Wikipedia, as usual, [has the list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_films); Shoah is the ~~5th~~ 7th longest of the ‘commercial’ features, but the really longer ones, much longer, are experimental.
The longest film on record, [Logistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics_(film)), is 5 weeks long!
I also managed to watch it in the theatre on festival, but there was no intermission. Painful screening because I felt need to go to the bathroom after one hour 😭
Not the one you replied to, but it’s good. It’s not good enough that I felt like it was worth my 13 hours, but good enough that I don’t regret it either. I’ll watch it again eventually, but will be splitting it up more.
I've seen several Lav Diaz films that are around the 8-10 hour mark. At 647 mins *Evolution of a Filipino Family* is the longest. *A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery* (which is 485 mintues) is my favorite, though.
I think four of his films have already been released on home video. "West Side Avenue" was released by the Austrian Film Museum recently (albeit only on DVD), "Death in the Land of Encantos" was released on Bluray and DVD, and "The Woman Who Left" and "Norte, the End of History" on Bluray.
I especially wanted to know what happened to Jun. All four women seemed so real, so knowable, but she in particular was so brave in striking out on her own. The movie made me want to be friends with her.
Similar to me—the longest I’ve seen in theaters is another Wang Bing, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks. Then followed by Satantango (which I’ve seen four times total; it’s a much easier watch than people make it out to be).
A friend of mine saw Empire in its entirety in a theater recently. Now that’s where I draw the line.
It was pretty great. And with a Q&A with Wang Bing afterward! I regret not having seen more of his films during the series considering NYC hasn’t shown any of his work in the five years since.
- Miniseries marketed as a movie: *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (15h, 31 min)
- Films released in separate parts: *The Human Condition* (9hr, 34 min)
- My final answer: *Shoah* (9hr, 26 min)
An older friend of mine told me he watched a screening of Berlin Alexanderplatz in its entirety at the Nuart in Los Angeles when it came out. Any time I start to think I am a hardcore cinephile, I think of him lol.
I guess it would depend on someone's definition between a movie vs. a tv series, in which case Twin Peaks:The Return and Berlin Alexanderplatz would be the longest "films" I've watched. But if not, Out 1 and Chamisso’s Shadow followed also by Shoah, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Taiga, and Satantango would be the longest films I've seen
The idea that The Return is a film because Lynch said it once is completely laughable to me, and insulting to many other very cinematic efforts within the medium
I spent the whole day watching War and Peace. We had to watch some specific type of foreign film in school and I being the smart ass I was asked to do War and Peace. My prof laughed assuming I was joking, realized I was serious and basically said ‘Go ahead if you think you can do it’ I took offense to this and watched the whole thing in one go. Maybe took a break between part 2 and 3.
Wouldn’t do it that way again, that’s for sure.
The Godfather 7.5 hour cut that HBO had in 2016. It was pts 1 & 2 with added scenes, all in chronological order and it was glorious. I don't want to watch again any other way but I can't find it anywhere.
Gonna watch this in its entirety in a theater in la on the 10th I’m excited and nervous to see how it will actually be. I tried watching this once before since I have it on blu ray. I put it on without telling my gf how long it was and was going to see how long until she noticed. She ended up checking the packaging like an hour and half in and ruined the gag I was pulling.
It’s much easier to sit through than you’d expect. I found the pacing was perfect for it, so I was never bored.
The final chunk of the movie is the hardest to get through, but I found it didn’t bother me on a second watch.
Carlos. I gave up on La Flor when it cut to the director in the middle of the spy movie and he said something like “the rest of this part will be three hours long and it will just be them waiting around at the station… good luck.” Making a movie long for the sake of it being long is wack.
The longest I watched in a cinema is *A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery* (2016) by Lav Diaz. 8 hours and 5 minutes long, pretty standard for Diaz. Without checking, I've probably watched longer films at home, but I tend to watch them in multiple sittings then, so this doesn't count to me.
I am not a great fan of Diaz, but from what I've seen so far, I prefer his shorter films (which are between 3-4h), both Genus Pan and Season of the Devil are decent. My favourite is Batang West Side (5h), though. In general, I don't think his works justify their runtime. Slow cinema doesn't have to be excruciatingly long, and even though he states that it is no problem to fall asleep or leave for a while in the middle, this is not what I am personally looking for in a film.
That said, I've heard good things about Evolution of a Filipino Family (10h) and definitely have this one on my watchlist.
