List of longest films by running time

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This is a list of some of the longest films ever released. The longest film, according to the Guinness World Records, is The Cure for Insomnia.

[edit] Major releases over five hours long

Note: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts, and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.

Title	Running Time	Country	Year Released
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple	1620 min (27 hr).	China	1928–1931
Die Zweite Heimat - Chronik Einer Jugend	1532 min (25 hr).	Germany	1992
Grandmother Martha	1452 min (24 hr).	France	1996
Berlin Alexanderplatz	931 min (15 hr).	Germany	1980
Heimat - Eine Deutsche Chronik	924 min (15 hr).	Germany	1984
Resan (The Journey)	873 min (14 hr).	Australia  Canada  Denmark  Finland  Italy  Japan  New Zealand  Soviet Union  Sweden  Norway	1987
Out 1 (Noli me tangere)	773 min (13 hr).	France	1971
Heimat 3 - Chronik Einer Zeitenwende	679 min (11 hr).	Germany	2004
Evolution of a Filipino Family	643 min (11 hr).	Philippines	2004
Shoah	566 min.	France	1985
War and Peace	511 min.	Soviet Union	1968
Taiga	501 min.	Germany	1992
Liberation	487 min.	Soviet Union East Germany	1969
Photo-Drama of Creation	480 min.	United States	1914
Imitation of Christ	480 min.	United States	1967
El Protegido de Satán	480 min.	Spain	1917
Mefisto	460 min.	Spain	1917
Satantango	450 min.	Hungary	1994
Hitler: A Film from Germany	442 min.	West Germany	1978
Arshin mal-alan	420 min.	Azerbaijan	1917
The Satin Slipper	410 min.	France  Portugal  West Germany  Switzerland	1985
The Best of Youth	400 min.	Italy	2003
Bábolna	400 min.	Hungary	1985
I, Paisan	392 min.	Italy	1967
Parisette	380 min.	France	1921
Babel - A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium	380 min.	Belgium	1991
The French Revolution	360 min.	France  Italy  West Germany  Canada  United Kingdom	1989
Little Dorrit	360 min.	United Kingdom	1988
Bevezetés a filmkészítés rejtelmeibe	360 min.	Hungary	1996
Les Miserables	359 min.	France	1925
The Fight for Moscow	358 min.	Soviet Union Czechoslovakia  East Germany  Hungary	1985
Near Death	358 min.	United States	1989
Fragments: Jerusalem	358 min.	Israel	1997
La Commune (Paris, 1871)	345 min.	France	2000
And Quiet Flows the Don	340 min.	Soviet Union	1957
Perón, sinfonía del sentimiento	340 min.	Argentina	1999
L'idole des jeunes	338 min.	France	1976
Vkus khleba	336 min.	Soviet Union	1979
Napoléon	330 min.	France	1927
Yoman	330 min.	Israel	1983
Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869-1948	330 min.	India	1968
Spiritual Voices	328 min.	Russia	1995
Vindicta	320 min.	France	1923
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty	320 min.	United States	2000
1900	318 min.	Italy	1976
Tsahal	316 min.	France  Germany	1994
The Deluge	316 min.	Poland	1974
Batang West Side	315 min.	Philippines  United States	2002
Fanny and Alexander	312 min.	Sweden	1983
Nightmare	312 min.	United Kingdom	1972
Legend About Thiel	311 min.	Soviet Union	1976
Les Miserables	305 min.	France	1934
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner	302 min.	West Germany	1975

The original version of Erich von Stroheim's Greed reportedly ran at over 8 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. Subsequently rediscovered footage has let researchers reconstruct something closer to four hours.

[edit] Experimental films

Title	Running Time	Country	Year Released
The Cure for Insomnia	5220 min.	United States	1987
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World	2880 min.	United Kingdom	1970
****	1500 min.	United States	1967
Empire	485 min.	United States	1964
Lamentations a Monument for the Dead World	427 min.	Canada	1985
The Movie Orgy	420 min.	United States	1968
Sleep	321 min.	United States	1963