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The Longest Movies In History

The Longest Movies In History – The Longest Movies In The History Of Cinema

What Is The Longest Movie You Have Ever Watched? In This Article, We Want To Introduce You To The Longest Movies In The History Of Cinema.

Longest Movies In History, What do you think is the longest film in history? The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King? The Godfather: Part II? The Irishman movie? Or do you think that the 1996 film Hamlet is the longest in history? Fortunately or unfortunately, I have to say that you are sorely mistaken.

Because the mentioned films do not even reach the level of the works to be introduced in this list, rest assured, if you look at the items on this list and get acquainted with them, you will be surprised.

There are movies on this list that could easily have turned into a multi-episode series. But the directors decided that it should be made into a movie so that the audience could understand that time well. Maybe they wanted to make a name for themselves so that others would say that a director, the maker of one of the longest films in history, is coming to you; The same version cannot be wrapped for all of them.

These films are often made for a long time, often with minimal budgets and without investors. In this list, we want to introduce you to works that have a playing time of more than 5 hours.

Note that the films in this list are sorted from shortest to longest based on the duration of each work.

 The longest movies in history

A number of tanks in the movie Tsahal

32- Tsahal movie

Easy film

  • Director: Claude Lenzman
  • Cast: Claude Lansman, David Grossman, and Ariel Sharon
  • Year of construction: 1994
  • Duration: 304 minutes / 5 hours and 4 minutes

Sahal, the first of the longest-running films in history, tells the story of the Israeli Defense Forces. This documentary comprises interviews with different people, each of whom says about these defense forces. When the film premiered in Paris, it created a lot of fringe and problems. The margins rose so high that right-wing demonstrators threw tear gas into the two cinemas showing the work.

During these five hours of scrutiny of the Israeli army, there is not a single frame to show any of the six wars that these forces were involved in until the creation of this work; Not even any of their internal missions. In his documentary, the filmmaker wanted to delve deeper into what the Israeli Defense Forces are doing, as well as what they show about Israel’s national identity.

A child playing with a sculpture in the movie Fanny and Alexander

31- Fanny and Alexander movie

Fanny and Alexander movie

  • Director: Ingmar Bergman
  • Cast: Gon Wolgren, Borya Alstett and Eva Ferling
  • Year of construction: 1983
  • Duration: 312 minutes / 5 hours and 12 minutes

Fanny and Alexander is a historical drama that tells the story of two brothers and sisters and their large family; Families living in Uppsala, Sweden, in the first decade of the twentieth century. When the father of the two children dies, their mother remarries. The new wife of the family’s mother is a prominent monk who behaves very badly and abusively towards Alexander; Because of the vivid imagination and imagination that this boy has in his mind.

Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander to be his last feature film before retiring. It is interesting to know that this work is based on his own life story. The work was widely acclaimed by critics and even won four Academy Awards; Of course, along with other awards he won. Fanny and Alexander were adapted several times in the following years because of their great popularity.

The two main actors of The Deluge movie in winter clothes

30. The Deluge movie

Flood movie

  • Director: Jerzy Hoffman
  • Cast: Daniel Olbrichsky, Maugojata Brown and Tadeusz Omnitsky
  • Year of construction: 1974
  • Duration: 315 minutes / 5 hours and 15 minutes

Flood is the next item on the list of the longest-running films in history, with a historical and dramatic style. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name, published in 1886 by Henrik Sinkiehovich. The story of this drama takes place in 1655 and the war that broke out between Protestant Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Catholic Commonwealth. During this war, some Polish-Lithuanian aristocrats went to the front of the Swedish king, Charles X Gustav, and others allied with the Polish king, Jan Kazimierz. The two former Polish colonels became enemies and stood up to the traitors with the help of each other.

The battle between the two colonels was one of the most accurate and real events depicted in this work. Every single move shown in this battle has been carefully directed. Flood was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but lost to its rival Amarcord. Flood is the third most popular film in the history of Polish cinema, which was a huge success at the box office.

The main actor of Batang West Side next to the shop

29- Batang West Side movie

Butang West Side movie

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: Joel Servo, Joel Toure, and Gloria Diaz
  • Year of construction: 2001
  • Duration: 315 minutes / 5 hours and 15 minutes

A Filipino teenager is shot and killed on a New Jersey sidewalk in the United States. After this unfortunate incident, an investigation begins around the axis of his death. Family members, as well as friends of the teen, are interviewed. Along the way, we learn more about this teenager himself and more about the Filipino community and their lives in the United States in general; Especially the destructive effects that “Shabo” drugs have on the youth of this society.

