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Some Hollywood movies could make their audiences sit for hours and still make them feel reluctant to leave, hypnotised by their performance. So get your popcorn and free your diaries for these masterpieces, because these just could not be savoured in a hurry.
Cleopatra, 1963
Not a single word of protest was uttered by viewers since Taylor and Richard Burton brought Egypt to life on the big screen. Cleopatra by Elizabeth Taylor, is validated by WatchMojo as a masterpiece that goes on 4 hours and eight minutes.
Gone With The Wind, 1939
Wikipedia estimates that this film, without commercial breaks, was 234 minutes in duration. An utterly romantic to the heart, this 90-minute movie is something viewers don’t mind spending each second of it indulging in its most breathtakingly unforgettable moments.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
Directed by David Lean, this three-hour and forty-two-minute-long movie is indeed eye candy, according to WatchMojo.Every minute was felt in the hypnotizing performance of Peter O Toole on those golden sceneries which made every dollar well worth it.
Ben-Hur, 1959
The legendary nine-minute chariot race and the magnitude with which this rocked following its spectacular release, Ben-Hur needs no introduction. World of Reel confirms this 212-minute-long movie, revolving around a Jewish prince betrayed by his friend, swept 11 Academy Awards.
The Ten Commandments, 1956
An American biblical adventure drama, which is directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille and lasts three hours and forty minutes. The scene of the Charlton Heston Red Sea parting is still considered the most mind-boggling scene in the history of the motion picture and the reason why millions flocked to theatres each and every Easter holiday.
The Godfather Part II, 1974
You can never be guaranteed of having time to see two legends together on the silver screen; this masterpiece by Coppola takes three hours and twenty minutes as per World of Reel. The most wealthy tale-geller might even succeed in doing so when Robert De Niro creates an empire, and Al Pacino can ruin his soul.
The Irishman, 2019
Scorsese confirmed to Deadline that his crime epic is three hours and twenty-nine minutes. That Netflix customers in every part of the globe remained on full alert in the entire creepy frame was indeed a privilege of the company that it had been able to reduce this over the years.
Killers Of The Flower Moon, 2023
It is a three-hour and twenty-six-minute-long epic murder mystery starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser in the true and forgotten story of the Osage Nation in 1920.
The Brutalist, 2024
Screening the hardships of a holocaust surviour, Adrien Brody bears this audacious three-hour and thirty-five-minute movie on his shoulders. A performance so strong that it left the audience in all-consuming disbelief and speechless.
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