Many recent
high-profile films have notably long run times, a trend driven in
part by a desire for epic storytelling and the flexibility of
streaming platforms.
Below are some prominent recent films that were long in length:
Film Title, Release
Year and Run time
- The
Brutalist: 2024 3 hours, 35 minutes (with intermission)
- Killers
of the Flower Moon: 2023, 3 hours, 26 minutes
- One
Battle After Another: 2025, 2 hours, 41 minutes
- Avatar:
The Way of Water: 2022 3 hours, 12 minutes
- Avengers
Endgame: 2019 3 hours, 1 minute
- Oppenheimer:
2023 3 hours
- John
Wick - Chapter 4: 2023 2 hours, 49 minutes
- Dune:
Part Two: 2024 2 hours, 46 minutes
- The
Batman: 2022 2 hours, 55 minutes
- Meet
Joe Black: 1998, 3 hours, 1 minute
- Titanic:
1997, 3 hours, 14 minutes
Notable Longer Films
- Zack
Snyder's Justice League: The 2021 director's cut
released on HBO Max has an exceptionally long run time of over
4 hours (4 hours, 2 minutes).
- The
Irishman: Martin Scorsese's 2019 film for Netflix spans
several decades and has a run time of 3 hours and 29 minutes.
- Wicked:
The 2024 film adaptation of the Broadway musical was split
into two parts, with the first part having a run time of 2
hours and 40 minutes. The second part is 2 hours, 18 minutes.
Filmmakers and
studios often defend these longer run times, arguing that they are
necessary to fully explore complex characters and source material,
which they believe would be compromised in a shorter format.