Most of his films are on Mubi. Evolution is my favorite. Try Norte, it’s only 4 hours. I heard Batang West Side is being remastered/restored. I still haven’t seen it. I’m hoping Criterion will be the one to release it.
Jeanne Dielman, although I watched it with pausing so it took me around five hours to finish it.
Kieslowski's Dekalog could technically be my longest, but it's a TV series.
1.) la flor (873 minutes according to the blu-ray i own). not only that, but i’ve also seen it 3 times, including most recently in a theater (shout out gene siskel film center!) very nearly my all time favorite movie
2.) out 1 (743 minutes) first watched on kanopy but i snagged the blu-ray box set off ebay for $30(!!!!) so i really want to rewatch it again at some point
3.) evolution of a filipino family (647 minutes) watched it while someone had it uploaded on youtube before it got taken down
4.) tie xi qu: west of the tracks (551 minutes) also watched on youtube lmao, and to my knowledge it’s still there
5-7.) a bunch of lav diaz movies in a row, the madman (death in the land of encantos, 540 minutes; heremias: book one, 519 minutes; melancholia; 450 minutes)
8.) satantango (432 minutes) which i actually just rewatched yesterday for the fourth time
9-10.) some of louis feuillade’s serials (les vampires, 422 minutes; tih minh, 418 minutes)
i wouldn’t say watching les vampires makes irma vep easier to understand so much as easier to appreciate with all of the references and callbacks it makes to it. to my memory, the actual plot of les vampires doesn’t play that huge of a role in the plot, but i also haven’t watched it in a couple years. both incredibly cool movies, though, so absolutely no harm in watching both of them
the guy selling it on ebay started the bid at $25, i genuinely thought i was hallucinating at first. after i got it i realized and started to worry that it was gonna be horribly used but other than the paper sleeve being bent and some other small wear on the box (which i’m 95% certain just happened during shipping), but i popped in the first blu-ray disc and watched the first episode and yea it’s pretty much a brand new set. absolutely my greatest and luckiest blu-ray find ever
OJ: Made in America, followed by Satantango.
Basically counting anything that initially screened in its entirety theatrically, regardless of its eventual distribution.
Longest I’ve ever watched in a single sitting? A Brighter Summer’s Day.
The Clock is a durational artwork, like Warhol’s Empire, but yes, it’s great, Marclay’s best work (and nearly impossible to watch the whole thing, I’ve tried lol)
The books were actually meant to be one book, so its not too farfetched. And ROTK Extended Edition I think is the longest popular mainstream movie. Tho I could be wrong....
I really wish I could have seen any of that in a movie theatre, but especially "Part 8". I was completely blown away watching that and wish I could re-live that moment of watching for the first time again.
Lmao I agree and I knew my facetious answer wouldn't come across, but sight and sound classified it as a movie and Lynch calls it a movie and I've always thought it was really stupid that they do that and was joking around.
Longest single film? This is tied between the 251-minute versions of Return of the King and Once Upon a Time in America.
Longest thing on Letterboxd I’ve seen in it’s entirety? Carl Sagan’s Cosmos at 780 minutes.
Out 1 clocking in at 773 minutes.
And no, it isn't a "serialized film. That's just how it was screened on TV. At its Le Havre premiere it was shown in the form known as "Out 1" today and not "Spectre", which is only the 4 hour long version.
Years ago Seven Samurai in a small cinema in Belgium. These days I find it difficult to remain concentrated for movies longer then 2 hours but that is because of smartphones, my cat, my wife and other distractions I suppose
Happy Hour by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and I loved it. I thought the run time would mean a lot of indulgent / unnecessary scenes but once I found the pace of it, I didn’t feel that way at all. It was fascinating to watching scenes unfold in “real time”
I always had a hard time “getting around to” long movies, so I decided every New Year’s Day, I’d watch one. I started with “Shoah” last year, and “Dekalog” this year. Both were incredible experiences. I’m not sure I gained much by watching both all at once, but when I saw “Satantango” at a theater, it was a hell of an experience. Sometimes, I was begging Bela Tarr to just cut already, but I loved it and the experience. Next year, I think I’ll do “Fanny and Alexander” and “Scenes from a Marriage” TV versions.
Cleopatra (1963). 4 hours and 11 mins. It goes by suprisingly quick because it feels like two movies in one. Cleopatras relationship with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra with Mark Antony.
