25 Best Long Movies Worth the Commitment

Epic runtimes, epic rewards: long films that earn every minute. Every one runs over three hours, and five of them past four.
Updated March 23, 2026 · ThumbScore Editorial
1
Seven Samurai (1954)
Audience Score: 93% · 3h 27m
2
Love Exposure (2008)
Audience Score: 91% · 3h 57m
3
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Audience Score: 89% · 3h 22m
4
Malcolm X (1992)
Audience Score: 89% · 3h 22m
5
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Audience Score: 88% · 3h 49m
6
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
Audience Score: 88% · 4h 13m
7
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Audience Score: 87% · 3h 53m
8
Ben-Hur (1959)
Audience Score: 86% · 3h 32m
9
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Audience Score: 85% · 3h 21m
10
The Best of Youth (2003)
Audience Score: 85% · 6h 07m
11
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Audience Score: 85% · 3h 40m
12
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Audience Score: 84% · 3h 53m
13
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Audience Score: 84% · 3h 40m
14
The Irishman (2019)
Audience Score: 84% · 3h 29m
15
1900 (1976)
Audience Score: 82% · 5h 17m
16
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Audience Score: 82% · 3h 39m
17
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Audience Score: 80% · 4h 02m
18
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Audience Score: 80% · 3h 48m
19
Giant (1956)
Audience Score: 79% · 3h 21m
20
Eureka (2001)
Audience Score: 78% · 3h 38m
21
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Audience Score: 78% · 3h 20m
22
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Audience Score: 76% · 3h 29m
23
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Audience Score: 66% · 3h 26m
24
The Brutalist (2024)
Audience Score: 59% · 3h 35m
25
Hamlet (1996)
Audience Score: 55% · 4h 02m

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