The detective who handles this case also has his own personal demons, and in addition to all these issues, he has to come to terms with his very violent past. The drama was well-received by critics. Among the successes of this work, we can mention the 14 awards that it has brought to its creators in various categories and ceremonies.

A boy in Novecento wears a hat full of animals

28- Novecento movie

Twentieth-Century Film

  • Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Cast: Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, and Dominic Senda
  • Year of construction: 1976
  • Duration: 317 minutes / 5 hours and 17 minutes

The next longest-running film in history is the film of the twentieth century or 1900; A work with epic, historical, and drama styles in which international actors play a role. This epic depicts the life story and friendly relationship of two men, one of whom is a landowner and the other a peasant. In the early 20th century, the political conflict between fascism and communism broke out in Italy. These two friends were also involved in this conflict and witnessed it closely. Due to the length of the film, it was released in two parts in many early screenings. But in many other countries, such as the United States, it was released as a one-part, five-hour show.

The film was widely regarded as a classic cult work and released in various home theater versions. The twentieth-century film received mediocre reviews from critics and failed in this regard. Twentieth Century won the Buddy Award for Best Non-American Film and second place in the National Film Critics Association for Best Cinematography.

The four main female characters of Happy Hour on the bus

27- Happy Hour movie

Happy Hour movie

  • Director: Ryosuki Hamaguchi
  • Actors: Sachi Tanaka, Hazoki Kikuchi and Maiko Mihara
  • Year of construction: 2015
  • Duration: 317 minutes / 5 hours and 17 minutes

The film tells the good story of the life and romantic relationship of four women in their thirties and is considered from the middle class of society. The four women are friends and live in Kobe, Japan. Three women are married, and one of them is divorced from his wife. They can talk to each other about anything; At least they have such a mindset. When one of them can not win the divorce court, everything is tied up and disappears. This makes the other three women look at their lives more closely. The question arises in their minds that “are you what you wanted?” The film premiered at the 68th Locarno Film Festival in 2015 and was well received by critics.

Critics of Raton Tomitoz gave it a score of 100, AyamdiBay a score of 8.5, and Metacritic a score of 87; This shows that this film is in the hearts of viewers worldwide. Happy hour in the list of the top 100 movies of the 2010s. وی. The club is ranked 85th, 27th on the Slant Magazine list, and 94th on the Indywire website.

Albert Diodone as Napoleon in the film Napoléon

26- Napoleon movie

Napoleon movie

  • Director: Abel Gans
  • Cast: Albert Diodeon, Jean Tissier and Antonin Artaud
  • Year of construction: 1927
  • Duration: 332 minutes / 5 hours and 32 minutes

As its name suggests, Napoleon, one of the longest-running films in history, revolves around Napoleon and the early years. The original name of this film is Napoléon vu par Abel Gance, which means “Napoleon from Abel Gance’s point of view.” This work is a masterpiece in the field of camera fluid motion; That was when most cameras were filming steadily. In this film, very creative and innovative techniques were used, which multiplied its charm. The story of this film begins where Napoleon is in his youth and has just entered military school.

During this time, he is severely harassed by other boys and constantly insulted. In the continuation of this long film, we see scenes from the French Revolution in which Napoleon appears as a young army lieutenant. When he returns home, he changes the politics of his front and puts him in great danger. This film, just like the previous one, was very well received by the viewers and managed to get 88 points from Raton Tomitoz and 9.6 points from Metacritic.

A woman in the movie From What Is Before on the train tracks her belongings

25- From What Is Before

The film is from what it was before

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: Perry Dyson, Roeder, and Hazel Orenchio
  • Year of construction: 2014
  • Duration: 338 minutes / 5 hours and 38 minutes

To get acquainted with this case, we have to go to the Philippines, one of the longest-running films in history. The film tells the story of a remote town in the Philippines that experiences the 1970s and the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcus. Strange things are happening in this distant city. Moans are heard from the forest, cows are beaten to death, a man is dying at a crossroads from heavy bleeding, and houses are set on fire. Marcus announces Declaration 1081 and puts the whole country under martial law. Things get worse when the armed forces decide to settle in the neighborhoods and build camps.

