List of longest films
This is a list of films whose running time exceeds 300 minutes (five hours).
Experimental films
While most cinematic films have a broad theatrical release in multiple locations through normal distribution channels, some of the longest films are experimental in nature or created for art gallery installations, having never been simultaneously released to multiple screens or intended for mainstream audiences. They may have been shown in venues where audiences were only expected to view a portion of the film during its screening.
Title | Running time | Year released | Notes |
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Logistics | 51420 min (857 hr / 35 days, 17 hours) | 2012 | [1] |
Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) | 14400 min (240 hr / 10 days) | 2011 | [2] |
Cinématon | 10127 min (168 hr 47 min / 7 days) | 1978–2016 | [3] |
Beijing 2003 | 9000 min (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours) | 2003 | [4] |
Untitled #125 (Hickory) | 7200 min (120 hr / 5 days) | 2011 | [5] |
Matrjoschka | 5700 min (95 hr / 3 days, 23 hours) | 2006 | [6] |
The Cure for Insomnia | 5220 min (87 hr / 3 days, 15 hours) | 1987 | [7] |
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World | 2880 min (48 hr/ 2 days) | 1968 | [8] |
**** (Four Stars) | 1500 min (25 hr / 1 day, 1 hour) | 1967 | [9] |
24 Hour Psycho | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day) | 1993 | [10] |
The Clock | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day) | 2010 | [11] |
Happy | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day) | 2013 | [12][13] |
Crude Oil | 840 min (14 hr) | 2008 | [14] |
Bordeaux Piece | 823 min (13 hr, 43 min) | 2004 | [15] |
How Yukong Moved the Mountains | 763 min (12 hr, 43 min) | 1976 | [16] |
The White House | 690 min (11 hr, 30 min) | 2006 | [17] |
Circus Savage | 643 min (10 hr, 43 min) | 2009 | [18] |
Paint Drying | 607 min (10 hr, 7 min) | 2016 | [19] |
Empire | 485 min (8 hr, 5 min) | 1964 | [20] |
Imitation of Christ | 480 min (8 hr) | 1967 | [21] |
The Wake | 462 min (7 hr, 42 min) | 2000 | [22] |
Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World | 435 min (7 hr, 7 min) | 1985 | [23] |
The Movie Orgy | 420 min (7 hr) | 1968 | [24] |
Star Spangled to Death | 402 min (6 hr, 42 min) | 2004 | [25] |
River of Fundament | 352 min (5 hr, 52 min) | 2014 | Including two 20-minute intermissions[26] |
Sleep | 321 min (5 hr, 21 min) | 1963 | [20] |
Cinematic films
Note: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts, and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.
Title | Running time | Year released | Notes |
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Resan (The Journey) | 873 min (14 hr, 33 min) | 1987 | [27] |
Out 1 (Noli me tangere) | 773 min (12 hr, 53 min) | 1971 | [a] |
How Yukong Moved the Mountains | 763 min (12 hr, 43 min) | 1977 | [b] |
Evolution of a Filipino Family | 647 min (10 hr, 47 min) | 2004 | [c] |
Shoah | 613 min (10 hr, 13 min) | 1985 | [d] |
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | 551 min (9 hr, 11 min) | 2003 | [e] |
Death in the Land of Encantos | 540 min (9 hr) | 2007 | [f] |
Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess) | 540 min (9 hr) | 2006 | |
Taiga | 501 min (8 hr, 21 min) | 1992 | [g] |
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery | 485 min (8 hr, 5 min) | 2016 | [h] |
The Photo-Drama of Creation | 480 min (8 hr) | 1914 | [i] |
El protegido de Satán | 480 min (8 hr) | 1917 | [j] |