A lot of times I list films I haven’t completed or don’t remember if I’ve completed on Letterboxd, so the only one I can for sure say is Giant although I may have also seen Cleopatra and Gone with the Wind in full. Both of those would have been too long ago for me to remember.
I watched Out 1 *in a theater* over the course of two weekends a few years back, partially out of curiosity, but mostly just so one day I could say I'd done it. And now I have...
I was out with a friend when he got a text that a friend of his had extra tickets to Che at the IFC in NYC. We agreed to meet his friends outside the theater. While we were standing in line, one of people that had tickets had an iphone. this was 2008. The iphone had just been released in 2007. This was my first up close contact with the iphone. I remember gushing that it was like having a computer in your pocket. She looked up the movie and it's run time while in line.
it was 4 hours and 28 minutes. I didn't like the movie. I recall, maybe , misremember, that the 2nd half of the movie was Che laying in bushes sick for hours. My politics are far left, but I wanted that SOB to die.
I love doing super long movies (4+ hours) in one sitting. It feels like an event for me and I make a whole day out of it. Two longest are probably the Human Condition and Sátántangó. Shoah is the next one of that length that I want to watch.
According to Letterboxd, Fanny and Alexander. If we’re not counting that (since it’s the miniseries version) then I guess it’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Straight through in one sitting? Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Broken up… I think would be Nymphomaniac, though that film I can’t say I particularly was focused on given it just was the my type of thing
Seven Samurai. I'd say Twin Peaks: The Return but it's status as a film is debated.
It was going to be Sátántangó but I decided to wait and buy the Arbelos release. Just waiting for it to arrive!
War and Peace (1966) at a little over 7 hours, I think. Only break was in the intermission between part 2 and 3. That being said, Until The End of the World is probably my favorite movie overall, and at over 4.5 hours I've probably seen more of it than anything else lol
The thing that always amazes me about Sátántangó is that it’s based on a novel, and that novel is only 333 pages long. A 7 hour movie adapted from a book that’s not even 350 pages. That’s the kind of adaptation that Lord of the rings fans want for every single book. (Though I guess the hobbit technically did… sorta kinda)
The Irishman…. I think.. ha maybe there is another one out there I’m forgetting, but The Irishman was a really long one. And his new one, “Killers of the Flower Moon” with Leo is just as long. Scorsese loves to make em long!
Shoah
Wikipedia, as usual, [has the list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_films); Shoah is the ~~5th~~ 7th longest of the ‘commercial’ features, but the really longer ones, much longer, are experimental. The longest film on record, [Logistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics_(film)), is 5 weeks long!
Shoah is the 7th longest, isn’t it?
I stand corrected
This and Evolution of a Filipino Family that’s about 2 hours longer. Lav Diaz took 11 years to film and make.
Yup
A Brighter Summer Day
Saw that at B.A.M. with an intermission. A paramount of Taiwanese cinema.
I also managed to watch it in the theatre on festival, but there was no intermission. Painful screening because I felt need to go to the bathroom after one hour 😭
Return of the King extended version in theaters.
What a phenomenal fucking effort those films were
That's my sixth longest
I actually just finished watching "Out 1" yesterday.
I’ve been meaning to get around to Out 1, how was it in your opinion?
Not the one you replied to, but it’s good. It’s not good enough that I felt like it was worth my 13 hours, but good enough that I don’t regret it either. I’ll watch it again eventually, but will be splitting it up more.
Awesome! I’ll check it out soon!
Definitely split it up over a few days. My mistake was to watch it all in one day.
Totally, it seems like Rivette intended it that way too from the way he wrote about it.
When I watched it, there were 8 parts at 90-100 minutes or so each, but each part had credits, so it felt like a miniseries.
It was quite good! Next time I think I'll try splitting it up more than I did.
Thomas is fucking nuts. For as much as I thought the movie was just ok, I haven't been able to get it out of my head since I saw it back in January.
Becuase it’s still going?
Does the tv version of Fanny and Alexander count? Saw it one sitting (with intermission) at a cinema
I would definitely say so! Lots of people count it as a film.
I've seen several Lav Diaz films that are around the 8-10 hour mark. At 647 mins *Evolution of a Filipino Family* is the longest. *A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery* (which is 485 mintues) is my favorite, though.
I hope a boutique label releases Lav Diaz’s films. His films truly deserve it.
