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Name good movies that are under 2 hours.

posted 4 days ago by M1sterDoct0r (4536)
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A movie is good when you don't even notice the run time or you don't keep checking the time every 10 minutes.

We live in the age of long run times. In film & television. Some use the runtime well & others are unnecessarily bloated.

So let's pay tribute to films that tell a complete story under 2 hours. No director's or extended cut necessary.

Here are a few from the top of my head:

1. Get Shorty (1995) 1hr 45mins - Watched it recently. Fantastic film.

2. Usual Suspects (1995) 1hr 46mins - Recommended it to my lil bro & he loved it!

3. Children of Men (2006) 1hr 49mins - Watched it without knowing anything about it. Blew me away.

[–] KiwiJim (1762) 3 days ago

Just watched Lars and the Real Girl and it was short and extremely sweet.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4536) 3 days ago

One of Gosling's best imo.

[–] KiwiJim (1762) 2 days ago

Agreed. That role could have been laughable but he won me over right away. I’m late to the Gosling party (the whole female adoration / Notebook thing probably put me off) but I’ve been catching up lately and he is quality. A damn fine actor.

[–] fooman (307) 2 days ago

No film should be over 2 hours unless it really has something important to say, closer to an hour and half is better .

I always thought Men in Black (1997) was a tight 98 minutes .

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4536) 2 days ago

What? No way! MiB is one of my all time faves but I honestly wouldn't have guessed the 90 minute runtime.

[–] Jones70 (6862) 2 days ago

Come on man just think about all the good long westerns out there with nothing important to say like
The Wild Bunch
The Good The Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Rio Bravo
Dances With Wolves
Django Unchained
There Will Be Blood
The Assassination of Jesse James

[–] parkerbot (10679) 2 days ago

Apollo 18.

[–] Jones70 (6862) 2 days ago

Narc
Dirty Harry
The French Connection
12 Angry Men
Near Dark
127 Hours
Trainspotting
Brick
Taxi Driver
Blood Simple
Go
Fargo
The Crow
Bonnie and Clyde
Snatch
Dr Strangelove

[–] KiwiJim (1762) 2 days ago

Alien
Moonlight
The Whale
Minari
In Bruges
A Ghost Story
The Goonies
First Reformed
Barton Fink
Boiling Point
Blue Jasmine
Delicatessen
Hunger
Once Were Warriors
Whale Rider
Lady Bird
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Menu
Pearl
Jojo Rabbit
Memento
Lost in Translation
Civil War
All of Us Strangers
The Wizard of Oz
Gravity
28 Days Later
The Fly
Under The Skin
District 9
Pig
Moonstruck
Mad Max 2
A History of Violence
Young Frankenstein
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Repulsion
Frailty
Cop Land
Hud
Chopper
Harry Brown

I could go on, there’s hundreds more under 2 hours in my favourites list!