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Best Movies Over 2½ hours

Films whose runtime is over 2½ hours, ranked by TMDB rating (500+ votes). Useful when the evening, not the mood, decides.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 268 titlesavg ★ 7.43 avg 171 min Drama Action Adventure History

Under 90 minutes 90 to 120 minutes 2 to 2½ hours Over 2½ hours

#1 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) · ★ 8.8 · 2,230 votes · 2h 36m · action, fantasy, thriller
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against…
#2 The Godfather (1972) · ★ 8.7 · 23,659 votes · 2h 55m · drama, crime
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp…
#3 Schindler's List (1993) · ★ 8.6 · 17,970 votes · 3h 15m · drama, history, war
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.…
#4 The Godfather Part II (1974) · ★ 8.6 · 14,393 votes · 3h 22m · drama, crime
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family bu…
#5 Project Hail Mary (2026) · ★ 8.6 · 8,086 votes · 2h 37m · adventure, drama, science-fiction
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mi…
#6 Interstellar (2014) · ★ 8.5 · 41,348 votes · 2h 49m · adventure, drama, science-fiction
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in…
#7 The Dark Knight (2008) · ★ 8.5 · 36,822 votes · 2h 32m · action, thriller, drama
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations t…
#8 Pulp Fiction (1994) · ★ 8.5 · 30,904 votes · 2h 34m · comedy, thriller, drama
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in…
#9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · ★ 8.5 · 27,480 votes · 3h 21m · action, fantasy, adventure
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows…
#10 The Green Mile (1999) · ★ 8.5 · 19,872 votes · 3h 9m · fantasy, drama, crime
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard…
#11 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) · ★ 8.5 · 9,942 votes · 2h 41m · western
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a…
#12 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) · ★ 8.5 · 4,625 votes · 3h 10m · comedy, romance, drama
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indi…
#13 Seven Samurai (1954) · ★ 8.5 · 4,383 votes · 3h 27m · action, drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the p…
#14 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · ★ 8.4 · 28,290 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventure
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along…
#15 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 24,583 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventure
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Towe…
#16 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) · ★ 8.3 · 4,947 votes · 2h 46m · drama, western
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new li…
#17 Django Unchained (2012) · ★ 8.2 · 28,696 votes · 2h 45m · drama, western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.…
#18 Avengers: Endgame (2019) · ★ 8.2 · 28,665 votes · 3h 1m · action, adventure, science-fiction
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must a…
#19 Inglourious Basterds (2009) · ★ 8.2 · 24,844 votes · 2h 33m · thriller, drama, war
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalpi…
#20 Gladiator (2000) · ★ 8.2 · 21,548 votes · 2h 35m · action, adventure, drama
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced…
#21 Saving Private Ryan (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 17,802 votes · 2h 49m · drama, history, war
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tas…
#22 The Departed (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 16,699 votes · 2h 31m · thriller, drama, crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop cu…
#23 Scarface (1983) · ★ 8.2 · 13,380 votes · 2h 50m · action, drama, crime
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands…
#24 The Legend of 1900 (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 2,503 votes · 2h 50m · drama, music
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix…
#25 Bound by Honor (1993) · ★ 8.2 · 1,643 votes · 3h 10m · action, thriller, drama
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three ar…
#26 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) · ★ 8.2 · 1,004 votes · 2h 35m · action, drama, science-fiction
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined p…
#27 TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023) · ★ 8.2 · 537 votes · 2h 49m · music
A concert film documenting Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour (2023-2024). Filmed during the Los Angeles shows, the film captures the tour's ten acts, each representing a dif…
#28 Prisoners (2013) · ★ 8.1 · 13,565 votes · 2h 33m · thriller, drama, crime
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on…
#29 Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) · ★ 8.1 · 11,179 votes · 4h 2m · action, fantasy, adventure
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from…
#30 Dune: Part Two (2024) · ★ 8.1 · 8,582 votes · 2h 47m · action, adventure, science-fiction
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice betw…
#31 There Will Be Blood (2007) · ★ 8.1 · 7,730 votes · 2h 38m · drama
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landown…
#32 Stalker (1979) · ★ 8.1 · 2,626 votes · 2h 42m · drama, science-fiction
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two m…
#33 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) · ★ 8.1 · 1,435 votes · 4h 14m · action, thriller, drama
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire…
#34 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) · ★ 8.0 · 26,084 votes · 3h 0m · comedy, drama, crime
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belf…
#35 Oppenheimer (2023) · ★ 8.0 · 12,539 votes · 3h 1m · drama, history
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.…
#36 Ford v Ferrari (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 9,331 votes · 2h 33m · action, drama, history
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to bui…
#37 Casino (1995) · ★ 8.0 · 6,758 votes · 2h 59m · drama, history, crime
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.…
#38 Amadeus (1984) · ★ 8.0 · 4,937 votes · 2h 40m · drama, history, music
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus M…
#39 The Deer Hunter (1978) · ★ 8.0 · 4,404 votes · 3h 3m · drama, war
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their live…
#40 The Odyssey (2026) · ★ 8.0 · 3,972 votes · 2h 53m · action, fantasy, adventure
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, myt…

Questions

What are the best movies over 2½ hours?

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025, 156 min) rates highest at 8.8/10, followed by The Godfather and Schindler's List.