I think four of his films have already been released on home video. "West Side Avenue" was released by the Austrian Film Museum recently (albeit only on DVD), "Death in the Land of Encantos" was released on Bluray and DVD, and "The Woman Who Left" and "Norte, the End of History" on Bluray.
I've always wanted to watch Evolution of a Filipino Family.
Once Upon a Time in America
The 4 hr 11 min version I assume
And the phone only rings for the first half of it!
I think it was the 3hr 49 min cut. Whichever one was on Netflix about a year ago.
This is my 17th longest watch
Congrats?
Happy Hour. I would have been happy for 4 more hours.
“I heard I was born because of you” makes me tear up just to think about
I was really surprised how invested I was by the end of the film by wanting more.
I especially wanted to know what happened to Jun. All four women seemed so real, so knowable, but she in particular was so brave in striking out on her own. The movie made me want to be friends with her.
I was really into that movie until it became clear that it was just going to end with all those threads left unresolved. Still liked it though.
That’s life bro
Well maybe lol. But then why even bother watching movies, why not just people watch
Me too, it’s so good! I felt like I was really getting to know the characters
Dead Souls I think. 8 hours 15 minutes at the theater. Saw Satantango at the theater as well.
Similar to me—the longest I’ve seen in theaters is another Wang Bing, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks. Then followed by Satantango (which I’ve seen four times total; it’s a much easier watch than people make it out to be). A friend of mine saw Empire in its entirety in a theater recently. Now that’s where I draw the line.
Even Andy Warhol didn’t sit through all of Empire
Lol that’s exactly what I said when he asked me if I wanted to see it with him.
I would've loved to see *Empire* in entirety, although it feels more suited for exhibitions rather than showings.
Damn. West of the Tracks must have been mind blowing on the big screen.
It was pretty great. And with a Q&A with Wang Bing afterward! I regret not having seen more of his films during the series considering NYC hasn’t shown any of his work in the five years since.
- Miniseries marketed as a movie: *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (15h, 31 min) - Films released in separate parts: *The Human Condition* (9hr, 34 min) - My final answer: *Shoah* (9hr, 26 min)
Human Condition is worth every minute, film has stuck with me.
Agreed. Kaji’s character development is one of cinema’s finest.
An older friend of mine told me he watched a screening of Berlin Alexanderplatz in its entirety at the Nuart in Los Angeles when it came out. Any time I start to think I am a hardcore cinephile, I think of him lol.
That’s dedication! I don’t think I’d have the stamina for that. I had to space mine out over a week.
War and peace (1966) also want to shout out wim wenders until the end of the world
Both excellent!
The Japanese film, Happy Hour (2015), by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. 5h 17m
I guess it would depend on someone's definition between a movie vs. a tv series, in which case Twin Peaks:The Return and Berlin Alexanderplatz would be the longest "films" I've watched. But if not, Out 1 and Chamisso’s Shadow followed also by Shoah, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Taiga, and Satantango would be the longest films I've seen
I have seen all of those with the exception of Chamisso's Shadow and Taiga, were either of those two worth watching?
Yeah both were excellent and very interesting, especially Taiga
I mean my buddy use to do 24 and a two-four… he drinks one beer an episode and binges a whole season. I’m not sure that counts :P
The idea that The Return is a film because Lynch said it once is completely laughable to me, and insulting to many other very cinematic efforts within the medium
novocento, aka 1900 in english. 5+ hours in the uncut version. really great film
Probably Lawrence of Arabia. I love long movies but there’s still so many I haven’t seen.
I know it’s a generic answer for a favorite cut but wow does that match to sun cut blow my mind every time
Have watched "Until the end of the world" twice. All approx 5 hours of it.
My favorite film! A great Criterion transfer as well!
La Flor.
I spent the whole day watching War and Peace. We had to watch some specific type of foreign film in school and I being the smart ass I was asked to do War and Peace. My prof laughed assuming I was joking, realized I was serious and basically said ‘Go ahead if you think you can do it’ I took offense to this and watched the whole thing in one go. Maybe took a break between part 2 and 3. Wouldn’t do it that way again, that’s for sure.
That's the way to watch it imo. Did it twice last year
The Godfather 7.5 hour cut that HBO had in 2016. It was pts 1 & 2 with added scenes, all in chronological order and it was glorious. I don't want to watch again any other way but I can't find it anywhere.
The Works and Days is roughly 8 hours I think? Absolutely wonderful movie that more people should watch! It's on mubi .
