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25 Best 4+ Hour Movies Worth the Commitment

Epic runtimes, epic rewards — long films that earn every minute.

Updated March 23, 2026 · ThumbScore Editorial

1

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Audience Score: 86%

2

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Audience Score: 85%

3

Seven Samurai (1954)

Audience Score: 85%

4

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Audience Score: 84%

5

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Audience Score: 81%

6

The Best of Youth (2003)

Audience Score: 81%

7

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Audience Score: 80%

8

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

Audience Score: 80%

9

Love Exposure (2008)

Audience Score: 80%

10

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Audience Score: 79%

11

Ben-Hur (1959)

Audience Score: 79%

12

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Audience Score: 78%

13

1900 (1976)

Audience Score: 78%

14

Eureka (2001)

Audience Score: 78%

15

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

Audience Score: 77%

16

The Irishman (2019)

Audience Score: 76%

17

Giant (1956)

Audience Score: 76%

18

Malcolm X (1992)

Audience Score: 75%

19

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Audience Score: 75%

20

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Audience Score: 74%

21

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Audience Score: 73%

22

Hamlet (1996)

Audience Score: 73%

23

The Mother and the Whore (1973)

Audience Score: 73%

24

Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

Audience Score: 71%

25

The Brutalist (2024)

Audience Score: 70%

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26

Schindler's List

1993

86%

27

1999

85%

28

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

1995

85%

29

Avengers: Endgame

2019

82%

30

1993

81%

31

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

80%

32

2023

80%

33

The Deer Hunter

1978

80%

34

1975

80%

35

1966

80%

36

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

80%

37

1997

79%

38

The Hateful Eight

2015

78%

39

Dances with Wolves

1990

78%

40

Fanny and Alexander

1982

78%

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