The 10 Longest Narrative Films Ever Made

The 10 longest narrative films ever made. This list of the longest movies does not include experimental films, art installations, or movies separated in parts. It's a list of the longest cinematic films. Let me know in the comments if you'd want me to make a video covering the longest experimental films, too.
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[@davidsoulz]

Going into this I expected some of these longest films to be documentaries and historical narratives and I was still surprised by the subject matter in these films. They definitely seem experimental not just with time but also with film and editing methods, such as making very little cuts, using purely original, raw footage and it's so incredible how well they've done from visuals and reviews. They also seem to push for some strong "h-u-m-a-n-i-t-a-r-i-a-n" narratives that capture real struggles and stories of strife and conflict and persistence and intimacy. It's not easy to tell these sensitive stories or depict these rough events and do them justice in simply 2 or 3 hours, and I commend these works for taking those risks and making their mark.

[@joeyengelman]

Well said. I was fascinated by how none of the Top 10 are long just for the sake of being 'the longest movie', and they all are looked at as genuinely good movies. And if any film deserves to be long it's some of these that allow for voices to be heard that otherwise wouldn't have the chance.

[@ashleyencalada]

Ironically, not your longest video 🤔 missed opportunity smh. I LOVED the line you said about the mummification in time - because that’s one of the concepts I’m most obsessed about when it comes to film (documentaries and fiction, alike). To see a moment captured and recall a memory at any moment - is magic. I’m interested in seeing some of these! Notably the ones that were mentioned as least amount of cuts. I love raw human emotion, what an artistic display of it here! Thank you for this video 😊

[@joeyengelman]

My first plan was to make this 'The 30 longest movies ever made' but after the top 10 movies as much as I found them interesting all the info quickly got a bit redundant. And 100% agree, preserving a moment in time with movies/videos is the closest thing to magic that we have.

[@TheGlitched64]

It’s a real shame this video doesn’t have the views the iceberg ones do. This is just as interesting and having them be actual narrative films instead of the 800th list about a man who filmed a building for 53 days, actually kept me wondering how long we would get by the end

[@joeyengelman]

hey thanks glad you think so! it was super interesting to me so i figured it must be interesting to other's too

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

I am a filipino and honestly the films that filipino films appeared in the list is revolutionary cause here the film genre can be only 3 Family, unfaithful SO and good vs. Evil, or Philippine version of kdrama so by showing the truth about the lives of our fellowmen, we got a glimpse of the realities of division on wealth and living standard and also in my whole life i think the filipino director ( i forgot his name, i apologizes) doesn't even get a cultural award nor got knowledge his works by other people including the media which is sad that hey care more about their companies works than other companies works plus we get a genre here called indie and despite showing the realities of current generation it wasn't even well received only handful.

[@dasmysteryman12]

The name of the director is Lav Diaz

[@Agriking]

Some people have a lot more time than I do. That being said, if you've ever seen The Postman with Kevin Costner, you'd swear that's the longest movie ever made.

[@joeyengelman]

Wow a 2h 57m runtime and a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes, what a combo

[@Enigamis]

Thank you for talking about and showing us these very cool films. Your icebergs are great but I am enjoying your review/history of the films. I hope you do more stuff like this down the line.

[@joeyengelman]

hey thanks travis, i'd like to do more of these videos too

[@swordofdoom1517]

In relation to slow cinema, I really like Goodbye Dragon Inn. Since i watched Dragon Inn beforehand, it helped the experience. It's very short compared to other films in the movement but it's beautiful. Out 1 was a pretty good movie, i watched it in a day :D La Flor is one of my favourite movies of all time, it's just fantastic. Watched it in a week. Need to watch Amar Ekta Cinema Banao.

[@GloryInWonderland]

So stoked I found your channel! Love your content

[@RonaldMacias]

Loving this new style of content, you're really able to make me pay attention! Thanks on the great content & time you put in for us.

[@joeyengelman]

thanks man i appreciate you!

