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Other good long movies?

posted 7 years ago by Renovatio (2990)
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At nearly three hours long, you'd think it would be a slog, but it isn't... instead it is completely immersive... you get to appreciate the interconnected web of characters, the socio-economic background, the complex motives and all the while the story doesn't miss a beat... It feels tight and you can hold it entirely in your mind... It's never dull...

What other movies pull of a long running time well?

[–] chilone (17872) 6 years ago

Blood In, Blood Out (1993) - Excellent period crime drama

Love Exposure (2008) - Incredible cinematic journey. Cannot be categorized.

[–] Jones70 (6534) 6 years ago

JFK
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
Heat
Carlitos Way
Fight Club
Dances With Wolves
Once Upon a Time in the West
Shutter Island
The Right Stuff
The Wild Bunch
LA Confidential
Inception(most of DiCaprio’s movies)
Prisoners
Zodiac
The Towering Inferno
Pulp Fiction

[–] Renovatio (2990) 6 years ago

good list

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Goodfellas.

[–] Trembley (125) 4 years ago

Casino is great movie and so is wolf on wall street both long movies

[–] Rusty (548) 2 years ago

Godfather Part II and The Irishman are both 3.5 hour gangster epics. Once Upon A Time In The West is nearly 4 hours (all these films seem to star De Niro 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Then you’ve got the old school epics like Lawrence Of Arabia and The Ten Commandments that run about 4 hours each.

I love a great film that lasts half a day.