Mefisto | 460 min (7 hr, 40 min) | 1917 | [k] |
Melancholia | 450 min (7 hr, 30 min) | 2008 | [28] |
Hitler: A Film from Germany | 442 min (7 hr, 22 min) | 1977 | [l] |
Sátántangó | 432 min (7 hr, 12 min) | 1994 | [m] |
Arshin Mal-Alan | 420 min (7 hr) | 1916 | [n] |
The Satin Slipper | 410 min (6 hr, 50 min) | 1985 | [o] |
Bábolna | 400 min (6 hr, 40 min) | 1985 | [p] |
The Best of Youth | 400 min (6 hr, 40 min) | 2003 | [q] |
I, Paisan | 392 min (6 hr, 32 min) | 1967 | |
Parisette | 380 min (6 hr, 20 min) | 1921 | |
Babel – A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium | 380 min (6 hr, 20 min) | 1991 | |
La Révolution française | 360 min (6 hr) | 1989 | |
Little Dorrit | 360 min (6 hr) | 1988 | |
Century of Birthing | 360 min (6 hr) | 2011 | [r] |
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE | 360 min (6 hr) | 2012 | [s] |
Bevezetés a filmkészítés rejtelmeibe | 360 min (6 hr) | 1996 | |
Les Misérables | 359 min (5 hr, 59 min) | 1925 | |
Battle of Moscow | 358 min (5 hr, 58 min) | 1985 | |
Near Death | 358 min (5 hr, 58 min) | 1989 | |
Fragments: Jerusalem | 358 min (5 hr, 58 min) | 1997 | |
Karamay | 356 min (5 hr, 56 min) | 2010 | |
La Commune (Paris, 1871) | 345 min (5 hr, 45 min) | 2000 | |
Perón, sinfonía del sentimiento | 340 min (5 hr, 40 min) | 1999 | |
Carlos | 339 min (5 hr, 39 min) | 2010 | [29] |
Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon | 338 min (5 hr, 38 min) | 2014 | |
L'idole des jeunes | 338 min (5 hr, 38 min) | 1976 | |
Vkus khleba | 336 min (5 hr, 36 min) | 1979 | [t] |
Napoléon | 332 min (5 hr, 32 min) | 1927 (Restoration, 2016) | [30] |
Yoman (Diary 1973–1983) | 330 min (5 hr, 30 min) | 1983 | |
Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948 | 330 min (5 hr, 30 min) | 1968 | |
Spiritual Voices | 328 min (5 hr, 28 min) | 1995 | |
Nymphomaniac | 325 min (5 hr, 25 min) | 2013 | |
Vindicta | 320 min (5 hr, 20 min) | 1923 | [citation needed] |
1900 | 317 min (5 hr, 17 min) | 1976 | |
Happy Hour | 317 min (5 hr, 17 min) | 2015 | |
Tsahal | 316 min (5 hr, 16 min) | 1994 | |
The Deluge | 316 min (5 hr, 16 min) | 1974 | |
Batang West Side | 315 min (5 hr, 15 min) | 2002 | |
Fanny and Alexander | 312 min (5 hr, 12 min) | 1982 | |
Nightmare | 312 min (5 hr, 12 min) | 1972 | |
Legend About Thiel | 311 min (5 hr, 11 min) | 1976 | |
Les Misérables | 305 min (5 hr, 5 min) | 1934 | |
QB VII | 305 min (5 hr, 5 min) | 1974 (TV miniseries) | (6-1/2 hr, counting commercials) |
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner | 302 min (5 hr, 2 min) | 1975 |
The original version of Erich von Stroheim's Greed reportedly ran at about 10 hours. However, it was only ever shown once at this length, and no such copy currently exists. The length of the final release (edited against von Stroheim's wishes) was approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. Subsequently rediscovered footage has let researchers reconstruct something closer to four hours. Similarly, Sion Sono's Love Exposure ran approximately 6 hours before being edited down to four at the behest of the producers. A 2-hour version was attempted but ultimately deemed "impossible", according to Sono. Sono currently has no plans to publicly release the 6-hour cut.[31]
Films released in separate parts
This section lists films conceived as an artistic unity and produced simultaneously, or consecutively with no significant interruption or change of production team, even though they were released with separate premières.