[@A_Ducky]

What a fascinating channel you've built. I'm so glad KZbin decided to recommend it today.

[@johns123]

Dude I cannot wait to watch some of these. Tie Xi Qu, Shoah, Out 1 and the Innocence all look amazing

[@joeyengelman]

if you find The Innocence please let me know

[@lilymonster188]

Subscribed hope to see more videos like this, i like videos with obscure facts and I did not know there was a movie that was 35 days long until I watched your lass video i did the rough math on how long that would take to watch, if you worked only 40 hours a week and slept 8 hours a day, it would take you 12 weeks to watch that movie that does not include any time you would need for things like eating. anyway really enjoyed hope to see more soon.

[@terrorrama587]

Thank you for mentioning Out 1, my favorite film of all time!

[@scorpionqueen11]

Agreed, a big budget doesn't equal a great film. I'm definitely intrigued by Shoah but 1) I'll cry and 2) I'll cry. :,)

[@jorgetanai4297]

Came from TikTok and watched every video now subscribed and ready to watch every video here👍

[@joeyengelman]

hey thanks for being here Jorge, love to hear that!

[@Ce13stialBunny]

Really loved Evolution of a Filipino Family! Love Lav Diaz. Definitely gonna check the rest of these

[@seththebeatmxchine]

Dude your channel is criminally under-subbed.

[@joeyengelman]

hey thanks seth! it's been a good year for my channel, just hoping to keep that momentum goin

[@seththebeatmxchine]

@@joeyengelman well I for one found your video extremely interesting and watched a few more keep up the good work!

[@nymphohalo]

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[@wolvepotter5858]

Still kinda surprised that Satantango didn’t make the cut for this list. That movie felt like an eternity but i still liked it nonetheless

[@YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms]

and here's lil ole baby me thinking I was cool for watching Satantango :( I must up my long-ass narrative film game! I wasn't even aware of some of these

[@bookaufman9643]

I thought that Shoah would be on this list. I'm sure it's going to be the only film on this list that I've actually seen. This movie is so completely heartbreaking. There's a guy at the beginning of the film who was the only survivor of his death camp and he survived because the Germans liked the way that he sang it's probably best to try to watch this film as a part one and a part two and maybe even on separate days. Never forget the Holocaust.

[@joeyengelman]

Shoah is in there! 👍

[@officialrandomdude4503]

I also really want to watch the innocence. Will you please let me know if you get any information on how to watch it?

[@joeyengelman]

Me too, I’ll definitely share any update on here if I can get a copy

[@johngerygooz3251]

I tought Satantango will appear.

[@youtubeisevil]

I recently watched a 7 and a half hour long film. I am used to long music (6, 6, 7, 24 hour music albums) but I think I unfortunately lack attention span for other shorter or long films. I hope I will not miss out on anything life-changing.

[@igauan8010]

all of these movies receives really positive ratings. gotta check it out

[@theokkali467]

What happens if you watch all 10 of these films in a row without doing anything else or pausing or looking away?

[@caesartopacio9636]

Lav Diaz. yeah. he's crazy.

[@heybagley]

An Indian film is now considered the longest narrative movie ever made? Shocker! (Lots of Indian movies are very long, often having a length of around 2 1/2, 3 hours or more...)

[@gasolinedrinker9170]

You know that you have no life whenever you've seen most of the films on this list

[@joeyengelman]

It’s honestly a goal of mine to watch these

[@SolTerra42]

Okay some of these are just mini series that they're two artistic to call miniseries on this list. You should discount movies that are basically miniseries for this!

[@joeyengelman]

if i called them miniseries i'd be the only one

[@new5gum1]

Where can I get the awesome sweater

[@escanoace89]

Philippine cinema has been plagued with this conundrum of accurately presenting the lives and plight of the Filipino family. 99.99999% of movies here are corny retellings with dogshit scripts. Diaz’s solution was to simply not summarize anything. Life here is slow. Traditions are oral. Most people function on hope. A lot of the time it doesn’t come.