The film’s honors were screened at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Golden Panther’s main prize. It was the first Filipino to become one of the festival’s main contenders and win such an award. The film won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Editing award at the 38th Gwad Orivan Film Festival. Interestingly, the whole production team consisted of 10 people and was filmed with a small digital camera.

Edgar Ramirez with a gun in the movie Carlos

24- Carlos movie

Carlos movie

  • Director: Olivier Asayas
  • Cast: Edgar Ramirez, Alexander Lion, and Nora van Wolstatten
  • Year of construction: 2010
  • Duration: 339 minutes / 5 hours and 39 minutes

As his name implies, Carlos tells the life story of a Venezuelan terrorist in the 1970s named Carlos the Jackal. The film chronicles his first series of attacks in 1973, which led to his arrest in 1994. This Marxist revolution had aligned itself with the Palestinian cause and was known as the most notorious terrorist. He carried out attacks on OPEC ministers, took them hostage, and took them from one country to another, seeking asylum; One of the most daring terrorist acts in history. This film, considered one of the longest films in history, was also broadcast on television in a three-part mini-series.

As a result, he participated in both film and television festivals and won various awards. One of the most important awards of this film and TV series was the Golden Globe Award, which receives in 2010 in the best mini-series or TV movies. Of course, there were many other important awards, and its success can not be limited to this one award. In addition, this film has been included in the list of the top 100 films since 2000.

Starring Little Dorrit with a crimson Katie

23. Little Dorrit movie

Little Dorothy movie

  • Director: Christine Edzard
  • Cast: Derek Jacoby, Alec Guinness, and Miriam Margolis
  • Year of construction: 1987
  • Duration: 350 minutes / 5 hours and 50 minutes

Arthur Kelnam is now returning to London after several years away from home. Suddenly, he gets into trouble with his mother, Amy Dorit, a tailor, and his father, who is in debt. Arthur, who is following this story, encounters an excellent job opportunity and makes new acquaintances; It also constantly interferes with Amy. After a while, luck turns to him, but to understand this deeply, we must look at the story through the eyes of little Dorit. Little Dorothy, one of the longest-running films in history, is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.

Despite all the actors in the play, who were talented and, of course, experienced, Sarah Pickering, who played the lead role, was not like that at all; He had never been on the screen before. After writing the script and handing it over to the production team, he was the same little Dorit. This film was the first and last film to show the face of Sarah Pickering and was not seen in the world of cinema after that.

A man in pain in the DAU movie. Degeneration

22- DAU movie. Degeneration

Defense Acquisition University Film. Corruption

  • Director: Ilya Karzhanovsky and Ilya Permyakov
  • Cast: Vladimir Azhipo, Dmitry Kaldin, and Olga Shekabarnia
  • Year of construction: 2020
  • Duration: 355 minutes / 5 hours and 55 minutes

A secret Soviet institute conducts scientific and experimental experiments on animals and humans; The institute intends to create an “ideal human being.” A general from the organization K. گ. B. Together with his assistants, they prefer to turn a blind eye to the immoral adventures of the manager, the scandalous orgies of prominent scientists, as well as their insane and cruel research methods. The story goes on until suddenly, a group of young and special people comes to the institute as prototypes to undergo various experiments. A heavy task has been assigned to these young people: they have the task of eliminating the corrupt behavior of these prominent and high-ranking people and, if necessary, destroying and eradicating this institution.

There was a scene in this movie in which a pig brutally killed cut his throat. When the producers wanted to show the film in the UK, they had to remove the scene from its final version and release a different version in that country. The film, which has a drama, horror, and horror genre, was not well received by critics but won the Grand Prix at the Auteur Festival.

A woman looking to the horizon in the movie Karamay

21- Karamay movie

Karamay movie

  • Director: Zhou Jin
  • Year of construction: 2011
  • Duration: 356 minutes / 5 hours and 56 minutes

Karama, one of the longest-running films in history, has a documentary style. Karama is a central city in the People’s Republic of China, located in Xinjiang. This work depicts the story of the city fire that occurred in 1994; A film of about 6 hours, consisting mainly of black and white images. The film’s story begins on December 8, 2007, when we see scenes from Xiaoshio Cemetery in Karama. In this scene, dawn casts a cold gray light on the distant mountains and goby sands. As the camera moves between the graves, it focuses more on the images placed inside the glass frame of each tombstone.