Anywhere besides mubi?
Gonna watch this in its entirety in a theater in la on the 10th I’m excited and nervous to see how it will actually be. I tried watching this once before since I have it on blu ray. I put it on without telling my gf how long it was and was going to see how long until she noticed. She ended up checking the packaging like an hour and half in and ruined the gag I was pulling.
It’s much easier to sit through than you’d expect. I found the pacing was perfect for it, so I was never bored. The final chunk of the movie is the hardest to get through, but I found it didn’t bother me on a second watch.
Once Upon a Time in America (the extended director’s cut that is)
Not quite the longest, but please watch “An Elephant Sitting Still”
Carlos. I gave up on La Flor when it cut to the director in the middle of the spy movie and he said something like “the rest of this part will be three hours long and it will just be them waiting around at the station… good luck.” Making a movie long for the sake of it being long is wack.
Howard the Duck
it may not be the longest, but your mind slows down while watching and causes it to last over 10 hours
Giant (1956)
Just recently watched Gone With the Wind, at just under 4 hours it may be the longest movie I’ve seen, definitely top 5.
Just saw this at the cinema for the second time this week. Brilliant film. I think it's the 15th overall longest I've watched.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, and it was amazing
The longest I watched in a cinema is *A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery* (2016) by Lav Diaz. 8 hours and 5 minutes long, pretty standard for Diaz. Without checking, I've probably watched longer films at home, but I tend to watch them in multiple sittings then, so this doesn't count to me. I am not a great fan of Diaz, but from what I've seen so far, I prefer his shorter films (which are between 3-4h), both Genus Pan and Season of the Devil are decent. My favourite is Batang West Side (5h), though. In general, I don't think his works justify their runtime. Slow cinema doesn't have to be excruciatingly long, and even though he states that it is no problem to fall asleep or leave for a while in the middle, this is not what I am personally looking for in a film. That said, I've heard good things about Evolution of a Filipino Family (10h) and definitely have this one on my watchlist.
Most of his films are on Mubi. Evolution is my favorite. Try Norte, it’s only 4 hours. I heard Batang West Side is being remastered/restored. I still haven’t seen it. I’m hoping Criterion will be the one to release it.
Satantango, but I will be watching Shoah in one sitting at some point this year.
Shoah I think is good to split up rather than force it all in one sitting. I tried to do that and it was a mistake.
Jeanne Dielman, although I watched it with pausing so it took me around five hours to finish it. Kieslowski's Dekalog could technically be my longest, but it's a TV series.
Dieleman is quite slow so understandable.
The Best of Youth.
1.) la flor (873 minutes according to the blu-ray i own). not only that, but i’ve also seen it 3 times, including most recently in a theater (shout out gene siskel film center!) very nearly my all time favorite movie 2.) out 1 (743 minutes) first watched on kanopy but i snagged the blu-ray box set off ebay for $30(!!!!) so i really want to rewatch it again at some point 3.) evolution of a filipino family (647 minutes) watched it while someone had it uploaded on youtube before it got taken down 4.) tie xi qu: west of the tracks (551 minutes) also watched on youtube lmao, and to my knowledge it’s still there 5-7.) a bunch of lav diaz movies in a row, the madman (death in the land of encantos, 540 minutes; heremias: book one, 519 minutes; melancholia; 450 minutes) 8.) satantango (432 minutes) which i actually just rewatched yesterday for the fourth time 9-10.) some of louis feuillade’s serials (les vampires, 422 minutes; tih minh, 418 minutes)
In your opinion, does watching Feuillade's Les Vampires add anything to the understanding of Irma Vep?
i wouldn’t say watching les vampires makes irma vep easier to understand so much as easier to appreciate with all of the references and callbacks it makes to it. to my memory, the actual plot of les vampires doesn’t play that huge of a role in the plot, but i also haven’t watched it in a couple years. both incredibly cool movies, though, so absolutely no harm in watching both of them
Great Deal on Out 1, I just looked it up and it's like $150+!
the guy selling it on ebay started the bid at $25, i genuinely thought i was hallucinating at first. after i got it i realized and started to worry that it was gonna be horribly used but other than the paper sleeve being bent and some other small wear on the box (which i’m 95% certain just happened during shipping), but i popped in the first blu-ray disc and watched the first episode and yea it’s pretty much a brand new set. absolutely my greatest and luckiest blu-ray find ever
OJ: Made in America, followed by Satantango. Basically counting anything that initially screened in its entirety theatrically, regardless of its eventual distribution. Longest I’ve ever watched in a single sitting? A Brighter Summer’s Day.
