10 Amazing Movies Over Three Hours Long

by Danny Meegan

1. The Godfather: Part II

The Godfather Part 2 Al Pacino Ending
Paramount

Runtime: 3 hours 22 minutes

One of the greatest sequels ever made, for so many reasons, The Godfather Part II is director Francis Ford Coppola's finest work - and from the guy behind Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and The Conversation, that's saying something.

Not only is it entertaining, but it manages to adequately fill out its mammoth 202 minute runtime with a meaty, non-linear narrative consisting of a story following Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and a prequel following his father, Vito (Robert De Niro).

This skipping back-and-forth can make the film feel a tad jumbled at times, but that really is a nitpick; the acting and writing on display here is among the best in cinematic history, and it's widely agreed that Pacino should have taken home the Academy Award that year to go along with Coppola's Adapted Screenplay and Directing wins.

As a film fan, one of the best ways you could spend a day off is to stock up on snacks and watch both Godfather movies - you can skip the third - back-to-back. It'll be a long session, but it's impossible to not feel rewarded for your time.

-

Any other ridiculously long, awesome movies that we missed? Let us know in the comments below!

Watch Next


20 Biggest Wasted Opportunities In The MCU

Horror

20 Horror Movie Scenes They Were FORCED To Cut

20 Movie Roles That Were Insanely Miscast

Contributor
Contributor

Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!