They are all children, young and old. Exactly 13 years ago, the Karama Friendship Hall hosted a horrific tragedy: some 800 primary and secondary school students, along with their teachers, were selected and selected to entertain a group of education officials and perform plays for them. It was in the middle of one of the performances when a fire broke out in this hall. Students instruct to stay in their place before all principals and officials left. By the time the fire contains, 323 people had died, 288 of whom were children between 6 and 14. All officials survived. Following the tragedy, the story was heavily censored in the Chinese state media. To date, families in Karama have not been allowed to mourn openly for their child victims.

Medicine with his patient in the movie Near Death

20. Near-Death movie

Near-Death Movie

  • Director: Frederick Wiseman
  • Year of construction: 1989
  • Duration: 358 minutes / 5 hours and 58 minutes

A well-known documentary filmmaker, Frederick Wiseman, examines a group of physicians, nurses, specialists, and patients at Beth Israel Hospital (a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts). In this film, we see various activities by members of the medical staff. Throughout the documentary, they run to and fro in the hospital, trying to care for patients, comfort those who may be experiencing the last moments of their lives, and comfort members of their families. “Near Death” is an independent film that very realistically depicts life and death.

Although during the Corona Pandemic, the efforts of the medical staff were not hidden from anyone but certainly watching this documentary in such circumstances can, to some extent, confront us with the conditions experienced by physicians and nurses; However, the current situation is very different from the situation in 1989. The film was critically acclaimed and won an award for Frederic Wiesmann at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In Century of Birthing, people are standing in the water praying

19. Century of Birthing

Birthday Century Movie

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: Perry Dyson, Angel Aquino, and Bart Guinguna
  • Year of construction: 2011
  • Duration: 360 minutes / 6 hours

Birth Century is a Filipino film that is on the list of the longest-running films in history. This drama tells the story of an artist who is working hard to finish his work. The artist is composing a storyline about a sect; A storyline and a cult constantly spinning in his head and taking all his focus. Fundamentalism will destroy the world. Subsequently, this artist also loses his source of inspiration. But after a while, the artist decides to save himself from this situation.

One of the interesting things about this film is that it was filmed in black and white in 2011 and released in 2014. The film was critically acclaimed and won awards at two international film festivals. I think by this part of the article, we have come to realize that Love Diaz is one of those directors who is very interested in making feature films and does not shy away from them; He has several other long works on his resume, some of which we have covered so far.

The main actors of The Best of Youth on the beach

18- The Best of Youth

The film of the best youth

  • Director: Marco Tulio Jordana
  • Cast: Sonia Bergamasco, Claudio Joe, and Giovanni Chiffon
  • Year of construction: 2003
  • Duration: 366 minutes / 6 hours and 6 minutes

A family epic set in Italy from 1966 to 2003. Best Youth, another item on the list of the longest-running films in history, tells the story of a mid-level karate family. This drama and historical work focus most of all on two brothers named Nicola and Mateo, who separated during their youth. These two characters and the other characters in the story have been involved in terrorism and other political problems for many years. The story of this film depicts the significant political and social events that took place in the history of Italy after the Second World War.

The film was originally made as a mini-series, and after its screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, it won the “A Kind of Look” award. Later, in Italy itself, it was shown to the audience in two 3-hour films. The movie version was 366 minutes, which increased after its release; After increasing the time to 382 minutes, this mini-series returned home with more episodes in the world of television.

A man in La Roue looks at the camera in surprise

17- La Roue movie

Wheel film

  • Director: Abel Gans
  • Cast: Ivy Kloss, Pierre Mania, and Max Maksoudian
  • Year of construction: 1923 (renovated in 2019)
  • Duration: 413 minutes / 7 hours and 53 minutes

Do you agree that for this case we should go for one of the longest films in history? In the above cases, you were familiar with Abel Gans. Now this time, we want to introduce another of his longer works. Sisyphus, a railroad worker, falls in love with a beautiful woman named Norma and his son, Ellie, which ends in tragic results. When Norma was just a child, she was involved in a rail accident and was rescued by Sisyphus; Sisyphus later adopted and raised this orphan girl. Years later, when the girl grew up and reached the age of marriage, she needed to know the truth about her past and lineage; But Sisyphus was constantly engaged in telling this truth to this girl.

This epic and tragic work was initially 9 hours long and somehow announced what innovative tricks we will see in Gans’s next film, Napoleon. One of the positive and exciting things that I can say about this film is that it used special lighting techniques, rapidly changing scenes, and different cuts, which was considered revolutionary in its own right.