Title | Running time | Year released | Notes |
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The Children of Golzow | 2570 min (42 hr, 50 min / 1 day, 18 hours, 50 min) | 1961–2007 | |
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | 1620 min (27 hours / 1 day, 3 hours) | 1928–1931 | [32] |
A Dream of Red Mansions | 735 min (12 hr, 15 min) | 1988–89 | |
The Lord of the Rings | 681 min (11 hr, 21 min) | 2001–03 | |
The Human Condition | 579 min (9 hr, 39 min) | 1959–1961 | |
The Godfather | 548 min (9 hr, 8 min) | 1972-90 | |
The Hobbit | 532 min (8 hr, 52 min) | 2012–14 | |
War and Peace | 431 min (7 hr, 11 min) | 1966–67 | |
Les Vampires | 399 min (6 hr, 39 min) | 1915–16 | [u] |
The Emigrants • The New Land | 393 min (6 hr, 33 min) | 1971–72 | |
Arabian Nights | 381 min (6 hr, 21 min) | 2015 | |
Nymphomaniac (uncut) | 325 min (5 hr, 25 min) | 2013 | |
Gangs of Wasseypur | 319 min (5 hr, 19 min) | 2012 |
See also
References
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'Logistics', released in 2012, was 857 hours (35 days and 17 hours) long.
- ^ "Helsinki to screen 'longest film' at arts festival". BBC News. March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ ""Le Cinématon de Gérard Courant"". "Gérard Courant".
- ^ "Beijing 2003 | Ai Weiwei". www.magasin3.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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- ^ "LED-Wand". Karin-hoerler.net. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "The Cure For Insomnia Movie". Cure To Insomnia. January 26, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World Divx". Orynmq.altervista.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1961–1970. University of California Press. p. 370. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ Lee, Nathan (June 11, 2006). "Film". The Week Ahead. The New York Times.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (April 7, 2011). "Christian Marclay's The Clock: A masterpiece of our times". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Schilling, Mary Kaye (November 22, 2013). "How Pharrell and a Cast of Hundreds Got Happy for a 24-Hour Interactive Video". Co.Create.
- ^ "24 horas de Happy". BAFICI (in Spanish). Government of Buenos Aires.
- ^ Jones, Doug (February 3, 2008). "Adventures at the IFFR: "Oil," "Right One," "Jamil," and CineMart". Dispatch from Rotterdam. Indiewire. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008.
- ^ "David Claerbout: the time that remains". Photomonitor.
- ^ "MoMa film exhibitions: How Yukong Moved the Mountains".
- ^ "The White House". International Film Festival Rotterdam.
- ^ "Circus Savage: A Walking Into The Becoming" By John Davis April 2. 2015". Canyon Cinemazine.
- ^ "PAINT DRYING | British Board of Film Classification". British Board of Film Classification.
- ^ a b Angell, Callie (1994). The Films of Andy Warhol Part II. p. 16. ASIN B0006P70ZM.
- ^ "Imitation of Christ (Andy Warhol)". Smironne.free.fr. September 7, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "The Wake". Michaelkvium.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World". cfmdc.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Film Directors. Sterling Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-7134-8698-8
- ^ Star Spangled to Death (DVD). Ken Jacobs. 2004 [2004].
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- ^ Ash, Russell (September 23, 2003). The Top 10 of Film. Dorling Kindersley. p. 21. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ Scheib, Ronnie (September 29, 2008). "Melancholia". Variety.
- ^ "Carlos". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "Buy Napoleon (Blu-ray) - BFI". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "Sion Sono NYAFF Q&A".
- ^ "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (1928)". Kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
External links
Film details from the Internet Movie Database:
- ^ Out 1 (Noli me tangere).
- ^ How Yukong Moved the Mountains.
- ^ Evolution of a Filipino Family.
- ^ Shoah.
- ^ Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks.
- ^ Death in the Land of the Encantos.
- ^ Taiga.
- ^ A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery.
- ^ The Photo-Drama of Creation.
- ^ El protegido de Satán.
- ^ Mefisto.
- ^ Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland.
- ^ Sátántangó.
- ^ Arshin Mal-Alan.
- ^ The Satin Slipper.
- ^ Bábolna.
- ^ The Best of Youth.
- ^ Century of Birthing.
- ^ Florentina Hubaldo, CTE.
- ^ Vkus khleba.
- ^ Les Vampires.