Listmania!
Kill some time with a really long movie
By an Amazon.com customer
Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition)Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $51.99 / Used from: $49.90
At almost 4 hours long, this is the granddaddy of all long movies. If you can make it through this one, you can make through anything.
Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVDLawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $11.40
David Lean's sweeping (and long) desert epic about soldier/poet T.E. Lawrence.
Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy used from: $49.65
Another super-long David Lean epic, this one about the Bolshevik Revolution.
The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVDThe Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVD
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $19.33
"The Godfather" of all Mafia movies is nearly 3 hours long. If you think that's long, check out the sequel...
The Godfather Part II - The Coppola RestorationThe Godfather Part II - The Coppola Restoration
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $12.70
Francis Ford Coppola could have easily made this into two separate full-length films - one about Vito Corleone growing up and getting into the Mob, and another about his son's fall from grace. Instead, you get one big honkin' movie!
Titanic (10th Anniversary Edition)Titanic (10th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $9.78
A big ship deserves a big movie. However, James Cameron's direction keeps it moving along at a fast pace so you'll hardly notice it's over 3 hours long.
The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $12.99
At over 3 1/2 hours long, your butt will start to feel numb by the time the Red Sea is parted. But wait, there's more! Moses hasn't even gotten the Ten Commandments yet!
Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $35.49 / Used from: $12.23
Charlton Heston stars in another 3 1/2 hour Biblical epic.
The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $9.59
If you've only seen the network TV version of this, you've only seen half of it. The real version is nearly 3 hours long!
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
Buy used from: $54.86
Wait, there's more! If you thought Peter Jackson's original trilogy was long, check out his director's cuts. If you're feeling especially ambitious, try watching all three in a row!
King Kong - Extended Cut (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)King Kong - Extended Cut (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $3.05
Peter Jackson sure loves long movies. He even managed to make the 1933 classic twice as long!
Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $17.95
I think this is actually longer than the stage version, which it pretty much stays true to. You can save some time by fast-forwarding through the long opening credits.
Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $6.98
The definitive film about the Holocaust deserves to be over 3 hours long.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Two-Disc Special Edition)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $27.49 / Used from: $11.06
Somehow they managed to make a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald into a movie over 2 1/2 hours long.