Several people walking in the mud in the movie Sátántangó

۱۶- فیلم Sátántangó

Devil Tango Movie

  • Director: Bella Tar
  • Cast: Mihai Wig, Putty Horott and Laszlo Logoshi
  • Year of construction: 1994
  • Duration: 439 minutes / 7 hours and 19 minutes

The Hungarian Tango, a Hungarian work of epic and drama style, was filmed and shown black and white. In a small, dilapidated village in Hungary in the 1990s, life was almost at a standstill. Autumn rains have begun. Several villagers are waiting to receive large sums of cash tonight and then intend to leave the village. Others want to leave the area sooner before receiving their rights. This work is based on a Hungarian novel of the same name published by Laszlo Krasnahorkai. Krasnahorkai has been working with Tar since 1988, preparing various stories for the director.

Tarr has been trying to produce the film since 1985, but due to Hungary’s harsh political environment, he has not been able to take production to the next level. It took years for this work to be produced and finally released; Eventually, however, it was widely acclaimed by critics. In 2012, it was mentioned in the British Film Institute’s monthly magazine, Sight & Sound, and its list of the top 50 films.

A man in the library puts his hand on his face in CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

۱۵- فیلم CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

Kish and Mat movie: In search of Jerzy Montessori

  • Director: Shivandra Singh Dungarpur
  • Cast: Jerzy Montell
  • Year of construction: 2018
  • Duration: 448 minutes / 7 hours and 28 minutes

Jerzy Montsel was a Czech director who died in 2020. This work, considered one of the longest films in history, has a documentary style and revolves around this energy. This documentary focuses on the life and work of Montessel in the New Wave of the Czech Republic; New Wave Czech is a phrase that refers to a series of specific directors and refers to those filmmakers who began their career in filmmaking in the 1960s. In addition, Czech Mate examines Czech and Slovak cinema during the 1950s and 1970s, which experienced a new wave. The film, about seven and a half hours long, took about eight years to film.

Archival images, clips of classics, and in-depth interviews with directors, actors, writers, critics, and team members (those associated with the new wave) were the things that combined to form this documentary. It is currently the longest-running independent film in history. Many critics praised Checkmate and praised its various aspects. Even this film explored so many things that many Indians did not know.

A man in the movie Melancholia thinks by the river

14. Melancholia movie

Melancholy movie

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Actors: Angeli Bayani, Ruder Kamanag and Perry Dizon
  • Year of construction: 2008
  • Duration: 450 minutes / 7 hours and 30 minutes

Again, for another item on the list of the longest-running films in history, we have to go to the director of the feature-length genre, Love Diaz. Love Diaz received the Horizons Award for his film at the 65th Venice Film Festival. Melancholia is divided into three parts, in addition to a good conclusion or the last part. It should be noted that these sections are not clearly specified at the film level. In the main storyline of this film, some people are involved in strange therapy.

They are trying to get rid of their suffering with this unusual treatment. This film, like other works, was highly acclaimed by critics. Even the critic of the popular site Variety has called this film a “masterpiece.” On the other hand, he explained the final part and its good conclusion, how impressive and extraordinary it is. The critic pointed out that the film welcomes innovation and invention while portraying change as meaningless; The effect of melancholy remains on the audience’s mind for a long time.

A black actor in court in the movie OJ: Made in America

13. OJ: Made in America

OG Film: Made in America

  • Director: Ezra Edelman
  • Year of construction: 2016
  • Duration: 463 minutes / 7 hours and 43 minutes

She. جی. Simpson is one of the longest-running American filmmakers, actors, spokespersons, propagandists, and, of course, a famous criminal. The documentary, made for ESPN Films and the 30 for 30 series, revolves around this famous person and tells his story from when he started his football career at the University of Southern California. Throughout the film, we witnessed Simpson’s conflicts and adventures with racial issues, as well as his popularity in American culture. Everything goes well so that we, the audience, can prepare for this player’s trial. Simpson appeared to have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman; But in the continuation of the story, he is acquitted of these two murders. But that’s not all.