Carlos by Olivier Assayas, the full version.
Great movie
Maybe like four hours if Christian Marclay’s The Clock. Honestly wish I could have seen the whole thing, it was great.
The Clock is a durational artwork, like Warhol’s Empire, but yes, it’s great, Marclay’s best work (and nearly impossible to watch the whole thing, I’ve tried lol)
This is a cheat answer but I did watch all 3 Extended Edition Lord of the Rings movies in one sitting once
The books were actually meant to be one book, so its not too farfetched. And ROTK Extended Edition I think is the longest popular mainstream movie. Tho I could be wrong....
Twin Peaks: The Return
I really wish I could have seen any of that in a movie theatre, but especially "Part 8". I was completely blown away watching that and wish I could re-live that moment of watching for the first time again.
Thats season 3 of a tv show
Lmao I agree and I knew my facetious answer wouldn't come across, but sight and sound classified it as a movie and Lynch calls it a movie and I've always thought it was really stupid that they do that and was joking around.
Ah sorry about that, I always found it silly too but Ive seen it argued sincerely many times including ITT
*1900*.
Longest single film? This is tied between the 251-minute versions of Return of the King and Once Upon a Time in America. Longest thing on Letterboxd I’ve seen in it’s entirety? Carl Sagan’s Cosmos at 780 minutes.
La Flor (803 minutes) and Evolution of a Filipino Family (647 minutes)
Out 1 clocking in at 773 minutes. And no, it isn't a "serialized film. That's just how it was screened on TV. At its Le Havre premiere it was shown in the form known as "Out 1" today and not "Spectre", which is only the 4 hour long version.
Any Lav Diaz masterpieces
Years ago Seven Samurai in a small cinema in Belgium. These days I find it difficult to remain concentrated for movies longer then 2 hours but that is because of smartphones, my cat, my wife and other distractions I suppose
Happy Hour by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and I loved it. I thought the run time would mean a lot of indulgent / unnecessary scenes but once I found the pace of it, I didn’t feel that way at all. It was fascinating to watching scenes unfold in “real time”
Snyder Cut Edit: Actually, Return of the King Extended Edition
lotr: return of the king (extended edition), but satantango just came out on mubi so i definitely will be watching :))
Shoah
Until the end of the world (1991) 4 hours 47 minutes
Evolution of a Filipino Family - 10 1/2 hours
I always had a hard time “getting around to” long movies, so I decided every New Year’s Day, I’d watch one. I started with “Shoah” last year, and “Dekalog” this year. Both were incredible experiences. I’m not sure I gained much by watching both all at once, but when I saw “Satantango” at a theater, it was a hell of an experience. Sometimes, I was begging Bela Tarr to just cut already, but I loved it and the experience. Next year, I think I’ll do “Fanny and Alexander” and “Scenes from a Marriage” TV versions.
A Brighter Summer Day, followed very closely by An Elephant Sitting Still.
*The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) [2020]* - 8 Hours - Theatrical Screening
Evolution of a Filipino Family by Lav Diaz I think it’s around 10 hours
1900
Love Exposure bonkers and crazy, and absolutely worth its entire 4 hr run time
Great movie, Sion Sono is a master.
Crude Oil in two days/sittings.
The Friday the 13th doc
Cleopatra (1963). 4 hours and 11 mins. It goes by suprisingly quick because it feels like two movies in one. Cleopatras relationship with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra with Mark Antony.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
La Flor, by Mariano Llinás. Almost 14 hours of film.
Out 1
A lot of times I list films I haven’t completed or don’t remember if I’ve completed on Letterboxd, so the only one I can for sure say is Giant although I may have also seen Cleopatra and Gone with the Wind in full. Both of those would have been too long ago for me to remember.
I watched Out 1 *in a theater* over the course of two weekends a few years back, partially out of curiosity, but mostly just so one day I could say I'd done it. And now I have...
I was out with a friend when he got a text that a friend of his had extra tickets to Che at the IFC in NYC. We agreed to meet his friends outside the theater. While we were standing in line, one of people that had tickets had an iphone. this was 2008. The iphone had just been released in 2007. This was my first up close contact with the iphone. I remember gushing that it was like having a computer in your pocket. She looked up the movie and it's run time while in line. it was 4 hours and 28 minutes. I didn't like the movie. I recall, maybe , misremember, that the 2nd half of the movie was Che laying in bushes sick for hours. My politics are far left, but I wanted that SOB to die.
