List of longest films


This is a list of films whose running time exceeds 300 minutes.

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 timeYear releasedNotes
Logistics51420 min 2012
Modern Times Forever14400 min 2011
Beijing 20039000 min 2003
Cinématon9000 min 2009
Untitled #125 7200 min 2011
Matrjoschka5700 min 2006
'5220 min 1987
'2880 min 1968
**** 1500 min 1967
24 Hour Psycho1440 min 1993
'1440 min 2010
Happy1440 min 2013
My Human Time1440 min 2014
Crude Oil840 min 2008
Bordeaux Piece823 min 2004
How Yukong Moved the Mountains763 min 1976
'690 min 2006
Circus Savage643 min 2009
Paint Drying607 min 2016
Empire485 min 1964
Baa Baa Land480 min 2017
Imitation of Christ480 min 1967
Sleep480 min 2013
The Wake462 min 2000
'435 min 1985
'420 min 1968
Star Spangled to Death402 min 2004
A Lot of Sorrow369 min 2013
River of Fundament352 min 2014Including two 20-minute intermissions
Sleep321 min 1964

Cinematic films

Note: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts, and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.
TitleRunning timeYear releasedNotes
Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo 1265 min 2019
Resan 873 min 1987
La Flor803 min 2018
Out 1 775 min 1971
Evolution of a Filipino Family593 min 2004
Shoah566 min 1985
'551 min 2003
Death in the Land of Encantos538 min 2007
Heremias: 519 min 2006
Dead Souls495 min 2018
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery485 min 2016
'463 min 2016
Melancholia450 min 2008
Sátántangó439 min 1994
La Roue413 min 1923
The Best of Youth366 min 2003
Century of Birthing360 min 2011
Near Death358 min 1989
Karamay356 min 2011
DAU. Degeneration355 min 2020
Little Dorrit350 min 1987
Carlos339 min 2010
Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon338 min 2014
Napoléon332 min 1927
Happy Hour317 min 2015
Novecento317 min 1976
Batang West Side315 min 2001
The Deluge315 min 1974
Fanny and Alexander312 min 1982
Tsahal304 min 1994

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 timeYear releasedNotes
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple1620 min 1928–31Lost film
A Dream of Red Mansions735 min 1988–89
The Lord of the Rings686 min 2001–03
The Human Condition574 min 1959-61
Digimon Adventure tri.536 min 2015-18
The Hobbit min 2012–14
Taiga501 min 1992
Liberation min 1968–71
Tih Minh418 min 1918
War and Peace415 min 1966–67
Les Vampires399 min 1915–16
The Emigrants + The New Land393 min 1971–72
Arabian Nights383 min 2015
Joan the Maid336 min 1994
Nymphomaniac 325 min 2013
Gangs of Wasseypur317 min 2012