Thirteen years after this murder case, Simpson is retaken to court for theft, and this time he is imprisoned for the crime he committed. In addition to being shown in cinemas, this documentary was also broadcast on television in a five-part mini-series. The documentary was well-received by critics and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Tayoko Shiojiri in the movie the works and days (of tayoko shiojiri in the shiotani basin)

۱۲- فیلم The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

Film of works and days (from Tayoko Shiyujiri in Shiotani Bisin)

  • Director: Anders Adstrرومm and C. W. Winter
  • Cast: Taiyoko Shiojiri, Hiroharo Shikata and Rio Kase
  • Year of construction: 2020
  • Duration: 480 minutes / 8 hours

We are expected to come across a documentary from the name of the works and the days (from Taiyoko Shiyujiri in Shiutani Bisin), but this is one of the longest-running films in history. The film Works and Days (by Taiyoko Shiyujiri in Shiotani Bessin) depicts 14 months of Taiyoko Shiyujiri’s life; A geographical description of the working and non-working life of this artist. During these 14 months, Tyoko Shiyujiri lived in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan.

This drama, like the previous ones, was welcomed by the critics and received a good score. On the other hand, he was nominated for awards in various festivals, some of which he received; One of the most important is the Berlin International Film Festival, which won the Encounters Award. This section includes independent films that aim to strengthen the daring genre and portray the structure of innovative filmmakers. This section aims to support new perspectives on cinema and give more freedom to diverse narratives and documentary forms.

A woman walking in the woods in A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

۱۱- فیلم A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

Lullaby movie for a sad secret

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: John Lloyd Cruz, Piolo Pascual and Hazel Orencio
  • Year of construction: 2016
  • Duration: 485 minutes / 8 hours and 5 minutes

Interconnected narratives of the Philippine Revolution from 1896 to 1897, Jacqueline Balivag’s ballad became the anthem of the revolution. The film tells the story of Georgia D. Jays’ futile search for the body of the father of the Philippine Revolution, Andres Bonifacio; The adventure of the characters in our national hero’s storybook, namely Simon Isagani. Remember Love Diaz? The same filmmaker who makes the longest films in history. This is another long work of this artist.

Lullaby for a Sad Secret is a historical, fantasy, and drama film made by this Filipino director. At the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in 2016, the film was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award; But he eventually went home with the Alfred Bauer Prize. Unlike the previous ones, this work was not very well received by critics and received various reviews; Most critics criticized the story’s speed and its confusing narrative. Variety critic has even called it “a great disappointment for a great director.”

An old man in Dead Souls is sitting in a relatively dark room

10- Dead Souls movie

Dead Souls movie

  • Director: Wang Bing
  • Year of construction: 2018
  • Duration: 495 minutes / 8 hours and 15 minutes

Dead Souls, a documentary and historical work, shows the interview of a series of elderly survivors of Jiabiangu; A complex of three labor camps in northwestern China. It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that several right-wingers under Mao Zedong were sent there to be trained again. The filming of this documentary took place from 2005 to 2017; Because its builders were trying to cover most of China’s provinces, which have more than 120 survivors of the Jiabingo and Mingshui camps. The film premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in 2018.

ImediDebi, Metacritic, and Raton Tomitoz welcomed the work by recording good scores and positive comments and praising its various aspects. Wang Bing himself is one of the good Chinese directors who is often even one of the leading figures in documentary filmmaking. This trendy Chinese director has many documentaries in his resume, some of which have won awards at various festivals.

A boy in a movie Heremias: (Book One: Legend of the Lizard Princess) looks at a cow

۹- فیلم Heremias: (Book One: Legend of the Lizard Princess)

Hermias Movie: (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Prince)

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: Rani Lazaro, Jordan and Syed Lucro
  • Year of construction: 2006
  • Duration: 519 minutes / 8 hours and 39 minutes

The story of Hermias: (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Prince) revolves around a wandering peddler who is separated from his salesman friend. In the forest, he gets involved with criminals and criminals and gets involved in their activities. To save a girl from the danger of aggression, he makes a deal with God so that he can be successful in this path and help that unfortunate girl. Hermias, an independent Philippine crime, and drama are one of the longest-running films in history. Love Diaz won the Special Jury Prize for the film at the Friborg International Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Prix.

The film was highly acclaimed by critics and read aloud. One of the critics wrote for this work that despite the positive and negative features that can be seen in this film, but overall it is an interesting and shocking work; Long, real-time episodes, far-flung images that are often of a fixed nature, and low-quality black-and-white filming are some of the features of this film. The same filming model makes it almost impossible to recognize the emotional subtlety in the actors’ acting.

