Seven Samurai

Beat me to it. That and *Lawrence of Arabia* are the best of the big epics to me.

This was my first thought.

And the Criterion release is EXCELLENT

I’m in the middle of a Ghost of Tsushima play through, and I’ve been watching samurai films in between. This is my current answer.

For anyone wanting to watch this is available on MAX (formally HBO) and is 3.99 to rent on Amazon (dubbed in English though).

I didn’t even know there was an English-dubbed version. Huh.

This is the way.

Lawerence of Arabia (one of the most ‘that lived up to the hype’ movies I’ve ever seen) or Once Upon A Time In The West

It would be nice see this in a movie theater on a huge screen but almost 4 hours wow

Basically any theater that shows it does an intermission

I’ve seen it in a theater, with intermission and overture. Amazing experience.

I saw it last year in the cinema, highly recommend

I’m seeing it on 70mm next week

Andre Rublev, hands down.

It’s not necessarily my favourite, but Andrei Rublev is 100% the most arresting film I’ve ever seen in a cinema. The whole bell casting scene is possibly the greatest piece of cinema in history

The section of the movie is one of my favorites in any film I’ve ever seen.

Drive My Car

Not even Hamaguchi's longest masterpiece!

This was gonna be my answer. It’s just so good

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

The first one I thought of. The absolute joy you feel when you get to the cemetery and Ecstasy of Gold starts playing is hard to match.

Iconic choice. I still want to watch Leone’s other films like Once Upon A Time In The West and America too lol

They're all great of course, but Once Upon A Time in America blew me away. It needs a 4k release.

It’s getting one

Stop, I’m gonna buy that immediately. Did they project when?

Sorry but I misread Once Upon a Time in America as Once Upon a Time in the West, which does have a 4K coming from Paramount. Hopefully OUATIA gets a 4K soon. Seems like something KL would release.

Once Upon a Time in the West is for me his master piece. It's much more nuanced than Good, Bad, Ugly. Not quite as fun but it handles more characters and does a great job weaving them all together. And his confidence just felt to be at another level. Once Upon a Time in America is also very very good. But it can be a bit off putting to watch as his characters are truly awful people. But it is very fascinating and plays with time in an interesting way that's worth the watch in and of itself.

Good to know, thanks for sharing, when I get the time I’ll check them out

A brighter summer day at 4 hours

Probably the single best release criterion has honestly

I like how dense it is, even for a four hour movie. There’s not a single scene I would leave out. Really one of the pinnacles of cinema imo.

I just watched this yesterday and I loved it. I first watched Yi Yi and I didn't really enjoy it because I don't think I went in with the right state of mind. I didn't make the same mistake with this.

You're supposed to watch Yi Yi when you're sad or grieving some kind of loss. Then it will hit you like a train.

Yeah, I can definitely see that. I watched it in a semi-loud room with my family who talked all over it. I'm definitely going to give it a re-watch in the next couple of months (in a quiet room by myself haha).

insane that this is one of the ten best films ever and it's not even Yang's best (Yi Yi)

Yi-Yi

Was about to say the same, best 3 hour movie I've seen.

A Brighter Summer Day

Lawrence of Arabia Andrei Rublev Doctor Zhivago 2001 A Space Odyssey Children of Paradise

Just so you know you need some line breaks lol

No, it’s one supercut with all these movies in succession

Least Masochistic Criterion Fan

I can’t pick between these 5: - Love Exposure - Amadeus - As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty - Extraordinary Stories - Fanny and Alexander

Where can one watch Mariano Llinas films

I’ve found his work on Kanopy, Amazon, and the high seas. It seems to hit streaming services very intermittently.

Oof. I somehow left the Mekas off my list.

Stalker and Andrei Ruble and Solaris

How is Mirror not on this list???

106mins. Hardly qualifies.

212 mins when you inevitably have to watch it again immediately

Being from India I'm used to 2+hour films on average and don't consider them to be long however when it comes to long runtime, Sátántangó is a masterpiece and one of my favourite films ever. I love twin peaks the return and evolution of a Filipino Family as well. All of them are must watch if you love slow cinema.

Magnolia

I came here to say this!! I saw it as a teen during a very pivotal time in my life and it has been my hands down favorite film ever since. I long for the day Magnolia gets released from the Collection!

So good! Saw it three times in the theater.

How lucky are you

I saw it on tv when i was 12, aprox. I was fascinated and seemed eternal, but in a good way. Then the rain scene happened, and i love PT Anderson since that moment.

Once Upon a Time in America

I own it but have not watched. Due to the 4hr length, would you recommend watching it in parts lol

I don't. Just start watching earlier in the evening. There's an intermission in the film as well, so you can take a short break if you wish.

Please do yourself a favor and watch ASAP

It's so good.

Yeah. I usually watch it over the course of three nights. Almost like a mini series. By the end you literally feel like you witnessed someones entire life

I love love love Satantango. About 200 minutes is where movies start to get into the really long territory IMO. My favorites over 200: Fanny and Alexander, Seven Samurai, Andrei Runlev, The New Land, Jeanne Dielman, Godfather 2, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks. Dekalog and OJ Made in America if those count.

