Your Favorite Movie Length?
Some people get tired of watching movies with runtimes longer than 2 hours. Other can stand runtimes longer than 4 hours without getting tired. It might depend on the content of the movie. But by looking at these examples, please just try to imagine movies with an approximately close runtime, which were most exciting for you.
So which runtime do you prefer?
Discuss here.
So which runtime do you prefer?
Discuss here.
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- DirectorWilliam HeiseStarsMay IrwinJohn C. RiceIn a medium close-up shot of the first kiss ever recorded on screen, two fervent lovers cuddle and talk passionately at hair's breadth, just before the love-smitten gentleman decides to give his chosen one an innocent peck.I don't give more attention than a minute. Got no time!
- DirectorJan PinkavaStarsBob PetersonGeri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.I best like short movies which run for a few minutes. It's fast entertaining, but they can be made very creative.
- DirectorDavid SandbergStarsDavid SandbergJorma TacconeSteven ChewIn 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - Kung Führer, a.k.a. Adolf Hitler.I like short movies, but they're better if they're not just a few minutes long. I like them up to around 30 minutes.
- DirectorSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyHerman BingRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.60 minutes is enough for me.
- DirectorPeter MadsenJeffrey J. VarabStarsDick KaysøPreben KristensenLaura BroThrough Loki's treachery, two children in the Viking age find themselves spirited away into the world of Norse Mythology.75 minutes is a good time to watch for a movie.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.About 90 minutes is enough to tell a good story. I like feature movies in an overlookable length.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsMiles TellerJ.K. SimmonsMelissa BenoistA promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.I like movies with about 105 minutes.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.120 minutes is a good runtime. It covers an evening, the perfect time for me.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.About 135 minutes is still ok for me.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.About 150 minutes, maybe a little more or less. I like it, when a story is widely told, but still not in an epic length.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleTom HardyAnne HathawayEight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.About 165 minutes is ok for me.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansMark RuffaloAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.I best like movies with about 180 minutes of runtime.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Movies with about 195 minutes is ok for me.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.I like big epic movies with up to 210 minutes.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Up to 225 minutes is still bearable.
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Give me 240 minutes, I'll take them.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.8h to 10h - A movie may run the time of a working day for me, if it has an interesting subject.
- DirectorMalga KubiakStarsMalga KubiakBörje LundbergAlexi CarpentieriRaoul Wallenberg born 1912 Stockholm is send to Budapest 1944 July. His job is to save Jewish from Holocaust, his methods are non conventional. January 1945 arrested by Russians at Budapest Siege. Man who saved lives never returns home.Give me half a day of runtime, please. So time vanishes.
- 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.I'm an insomniac. Give me a runtime about half a week, hopefully it'll get better.
- DirectorDr. VikramStarsPratap RanaIt's a prehistoric action adventure about an unknown legend, his epic journey towards discovery of life and livelihood and our interpolated destiny.I'm a strong insoniac. Give me the playtime of a week. Hopefully, I'll finally fall asleep inbetween.