Death in the film Death in the Land of Encantos 

8- Death in the Land of Encantos 

Death in the land of Incantus

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Cast: Ruder Kamanag, Angeli Bayani and Perry Dizon
  • Year of construction: 2007
  • Duration: 538 minutes / 8 hours and 58 minutes

A Filipino poet named Benjamin Agusan is a poor native who returns to his hometown of Padang to witness the aftermath of the city’s superstorms. For the past seven years, Benjamin has lived in an old town called Kaluga in Russia. Receiving help and a place to stay, he taught at the university and held workshops. The poet has written and published two books on grief over the past few years. Benjamin recorded various video collages in Russia, fell in love with a beautiful Slavic girl, buried a boy, and went almost insane. He returned to his hometown to bury his father, mother, sister, and lover.

He returned to the city to encounter the volcanic mountain Mayon, its rugged beauty, as well as the source of his youthful inspiration. َAnd he returned home to face a country he loved so much and hated at the same time; That is the country of the Philippines. He returned to this city to die where he was born and to live. He wandered around the extinct village and at the same time met old friends and lovers.

Snowy areas in Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

7- Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks   

  • Director: Wang Bing
  • Year of construction: 2003
  • Duration: 551 minutes / 9 hours and 11 minutes

Another documentary by Wang Bing has been selected as one of the longest-running films in history. This work is more than 9 hours long and consists of three parts called “Rust,” “Remnants,” and “Railway.” Part of the film was shot in 1991 and part in 2001. Although Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks has not been seen much because of its longevity, many critics have called it one of the best and most important films of the 2000s. Wang Bing’s work depicts the collapse of heavy industry in the early 21st century and shows how such a great event affected workers and their families; Workers from the Taishi region of Shanxing, China, were affected by the disaster.

It is interesting to note that this region was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. With the rise of the free market and the move to other industries, factories in the area gradually closed, and many labor-oriented businesses closed. The entire film was filmed by special cameras attached to the wall. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks was nominated for awards in 7 different categories and festivals, winning 4.

An old man looking into the distance in the movie Shoah

6- Shoah movie

فیلم شوا

  • Director: Claude Lenzman
  • Cast: Richard Glazar, Raul Hilberg and Philip Moeller
  • Year of construction: 1985
  • Duration: 566 minutes / 9 hours and 26 minutes

To introduce this, we have to leave East Asia and go to France to get acquainted with a documentary that is considered one of the longest films in history; A film that revolves around the Holocaust. It took about 11 years for the entire 9 hours of storytelling to be fully filmed. Claude Lenzmann captures all the interviews he has done with survivors, witnesses, and criminals.

They were present during visits to German Holocaust sites throughout Poland; Including Death Camp. Death camps are a group of Nazi Germany camps built during World War II to kill millions of people by systematically buying gas and starvation. Shoah, which premiered in Paris in 1985, was widely acclaimed by critics and won several prestigious awards; Including the New York Film Critics’ Best Non-Fiction Film Award and Best Documentary Award from the British Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Prominent people such as Simone de Beauvoir, etc., called this work a pure masterpiece and considered it one of the greatest documentaries in history.

Three little girls sit on the lawn in Evolution of a Filipino Family

5- Evolution of a Filipino Family

Evolution of a Filipino Family 

  • Director: Love Diaz
  • Starring: Al Rayyan de Vieira, Angie Ferro, and Pen Medina
  • Year of construction: 2004
  • Duration: 643 minutes / 10 hours and 43 minutes

A critic of the popular Variety website described the film The Evolution of a Filipino Family as follows: “With this film, he intends to symbolize the history of a nation from 1971 to 1987.” With this film, Love Diaz was nominated for awards in 8 categories and various festivals and took home 4 of these awards. The film was also praised by critics and received good marks. Because of the project’s limited budget, filming was only done when there was enough money, and team members or actors had enough time to be on stage.

For this reason, the production and filming of this work took about 11 years. Pre-production began in 1993, and filming began in 1997. When the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, there was a 10-minute break in the middle so that viewers could rest and breathe during those 10 hours and 43 minutes.