[@joeyengelman]

Thanks for sharing that insight, makes me even more interested in his body of work.

[@westonmacks6478]

You need more material.. I think you got potential.

[@joeyengelman]

lol thanks! just dropped a big vid with lots of material

[@curtisnewton895]

what about "Logistics" ???

[@MrWeedWacky]

arguably La Flor is 6 movies put together.

[@thegamewolf4445]

These must be available in streaming platforms . Cuz some are like historical and amazing

[@joeyengelman]

Agreed! I made a Reddit post with where to find most of them, a lot are free on KZbin right now: www.reddit.com/r/flicks/comments/t0gzjx/the_10_longest_movies_ever_made_and_where_to_find/

[@thegamewolf4445]

Sure . Will try to complete watching all the documentary . And do make a lot of vids like these . I really loved your vids . Love from India ❤️❤️❤️

[@inselme]

What about logistics isn't that the longest movie?

[@joeyengelman]

Yes you're right but please read the room

[@inselme]

@@joeyengelman yeah ik i was just joking

[@joeyengelman]

@@inselme yeah me too

[@TheArbitraryObserver]

What about Logistics?

[@ravenova5314]

And I thought Zack Snyder’s Justice League was long

[@itsnotcruz]

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[@joeyengelman]

no plans right now but no need to miss me i'm active as hell on here right now lol

[@itsnotcruz]

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[@arfinjalal4563]

Book two of Hermias is lost…forever.

[@heatherjohnson6836]

Why forever?

[@mikey7257]

Early access!! Ooooooooohhhh!!

[@joeyengelman]

You get the 1st place trophy for this vid congrats Mikey 🏆

[@flashback7218]

What movie is actually 8 hours howww😭😭😭

[@joeyengelman]

At least 10 of them apparently!

[@Angel-hj3bc]

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[@joeyengelman]

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[@bloodwrote]

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[@Angel-hj3bc]

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[@MrThisucks]

Still waiting for ambiance to get released

[@joeyengelman]

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[@CVMOLIVEIRA]

Wow

[@a-1156]

How you doin Papi Joey?

[@joeyengelman]

all's well over here hope life's been good to you!

[@markdisalvi1487]

4:24 Ok, but the Cultural Revolution was a genocide though. You can't talk about filming the closing days of a genocide without mentioning that.

[@Crowvamp1979]

I bet a lot of these movie could be broken up into parts, cause when you think about it, something like "Lord of the Rings" is really a 9-hour movie broken up into 3 parts. You can say this about lot of trilogies and shared movie universes. The movies shown here, IMO are made by people who just don't know how to edit, and/or are too artsy fartsy to care about making their stories accessible to the general public.

[@soysaucetilapia2893]

#PinoyPride or something like that

[@TheTNTPVP]

Did you watch the film?

[@joeyengelman]

i wish - still hoping i can get a copy

[@hemhimhuge]

the video title should be how to lose 50% of your life

[@JaceDanielFilms]

Isn't Logistics the longest film?

[@joeyengelman]

yes you're right but pls read the room

[@JaceDanielFilms]

@@joeyengelman it was a joke

[@joeyengelman]

oh ya i know, i was just following the video script 👍

[@JaceDanielFilms]

@@joeyengelman sorry I'm slow lol

[@farinschwartz7418]

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[@joeyengelman]

And I got the dad sweater from, who else, my dad.

[@ashleyencalada]

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[@reyes-duu]

jowy?

[@joeyengelman]

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[@toastyPredicament]

Please help

[@angelmontero6109]

100th like

[@joeyengelman]

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[@bookaufman9643]

I'm sorry but to me French New Wave movie making sucks. I got your Jean-Luc godard.

[@joeyengelman]

Personally I love it, it’s my kinda filmmaking for sure

[@MrRoccoMarchegiano]

No one watches these, hence the high rating. Films by film nerds for film nerds, kinda a bubble. Give one a go, they're all shit.

[@joeyengelman]

How many of them have you seen?