10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Longer Than 3 Hours

Sometimes a tight 90-minute film isn't quite enough. Sometimes there are stories that simply cannot be told quickly. While it feels like the average length of movies in the cinema is increasing due to big budgets and perhaps the need to get value for money (it seems strange when a Marvel film comes in 140 minutes), a film breaching the three hour mark is still highly unusual. It requires of the viewer an extreme level of dedication, but also invites extra scrutiny. Does any film need to be that long? Really?

Despite their relative rarity, a century of cinema has seen enough masterpieces going past the three hour point to do this list a few times over. These are simply ten of them.

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from tasteofcinema.com · made by Gaurav Naik

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