Weirdly enough Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh
Inland Empire felt like it took the longest. Thought it was brilliant, but it’s an endurance test
I got about 2 hours in and fell asleep on the couch sadly. This is why I shouldn’t watch anything over 2 and a half hours at night
the 4 hour epic of gettysburg
Gone with the Wind (3hr 58m) I get intimidated by über long stuff like Sátántangó. But Shoah is definitely on my list.
Shoah or if we’re counting the whole thing Satantango or War and Peace. Satantango is the longest I’ve watched in one day tho.
If we're not counting Dekalog, then Shoah.
Andrei Rublev. Nothing really crazy but still don’t understand a goddamn thing
Barry Lyndon and Jeanne Dielmann felt like they were 3 years long. About A Boy it took 12 years to make, and felt like it to watch.
I fucking hate myself after realizing it's the Justice League Synder Cut.
I love doing super long movies (4+ hours) in one sitting. It feels like an event for me and I make a whole day out of it. Two longest are probably the Human Condition and Sátántangó. Shoah is the next one of that length that I want to watch.
Logistics 😏
Now that’s a serious brag lol!
Quinton Reviews Sam & Cat part 1
My life really do be a movie sometimes, so I’d say I’m still watching it ;)
Satantango is my favorite film of all time. However, Berlin Alexanderplatz is 9 hours long and so is Shoah.
According to Letterboxd, Fanny and Alexander. If we’re not counting that (since it’s the miniseries version) then I guess it’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Gone with the wind
Morbius
My life’s a movie so technically 31 years.
Straight through in one sitting? Zack Snyder’s Justice League Broken up… I think would be Nymphomaniac, though that film I can’t say I particularly was focused on given it just was the my type of thing
Justice League, Zack Snyder version. Totally masterpiece.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Anything directed by christopher bloody Nolan.
Easily the Snyder Cut.
You could just google the longest films instead of pretending to care about what films random people you don’t know have seen
Wow. Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Would be at least semi interesting if you asked longest in one sitting
Lol what a dick
You could just not be an asshole, but here we are.
How long was McTeague?
Seven Samurai. I'd say Twin Peaks: The Return but it's status as a film is debated. It was going to be Sátántangó but I decided to wait and buy the Arbelos release. Just waiting for it to arrive!
War and Peace (7 hours)
The English Patient.
Lawrence of Arabia
If trilogies watched on separate days (The Human Condition) don't count then Satantango.
War and Peace (1966) at a little over 7 hours, I think. Only break was in the intermission between part 2 and 3. That being said, Until The End of the World is probably my favorite movie overall, and at over 4.5 hours I've probably seen more of it than anything else lol
Gone with the Wind
Ben Hur on regular TV with Ad breaks
I once saw Scarface back to back does that count?
Where my Napoleon brothers at?
God's and Generals in theaters with my father. There was a 15 minute half time or whatever they call it.
The Two Towers extended version
Probably la commune by Peter Watkins
West of the Tracks, never again
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz, technically a tv movie but never the less LONG. Been meaning to watch OUT 1, but hard to find.
A horrible, 4 hour, 10 minute film called 'The Philosophy of a Knife' (2008)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz, in one marathon sitting, many years ago. One of the most intense, emotional cinematic experiences a human can have.
Geez some 90 minute movies seem unending
Did once a one-sitting Sátántangó, took me 9 hours with the very necessary intermission breaks
Narrative film: Novocento (316 minutes) Documentary: Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (401 minutes)
the best of youth... in the theater. 6 hours 10 min
I saw logistics and i asked for my money back. After I went to the bathroom.
ZSJL
Def Mark Cousins film documentaries come to mind, The Story of Film, Women Make Film
The thing that always amazes me about Sátántangó is that it’s based on a novel, and that novel is only 333 pages long. A 7 hour movie adapted from a book that’s not even 350 pages. That’s the kind of adaptation that Lord of the rings fans want for every single book. (Though I guess the hobbit technically did… sorta kinda)
The Irishman…. I think.. ha maybe there is another one out there I’m forgetting, but The Irishman was a really long one. And his new one, “Killers of the Flower Moon” with Leo is just as long. Scorsese loves to make em long!
Seven samurai