The Best 3-Hour Movie Ever Made

Maybe we’re crazy, but there’s nothing better than getting comfortable for a really long movie.

A movie that runs three hours or more can seem daunting from start to finish, and that’s if the movie is bad.

But if the movie is a masterpiece, then its runtime flies by. You may even wish it was longer.

Watch With Us has put together a list of what we think are the best movies with a running time of at least three hours.

From Killers of the Flower Moon with Magnolia, Here are the best, very long movies.

5. ‘The Killers of the Flower Moon’ (2023)

Based on David Grann’s bestselling nonfiction book, Killers of the Flower Moon It is about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma over oil money. When oil is discovered on Osage land, the Native American people become extremely wealthy, but prevailing prejudice and xenophobia deem them “unfit” to be responsible for their own money, leading them to need white legal guardians. Osage members begin to die, including Mollie Burkheart’s members (Lilly Gladstone) family. Her white husband Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio) is directly involved in the murders, and Mollie’s life is also at risk.

We’re clocking in at a whopping 206 minutes. Martin ScorseseThis grisly, damning chronicle of this horrific chapter of American history still somehow doesn’t feel long enough to portray the scale of the story at hand. Still, Killers of the Flower Moon A gripping and sensitive interpretation of a terrible tragedy that Gladstone conducts with aplomb in his mainstream breakthrough performance. Filled with existential dread and painstaking detail, the film shows that Scorsese’s artistry only gets stronger with age.

4. ‘Magnolia’ (1999)

In this breathtaking mosaic of stories, we follow the interconnected lives of diverse people searching for truth, love, acceptance and happiness in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Among our characters Magnolia Linda Partridgejulianne moore), the trophy wife of television producer Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), who is battling terminal cancer; Claudia Wilson (Melora Waters), the emotionally unstable, cocaine-addicted daughter of game show host Jimmy Gator (Phillip Baker Hall); Frank T. J. Mackey (Tom Cruise), a misogynistic motivational speaker and Earl’s only son; and former quiz boy Donnie Smith (William H. Macy), its glory days are behind us.

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s ambitious 189-minute character drama is flawed, but it’s precisely those flaws that make it such a unique viewing experience. Maxialist, melodramatic, strange and shocking, Magnolia manages to be over-the-top and over-the-top in the best way possible. At one point, we were letting managers take the check and do whatever they wanted, and the results were sometimes Magnolias – and shouldn’t we want more from them? Swinging for the fences is a form of art.

3. ‘The Deer Hunter’ (1978)

In 1968, lifelong Pittsburgh natives and friends Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (John Savage) prepare to leave the safety of their working-class town and head for Vietnam. After one last group hunting trip and Steven’s marriage to Angela (Runya Alda), the friends set out to realize their ambition of military honors. But when the men arrive, they realize that the reality of war is not gold medals and glitter of glory; It is blood, massacre, brutality and inhumanity. Their experience changes their lives and minds forever; One of them is so haunted that he refuses to return home again.

Dark, simple and extremely gripping, The Deer Hunter It received nine Academy Award nominations, taking home four, including Best Picture. Confident and sympathetic guidance Michael Cimino Along with De Niro, he provides a steady hand on this tragic ship, Meryl Streep and Walken (who received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor) deliver career-best work. The Deer Hunter For a 184-minute film, it manages to strike a gripping balance with tonal shifts, heavy subject matter, and excellent pacing.

2. ‘Oppenheimer’ (2023)

By using a non-linear narrative structure, Christopher Nolan Describes the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb (Cillian Murphy), for exactly three hours. From Oppenheimer completing his doctorate in physics at the University of Göttingen to his statement, “I have become death, the destroyer of worlds,” to accusations of communist sympathies following the creation of the atomic bomb, Nolan paints a portrait of a deeply flawed, fascinating man whose quest to save the world turns into regret over its possible destruction. An ensemble film with a large cast, Oppenheimer includes Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Josh Hartnett And Emily Blunt.

Nolan managed to turn a biodrama of men talking to each other in different rooms into an epic worthy of IMAX screens. Indeed, the film’s success as the highest-grossing biodrama and fourth-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time proves that audiences crave a story compellingly crafted for adults. With a fast pace that feels like an endless montage sequence, Murphy’s Academy Award-winning performances, immersive sound design, infectious score and stunning cinematography, Oppenheimer It was one of the best films of 2024 and Nolan’s biggest triumph.

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and The Godfather Part II’ (1974)

The story of the Corleone family continues The Godfather Part IIOne of the rare sequels that is considered to be vastly superior to the first film. It will be the young De Niro’s first major film role. The Godfather Part II compares the stories of father and son Michael (Al Pacino) and Vito (De Niro). The film cuts back and forth between Michael’s present as the new Don of the Corleone mob family trying to protect his family from enemies, and Vito’s past as an Italian immigrant who founded his own powerful criminal organization in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen.

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