A man and a woman talking to each other in the movie Out 1

4- Out movie 1

  • Director: Jacques Riot and Susan Schiffman
  • Starring: Jean-Pierre Leo, Juliet Berto, and Michael Moretti
  • Year of construction: 1971
  • Duration: 775 minutes / 12 hours and 55 minutes

Out 1 movie, which lasts 13 hours, is divided into 9 parts, each about 90 to 100 minutes. It took a long time for writers to create several related characters with stories unrelated to each other. There are stories in the subset of these storylines that create the same superficial connections between the characters, and again the smaller stories allow new characters to enter the story. Andre Kayat’s two-part film, Anatomy of a Marriage, inspires the authors’ manipulation of sub-stories. Each part of the film begins with a title that shows “From Person 1 to Person 2”; It usually refers to the first and last person in each section.

After the French civil unrest of 1968, a deaf, dumb, and, of course, the deceitful person encounters the remnants of a secret society. Out 1 has been widely acclaimed by critics around the world. They believed that in Jacques Riot, “time” was a necessary and central character. In this 13-hour study of human communication, he showed how a generation’s dreams and ideals fade away brutally over time.

Four women holding guns in the movie La Flor

3- La Flor movie

Flower movie

  • Director: Mariano Linas
  • Starring: Elisa Karykayv, Valeria Correa, and Pilar Gambia
  • Year of construction: 2018
  • Duration: 803 minutes / 13 hours and 23 minutes

Flower, one of the longest-running films in history, is a feature film by Argentina; it is the longest film in the country. The film premiered at the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival. The film’s flower consists of six separate sections that relate only to Linas’ presence on the screen; During his appearance on the screen, Linas explains the structure of his film so that the audience can understand it well. Each of these sections is related to a cinematic genre. The first part is the B-series movies that Americans used to do a lot. The second part is a musical melodrama with a mysterious spice.

The third part is a spy effect. Next is a cinematic precipice. The fifth part is a review of old French work. Finally, the sixth story from the perspective of captive women in the 19th century. It is interesting to note that Flower competed with other popular films, including Harriet, Terminator: Dark Fate, and Motherless Brooklyn at the time of its release in Canada and the United States. With each episode, Gol changes the world fundamentally, and each actor goes from world to world, from story to story, from job to job. It is the female actors who move the story forward.

Three cops talking to two men in Resan (The Journey)

۲- فیلم Resan (The Journey)

Travel movie

  • Director: Peter Watkins
  • Starring: Francine Bastien, Brian, and Mila Mvlrvny Mvlrvny
  • Year of construction: 1987
  • Duration: 873 minutes / 14 hours and 33 minutes

Peter Watkins traveled from 1983 to 1985 to travel to several different continents to produce Travel, one of the longest-running films in history. The main structure of this documentary revolves around the themes of nuclear weapons, military spending, and poverty. In this film, ordinary people are asked about their awareness of these issues. Featuring both war and documentary style, the film takes a global look at the impact of the military’s use of nuclear technology. It exposes the way people think about these issues. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and the International New Cinema Association at the Berlin International Film Festival.

But since then, hardly anyone has watched this very long film. In 2007, the film was screened as “A Look Back at Peter Watkins” at the Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival. Since the people and critics did not see this work, it was not received well and could not reach its true right.

A woman in Bangladeshi national costume in the movie Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo

1- Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo movie

Innocence movie

  • Director: Ashraf Shishir
  • Starring: Rysvl Islam al-Assad’s innocent and Shadyn Kh.
  • Year of construction: 2019
  • Duration: 1260 minutes / 21 hours

Finally, we come to the part where we talk about the middle ground—a work belonging to Bangladesh. Although the film was released in 2019, it has a black and white style. Most likely, none of you imagined that there would be a 21-hour movie; Because logic says that the story in the form of a series may have a better performance. But the director apparently wanted the audience to feel the passage of time with all their flesh and blood. The story of this film revolves around love, dreams, politics, revolution, and post-war adventures of Bangladesh. It is interesting to know that the filming of this long work started in January 2009, and this process took 176 days, and after 9 years, its production finally finish.

During this time, about 4,000 artists and filmmakers came to the filming scene. The people who watched the film admired it to a great extent and even called it a masterpiece. But because of the sheer time it takes, they will probably never decide to watch it again!

common questions

1- What are the longest films in history?

Among the longest films in the world are Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo, La Flor, and Devil’s Tango. But read the full list of 32 feature films, all of which are at least 5 hours long, on the Zomji website.

2. Which director is famous for making very long films?

Philippine director Love Diaz is a filmmaker who makes very long films, making eight films, each lasting more than 5 hours, the longest of which is Death in the Land of Incantos, which lasts nearly 9 hours. Read the full list of 32 feature films in the history of cinema.