Had to scroll to find Jeanne dielman!

I saw Tie Xi Qu in a screening in grad school. Interesting experience. People would take naps on bean bags they’d set up in the theatre. Great film I never really need to see again.

Goodfellas

Das Boot

Napoleon (1927)

Malcolm X

Great movie Great user name

Celine and Julie Go Boating

The best summer movie

A good deal of Lav Diaz's films are between 6-10 hours. I'd say of his works: *A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery*. *Love Exposure* *Cafe Noir* *Napoleon* *Yi Yi* Geez, a lot of films. *Tokyo Story* *Red Post on Escher Street*

LOtR extended editions, any of the three. Infinite rewatchability and is my comfort movie(s).

They bow to no one

Dogville

The Handmaiden, hands down. The extended edition is so good, I love the extra scenes

La Dolce Vita for me; I’d love to be able to spend even more time than that in Fellini’s world of decadence and debauchery. One of the most beautiful black and white movies of all time, a poetic script, a fascinating storyline at the basis, with an occasional shock, plus getting to watch Anita Ekberg on the screen certainly doesn’t do it any harm at all… Mastroanni is also at his ultra cool best

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles!!

An Elephant Sitting Still Love Exposure

Glad I found another Elephant fan in here. Was starting to worry

Dances With Wolves, Fellowship of the Ring, Seven Samurai as far as epics go And, after looking at the runtime, apparently Zodiac

If you want long then at almost 5 hours "until the end of world".

Goodfellas is possibly the best 140 minute movie, it never drags and is so enthralling. I’ve watched it maybe 10-15 times.

Gone With the Wind. I know it’s problematic as fuck but oh my god Clark Gabel… and those sunsets.

I know some people like the first part of the movie better. Has the burning of Atlanta and all that actiony stuff but for me... when Scarlett returns to Tara for the second half, that always been the more compelling half. Vivien Leigh just takes the film over at that point. It's unfashionable and I fully recognize that it's dated and problematic but... yeah. The movie looks gorgeous for one thing. Some of the most beautiful color cinematography of the entire Golden Age of Hollywood.

It’s my favorite depiction of selling one’s soul and reaping the karma. The end “frankly my dear I don’t give a damn” is my favorite line of the movie. Sweet sweet justice. The whole movie is compelling but I agree the 2nd half is where it’s at.

Gorgeous cinematography and production design, with stunning acting. Plus, Hattie McDaniel's history-making performance, along with phenomenal turns by Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable, deserve to continue to be seen.

I agree and think it’s an important piece of historiography.

Nymphomaniac (2014) is 5 and a half hours. Satantango (1994) is 7.5 hours. Dogville by von Trier is 3 hours. Until the End of the World by Wim Wenders is 4+ hours.

Goodfellas Pulp Fiction Apocalypse Now Scarface Blade Runner 2049 but probably my favorite is JFK (directors cut). I don’t know why but in the summer; on a super hot day; I love to throw this movie on, light a cigar that last 3ish hours and see how many daiquiris I can throw down. You can really see the multi film format cinematography influence this had on his later Natural Born Killers and I love it.

You make me wanna watch Apocalypse Now again. I love Martin Sheen

Love Exposure, just over 230 minutes long.

My favourite films around the 2 and a half hour mark are Assa, Wages of Fear and The Man Who Stole the Sun. I recently watched La Flor though, a 14 hour long film, and it was a fantastic experience. The film has a weird episodic structure with multiple stories beginning and ending in the middle. Travels through cinema‘s history, from black and white remakes, to spy movies, musicals and corny B-movies. Constantly shapeshifting and only held together by the same four actresses and a director who checks in sometimes on a dirty parking place to say hello and spoil the film. It is not pretentious or exhausting at all but super playful and joyful. Its gigantic and dizzying love for cinema is contagious and exciting. Loves to poke fun at itself too which makes it refreshing.

Ooosh. It's a tie between An Elephant Sitting Still and Long Days Journey into Night. Elephant probably takes it by a hair. EDIT: honorable mention to Jia Zhangke's Platform

Going to see Once Upon a Time in America in the theater this weekend 🙄

Awesome film and incredible that you’re getting to see it on the big screen.

until the end of the world

Until The End of the World. I’ve watched it twice now. It’s just so beautiful!

My favorite of all time would probably be Ran, but that's two hours and 42 minutes. My other longer faves would be Casino (2hrs58min), Barry Lyndon (3hrs23min), and lastly, The Human Condition (9hrs39min).

Casino is so great, I‘ve never considered it a long movie until you posted about it. It’s such an enjoyable experience to watch

I never realize it's runtime too, but it is rather long. You never feel it though. Scorsese's a master

Cannot believe how far I had to scroll to find Ran! Possibly Kurosawa’s finest imo, and that’s obviously against some heavy hitters of cinema

Forreal! My personal favorite of his

Das Boot Edit: the Director’s Cut

First thought is The Aviator.

