List of longest films
This is a list of films whose running time exceeds 300 minutes (five hours).
While most cinematic films have a broad theatrical release in multiple locations through normal distribution channels, some of the world's longest films are experimental or art films that were never simultaneously released to multiple screens or intended for mainstream audiences. They may have been shown in art galleries where audiences were intended to walk in and out. By the end of 2011, the longest film screened was the Danish experimental film Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki)[1] made by Superflex. It has a runtime of 240 hours and a one-off screening began on March 23, 2011 at the IHME Contemporary Art Festival in Helsinki.[2][3]
Experimental films
Title | Running time | Year released | Notes |
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Logistics | 51420 min (857 hr / 37 days). | 2012 | [4][5] |
Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) | 14400 min (240 hr / 10 days). | 2011 | [1] |
Cinématon | 11700 min (195 hr / 8 days, 3 hours). | 1978–2015 | |
Beijing 2003 | 9000 min (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours). | 2004 | [6] |
Untitled #125 (Hickory) | 7200 min (120 hr / 5 days). | 2011 | [7] |
Matrjoschka | 5700 min (95 hr / 3 days, 23 hours). | 2006 | [8] |
Cure for Insomnia, TheThe Cure for Insomnia | 5220 min (87 hr / 3 days, 15 hours). | 1987 | [9] |
Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World, TheThe Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World | 2880 min (48 hr). | 1968 | [10] |
**** (Four Stars) | 1500 min (25 hr / 1 day, 1 hour). | 1967 | [11] |
24 Hour Psycho | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day). | 1993 | [12] |
Clock, TheThe Clock | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day). | 2010 | [13] |
Happy | 1440 min (24 hr / 1 day). | 2013 | [14][15] |
Crude Oil | 840 min (14 hr). | 2008 | [16] |
Bordeaux Piece | 823 min (13 hr, 43 min). | 2004 | [17] |
How Yukong Moved the Mountains | 763 min (12 hr, 43 min). | 1976 | [18] |
White House, TheThe White House | 690 min (11 hr, 30 min). | 2006 | [19] |
PAINT DRYING | 607 min (10 hr, 7 min). | 2016 | [20] |
Empire | 485 min (8 hr, 5 min). | 1964 | [21] |
Imitation of Christ | 480 min (8 hr). | 1967 | [22] |
The Wake | 462 min (7 hr, 42 min). | 2000 | [23] |
Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World | 435 min (7 hr, 7 min). | 1985 | [24] |
Movie Orgy, TheThe Movie Orgy | 420 min (7 hr). | 1968 | [25] |
Star Spangled to Death | 402 min (6 hr, 42 min). | 2004 | [26] |
River of Fundament | 350 min (5 hr, 50 min). | 2014 | |
Sleep | 321 min (5 hr, 21 min). | 1963 | [21] |
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 | [lower-alpha 1] |
How Yukong Moved the Mountains | 763 min (12 hr, 43 min). | 1977 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Evolution of a Filipino Family | 647 min (10 hr, 47 min). | 2004 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Shoah | 613 min (10 hr, 13 min). | 1985 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | 551 min (9 hr, 11 min). | 2003 | [lower-alpha 5] |
Death in the Land of Encantos | 540 min (9 hr). | 2007 | [lower-alpha 6] |
Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess) | 540 min (9 hr). | 2006 | |
Taiga | 501 min (8 hr, 21 min). | 1992 | [lower-alpha 7] |
Photo-Drama of Creation, TheThe Photo-Drama of Creation | 480 min (8 hr). | 1914 | [lower-alpha 8] |
Protegido de Satán, ElEl Protegido de Satán | 480 min (8 hr). | 1917 | [lower-alpha 9] |
Mefisto | 460 min (7 hr, 40 min). | 1917 | [lower-alpha 10] |
Melancholia | 450 min (7 hr, 30 min). | 2008 | [28] |
Hitler: A Film from Germany | 442 min (7 hr, 22 min). | 1977 | [lower-alpha 11] |
Sátántangó | 432 min (7 hr, 12 min). | 1994 | [lower-alpha 12] |
Arshin Mal-Alan | 420 min (7 hr). | 1916 | [lower-alpha 13] |
Satin Slipper, TheThe Satin Slipper | 410 min (6 hr, 50 min). | 1985 | [lower-alpha 14] |
Bábolna | 400 min (6 hr, 40 min). | 1985 | [lower-alpha 15] |
Best of Youth, TheThe Best of Youth | 400 min (6 hr, 40 min). | 2003 | [lower-alpha 16] |
Vampires, LesLes Vampires | 399 min (6 hr, 39 min). | 1915 | [lower-alpha 17] |
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 | |
Révolution française, LaLa Révolution française | 360 min (6 hr). | 1989 | |
Little Dorrit | 360 min (6 hr). | 1988 | |
Century of Birthing | 360 min (6 hr). | 2011 | [lower-alpha 18] |
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE | 360 min (6 hr). | 2012 | [lower-alpha 19] |
Bevezetés a filmkészítés rejtelmeibe | 360 min (6 hr). | 1996 | |
Misérables, LesLes 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 | |
Commune (Paris, 1871), LaLa Commune (Paris, 1871) | 345 min (5 hr, 45 min). | 2000 | |
Perón, sinfonía del sentimiento | 340 min (5 hr, 40 min). | 1999 | |
Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon | 338 min (5 hr, 38 min). | 2014 | |
idole des jeunes, L'L'idole des jeunes | 338 min (5 hr, 38 min). | 1976 | |
Vkus khleba | 336 min (5 hr, 36 min). | 1979 | [lower-alpha 20] |
Napoléon | 330 min (5 hr, 30 min). | 1927 | |
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 | |
1900 | 317 min (5 hr, 17 min). | 1976 | |
Tsahal | 316 min (5 hr, 16 min). | 1994 | |
Deluge, TheThe 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 | |
Misérables, LesLes Misérables | 305 min (5 hr, 5 min). | 1934 | |
, QB VIIQB VII | 305 min (5 hr, 5 min). | 1974 (TV Miniseries) | (6-1/2 Hours, counting commercials). |
Confessions of Winifred Wagner, TheThe 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.[29]
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 | |
Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, TheThe Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | 1620 min (27 hours / 1 day, 3 hours). | 1928–1931 | [30] |
Dream of the Red Chamber (zh) | 735 min (12 hr, 15 min). | 1989 | |
The Lord of the Rings | 681 min (11 hr, 21 min). | 2001–2003 | |
The Human Condition | 579 min (9 hr, 39 min). | 1959–1961 | |
The Hobbit | 532 min (8 hr, 52 min). | 2012–2014 | |
War and Peace | 431 min (7 hr, 11 min). | 1966–1967 | |
Gangs of Wasseypur | 319 min (5 hr, 19 min). | 2012 | |
See also
References
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- ↑ "The Longest Film Ever Made". IHME Project 2011. superflex.net. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ "The IHME Project starts". ihmeproductions. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
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- ↑ "Pulse Contemporary Art Fair". Pulse-art.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "PAINT DRYING | British Board of Film Classification". British Board of Film Classification.
- 1 2 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].
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Les Vampires.
- ↑ Century of Birthing.
- ↑ Florentina Hubaldo, CTE.
- ↑ Vkus khleba.