. Also, 6 hours is pushing it a wee bit. Maybe if it was cut up into two halves or something, it would be easier to maintain.

Yeah, a lot of movies out there are shocking revelations once you realize their length.

SpG

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 12:14

Riget by Von Tries is considered a movie and it's 4 hours long.

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 12:22

I can't seem to find 'Riget' at the moment. Is it here on Listal?

Kris

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 12:41

"Riget" is a mini-series, which make it go under Tv-Show...

- http://www.listal.com/tv/riget-1994

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 12:45

Ah, thanks Kris, though since it isn't technically a movie, I cannot include it here.

silent killer

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 19:08

what about kill bill 1 and 2? It was originally supposed to be one movie but the studio decided to cut it in half. and do it in two parts.

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year ago at May 3 22:44

Yes, but they are still two different films.

m08221196

Posted: 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 26 21:52

Greed
Celine and Julie Go Boating
The Mother and the Whore
The Human Condition

Also, "Andrei Rublev" is about 225 minutes long. Theres' a shortened version, but the full version is that long. "Out 1", which I have not seen, is supposedly 12 hours long

alexmatt

Posted: 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 25 1:14

please include all movies that run 3 hours with or without an extended version

The Cinephile

Posted: 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 26 15:32

No sir, I will not.

The Feminist

Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago at Oct 9 12:18

Siberiade 275 min

samcro

Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago at Oct 9 13:51

Les Vampires 399 min; La commune (Paris, 1871) 345 min; War and Peace (1967) 401 min; Gettysburg 271 min

The Cinephile

Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago at Oct 9 23:18

Thanks guys!

JPHOLT

Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago at Oct 10 0:11

Very cool list!

ToonHead2102

Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago at Oct 10 1:28

HOLY BLADDER-BUSTER BATMAN! 9 hours? Damn, I really wanna see "Shoah", and perhaps I'm different from everyone else that I actually prefer a long movie to a short one. But I'm just not sure I can clear my schedule out enough for such an 'epic' duration?!!...