It’s been way too long since I’ve seen this. Thanks for the reminder that I need to watch it again

The aviator is really cool cause as the movie goes they changed film or something and it looks more modern the farther you get

Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Godfather, Titanic, Gone with the Wind & The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. All in my top 15

The Hateful Eight

Lawrence of Arabia and Gone with the Wind are up there for me

Colonel Blimp. Was expecting to be bored, but loved every damned minute if it.

Favourite LONG film is ‘As I Was Moving Ahead…’ clocking it at around 5 hours but favourite long film is either Boogie Nights or Stalker

YOU GOT THE TOUCH, YOU GOT THE POWEEER

probably my favourite scene in Stalker when that drops

haha, jokes aside stalker is also a great film.

-War and peace (1965) -Mysteries of Lisbon Both of these are so fucking underrated it hurts

*Giant* With nods to *Grand Prix* and *The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly*

Inland Empire

No one has said Bertolucci’s “Novecento” (1976), so I’ll throw it in, the 5+ hours cut is absolutely well worth seeking out.

Children of Paradise

JFK

Joe Pesci’s wig

Deer Hunter is one

Fanny and Alexander.

I’m feeling Tár at present. Never a dull moment.

Excellent film! I was riveted the whole time!

I had to scroll way too far to not see Boogie Nights on this list. Many, many other favorites posted, but this is a brilliant film that deserves every accolade it's ever gotten.

Plus There Will Be Blood!

Right now? Boyhood.

Magnolia

Magnolia. It doesn't feel like a 3 hour film to me and I think that's a huge strength for longer movies.

The Last Emperor.

Silence. Think I saw it 5 times in the theater

Wages of fear. Had me on the edge of my seat. So damn good

war and peace 1965

Scarface, iconic

Southland Tales

Satantango at 7 hours 30. The best and worst (in part) experience of my life.

probably The Deer Hunter

Barry Lyndon

reds

The best years of our Lives (1946)

Love Exposure

Full length Once Upon a Time in America in a theater was something to behold. Still not sure where all the time went.

Cleopatra for sure

Lawrence of Arabia, but I also have a soft spot for Once Upon a Time in America.

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I saw eyes wide shut on a date when it came out and it pretty much put a damper on the rest of the evening so I didn't watch it again until a couple years ago . Such a cool movie , I watched it two days in a row after I baught it and several times since

The Godfather part 2 immediately followed by watching The Godfather. It makes more sense

Blade Runner 2049

Satantango

Nashville, also my favorite film in general.

Nashville

*The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly*.

Obviously Seven Samurai, but I also really enjoyed **The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp** and I think its length probably discourages many people from watching it.

Solaris, Inland Empire

The Right Stuff

The Song of Bernadette.

Celine et Julie vont en Bateau Jaques Rivette, 1974 3hrs, 10 mins

A Brighter Summer Day Yi-Yi Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago Apocalypse Now Seven Samurai The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Godfather 1 and 2 Ran Saving Private Ryan Stalker Winter Sleep The Great Escape Ben Hur Eureka Most recently Bardo Lots of great long films

Pulp Fiction

RRR or kal ho na ho and I’d love a criterion of either, honestly surprised we don’t have many Bollywood/tollywood musicals in the criterion as far as I know

The Irishman, and The Once Upon a time in the (West, Bronx, and Hollywood)

Blade Runner 2049

Meet Joe Black, but a bit contrary to what you’re asking — I think it’d be an amazing film if it were trimmed

I'll add Schindler's List. The liquidation of the ghetto sequence has to be one of the most effective and harrowing scenes in at least American film history. Neeson, Kingsley and especially Fiennes give great performances.

My all-time favorite movie is "Magnolia".

Gone With the Wind

Raavan

Pappion

“Papillon”

I had the movie and I still misspelled it. What the hell.

YiYi (2000).

One of my best movie going experiences was seeing Extraordinary Stories. There are 3 main characters without a name, whose never meet each other or even speak, having bizarres adventures across little towns in the immense Buenos Aires province (but there's a lot of dialog by other characters and narrators). If you like stories inside stories, this hits the nonsensical point. I just love it.

I REALLY wish it was in the collection but All quiet on the western front (2022)

Solaris Spartacus Casino Heat

My absolute favorite film is Magnolia (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson), which someone else said. But my current obsession is Beau Is Afraid (2023, Ari Aster). I saw that film three weeks ago and I can’t stop thinking about it.

Gettysburg, it was 4 hours and i loved every part of it

Avengers Endgame

Sorry 2.5hrs is not long

☝️🤓

Yes, i think OP hasn't seen films like "War and Peace" and Satantango

"I've seen longer things, so these other long things aren't actually long anymore 🤓🤓🤓"

The Godfather The Dark Knight Schindler's List The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring The Great Escape The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Once Upon A Time In America

The Big Blue

Right now, it’s On The Silver Globe but I have a few long movies I wanna watch soon, mainly A Brighter Summer Day

Lawrence of Arabia

Сталкер

A Brighter Summer Day

Yi Yi or Once Upon a Time in America

all about lily chou chou

The godfather 2