List of the longest films by running time
A list of the longest video-works ever made. Only films which's runtimes succeed 24 hours and have been confirmed by reliable sources will be listed.
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- DirectorDaniel AnderssonErika MagnussonThe production cycle of a pedometer in reverse chronological order.Longest verified film ever made, at 51,420 minutes (857 hr / 35 days, 17 hours).
- DirectorJonathan HarchickThis is the world's longest YouTube video that only has a two-tone color pattern switching places.The longest video on YouTube, at 35,791 minutes (596 hr / 24 days, 20 hours).
- DirectorBjornstjerne Reuter ChristiansenJakob FengerRasmus NielsenStarsNicolas GaitanThe ever-slow decay of Helsinki's Stora Enso headquarters building.14,400 minutes (240 hr / 10 days).
- StarsMaryann BendiksenHelge LyngmoeKari ToftA documentary trying to relive the 10 days of sailing around Svalbard in August 2019.13,319 minutes (221 hr / 9 days, 5 hours).
- DirectorMarco RomanoRandom scribbles and long length can prove that just about anything can be called art.10,020 minutes (167 hr / 6 days, 23 hours).
- DirectorAi WeiweiFor 16 days, starting on October 18, 2003, a vehicle with a mounted camera drives down every single known street in Peking/Beijing's ring road, meant to show the city and its people.9,000 minutes (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours).
- DirectorGérard CourantStarsMarie-Louise AlemannHalim AnouTina AumontA 151-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It is considered to be the longest film ever released.9,000 minutes (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours).
- DirectorEric ConteRik ReinholdtsenStarsKaty PerryMichael Ian BlackMargaret ChoA four-day YouTube live stream by singer Katy Perry, featuring Perry living in the Kim Sing Theatre-style house with cameras promoting her fifth studio album, Witness.5,760 minutes (96 hr / 4 days).
- DirectorKarin HoerlerA German girl eats yogurt, looks through a phone book, and tries to sleep on a couch to no avail.5,700 minutes (95 hr / 3 days, 23 hours).
- DirectorErdogan GilgilStarsPablo A. AlonsoTilly BulgarGrace Cookey-GamA compilation of short films showing an intriguing mix of diverse film genres, featuring unique characters in stories full of mystery, fun and the dark side of love.5,460 minutes (91 hr / 3 days, 19 hours).
- DirectorJohn Henry Timmis IVStarsCosmic LightningL.D. GrobanJ.T.4Not really following any standard plot structure, the film mostly consists of poet L.D. Groban reciting his own poem of 4,080 pages, inter-spliced with X-rated film footage and rock music videos.5,220 minutes (87 hr / 3 days, 15 hours).
- DirectorVincent PatouillardStarsBob SeelyThe Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World is an underground movie made in the UK that runs to 48 hours long.2,880 minutes (48 hr / 2 days).
- DirectorZarel SmithStarting with archival VHS footage, the film turns into thirty hours of slow motion footage of a group of people walking.1,800 minutes (30 hr / 1 day, 6 hours).
- DirectorShichuan ZhangStarsXiaoqiu ZhengPeizhen XiaLihen GaoThis movie was adapted from a newspaper serial (Strange Tales of the Adventurer in the Wild Country) and released in 18 feature-length parts over a period of 3 years (1928-31). In its entirety it would be 27 hours long.1,620 minutes (27 hr / 1 day, 3 hours).
- DirectorAndy WarholStarsBrigid BerlinTally BrownDavid CrolandOriginally a twenty five hour film made up of shorter film segments. It consists of 83 reels each lasting approximately 33 minutes. A short story odyssey of film designed to be shown with two projectors playing simultaneously.1,500 minutes (25 hr / 1 day, 1 hour).
- DirectorDouglas GordonStarsJanet LeighAn art installation in which Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is slowed down to approximately two frames a second, making the piece exactly 24 hours long.1,440 minutes (24 hr / 1 day).
- DirectorChristian MarclayStarsRosanna ArquetteBette DavisLeonardo DiCaprioScenes from various films and TV programs that feature clocks, or some verbal mention of time, combine to make a 24-hour timepiece movie.1,440 minutes (24 hr / 1 day).
- StarsJimmy KimmelKelly OsbourneA 24-hour long music video of over 400 people and celebrities dancing to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy".1,440 minutes (24 hr / 1 day).
- StarsStefan MolyneuxIn this 24-hour video, Stefan Molyneux explains socialism.1,440 minutes (24 hr / 1 day).