List of longest films


This list of longest films is composed of films with a running time of 300 minutes or more.

Cinematic films

Note: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts, and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.
TitleRunning timeDirectorYear releasedNotes
Resan 873 min Peter Watkins1987
Exergue – on documenta 14848 min Dimitris Athiridis2024
La flor803 min Mariano Llinás2018
Out 1 775 min Jacques Rivette1971
How Yukong Moved the Mountains763 min Joris Ivens
Marceline Loridan-Ivens		1976
Evolution of a [Filipino Family]624 min Lav Diaz2004
Shoah566 min Claude Lanzmann1985
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks551 min Wang Bing2003
Heremias519 min Lav Diaz2006
Dead Souls495 min Wang Bing2018
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery485 min Lav Diaz2016
The Works and Days480 min C.W. Winter
Anders Edström		2020
O.J.: Made in America463 min Ezra Edelman2016
Melancholia450 min Lav Diaz2008
Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh442 min Giuliano Tomassacci2023
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel448 min Shivendra Singh Dungarpur2018
Sátántangó439 min Béla Tarr1994
A Tale of Filipino Violence434 min Lav Diaz2022
Napoléon425 min Abel Gance1927
La Roue413 min Abel Gance1923
Minamata Mandala372 min Kazuo Hara2020
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE367 min Lav Diaz2012
The Best of Youth366 min Marco Tullio Giordana2003
Century of Birthing360 min Lav Diaz2011
Near Death358 min Frederick Wiseman1989
Karamay356 min Xu Xin2011
DAU. Degeneration355 min Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Permyakov		2020
Little Dorrit350 min Christine Edzard1987
La Commune (Paris, 1871)345 min Peter Watkins2000
Carlos339 min Olivier Assayas2010
From What Is Before338 min Lav Diaz2014
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow324 min Julia Loktev2024
Happy Hour317 min Ryusuke Hamaguchi2015
Novecento 317 min Bernardo Bertolucci1976
316 min Yaropolk Lapshin1969
Batang West Side315 min Lav Diaz2001
The Deluge315 min Jerzy Hoffman1974
Fanny and Alexander314 min Ingmar Bergman1982
Tsahal304 min Claude Lanzmann1994

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.
TitleRunning timeDirectorYear releasedNotes
Logistics51,420 min Erika Magnusson
Daniel Andersson		2012
Modern Times Forever14,400 min Superflex2011
Beijing 20039,000 min Ai Weiwei2003
Cinématon9,000 min Gérard Courant2009
Untitled #125 (Hickory)7,200 min Josh Azzarella2011
Matrjoschka5,700 min Karin Hoerler2006
'5,220 min John Henry Timmis IV1987
Eniaios4,800 min Gregory Markopoulos2004
'2,880 min Vincent Patouillard1968
**** (Four Stars)1,500 min Andy Warhol1967
24 Hour Psycho1,440 min Douglas Gordon1993
'1,440 min Christian Marclay2010
24 Hours of Happy1,440 min Yoann Lemoine2013
My Human Time1,440 min Marc Sallent2014
15 Hours900 min Wang Bing2017
Crude Oil840 min Wang Bing2008
Bordeax Piece823 min David Claerbout2004
Non c’è Nessuna Dark Side _ L’Orizzonte degli Eventi798 min Erik Negro2024
The White House690 min David Claerbout2006
Circus Savage643 min Larry Jordan2009
Paint Drying607 min Charlie Shackleton2016
Empire485 min Andy Warhol1965
Baa Baa Land480 min Garth Thomas2017
Imitation of Christ480 min Andy Warhol1967
Park Lanes480 min Kevin Jerome Everson2015
Sleep480 min Lilja Juha2013
The Wake462 min Michael Kvium
Christian Lemmerz		2000
Hitler: A Film from Germany442 min Hans-Jürgen Syberberg1977
Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World435 min R. Bruce Elder1985
'420 min Joe Dante1968
Rejected420 min William E. Jones2017
Star Spangled to Death402 min Ken Jacobs2004
Babel380 min Boris Lehman1991
A Lot of Sorrow369 min Ragnar Kjartansson2013
River of Fundament352 min
Including two 20-minute intermissions		Matthew Barney2014
Sleep321 min Andy Warhol1964

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.
TitleRunning timeDirectorYear releasedPartsAverage runtimeNotes
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple1,620 min Zhang Shichuan1928–3116 min
Die Zweite Heimat1,509 min Edgar Reitz199213 min
Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo 1,260 min Ashraf Shishir20198 min
Berlin Alexanderplatz931 min Rainer Werner Fassbinder198014 min
Heimat924 min Edgar Reitz198411 min
A Dream of Red Mansions735 min Xie Tieli
Zhao Yuan		1988–896 min
Heimat 3680 min Edgar Reitz20036 min
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 683 min Peter Jackson2001–033 min
Soldiers of Freedom599 min Yuri Ozerov19774 min
Castration Movie576 min Louise Weard2024-252288 min
The Human Condition574 min Masaki Kobayashi1959–613 min
Dekalog572 min Krzysztof Kieślowski1988–8910 min
Men and War563 min Satsuo Yamamoto1970–733 min
Digimon Adventure tri.536 min Keitaro Motonaga2015–186 min
The Hobbit Trilogy min Peter Jackson2012–143 min
Barrabas506 min Louis Feuillade19191242 min
Taiga501 min Ulrike Ottinger19923 min
The Photo-Drama of Creation480 min Charles Taze Russell19144120 min
Liberation min Yuri Ozerov1968–715 min
Sangokushi 436 min Masaharu Okuwaki1992–943 min
War and Peace431 min Sergei Bondarchuk1966–674 min
Les Vampires421 min Louis Feuillade1915–1610 min
Tih Minh418 min Louis Feuillade19181235 min
The Emigrants + The New Land393 min Jan Troell1971–722 min
Arabian Nights383 min Miguel Gomes20153 min
Rebel Moon 374 min Zack Snyder2023–24 2204 min
La Révolution française360 min Robert Enrico

Richard T. Heffron
19892 min
Battle of Moscow358 min Yuri Ozerov19852 min
Little Dorrit357 min Christine Edzard19872 min
Fantômas337 min Louis Feuillade1913567 min
Joan the Maid336 min Jacques Rivette19942 min
Ponniyin Selvan332 min Mani Ratnam2021–222166 min
Avengers: Infinity War + Endgame330 min Anthony Russo
Joe Russo		2018–192 min
And Quiet Flows the Don330 min Sergei Gerasimov19573 min
Fear Street328 min Leigh Janiak20213 min
Baahubali min S. S. Rajamouli2015–172 min
Nymphomaniac 325 min Lars von Trier20132 min
Aszparuh 323 min Ludmil Staikov19813 min
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest + At World's End319 min Gore Verbinski2006–072 min
Gangs of Wasseypur317 min Anurag Kashyap20122 min
Samurai Trilogy303 min Hiroshi Inagaki1954–563 min
Judex300 min Louis Feuillade191613 min