THE 13 BEST MOVIES OVER 4 HOURS LONG

Zack Snyder was given the task of directing "Justice League", a mega-budgeted, cinematic gathering of DC super-heroes including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. However, during post-production, Snyder had to drop out of the project due to a tragic family issue. Director, Joss Whedon was brought in to finish the film, re-shooting and re-editing what Snyder had completed. Released in 2017, "Justice League" (which still credited Snyder as director) was met with savage reviews and (despite earning almost $700 million) was considered a box-office flop.

Rumors of a director's cut by Snyder had been rumbling ever since Whedon's version had been released. The gossip turned out to be true and (with an additional $70 million thrown in) "Zack Snyder's Justice League" was released on March 18th, exclusively on HBO Max. This film is closer to Snyder's original vision and the runtime is slightly over four hours. No, that is not a typo, folks. Now I'm sure for hardcore fans that this news is thrilling but for the casual viewer, it would seem a bit excessive.

There are no plans for a theatrical release at this time but I would think that should be a given considering all of the considerable undertaking and incredible expense given to this project. I have no immediate plans to watch "Snyder's Justice League" as the painful memory of sitting through that two-hour version is still quite vivid.



Vulture thought it would be fun to look at other feature films whose run time is four hours with Max Cea listing thirteen of the best that run two-hundred and forty minutes or more. This does include "Kill Bill" which was released as two separate films yet Tarantino said that he had originally planned to release this as one feature and it was split later only due to producer Harvey Weinstein (eww) pressuring him to shorten the runtime.

(Spolier: "Zack Snyder"s Justice League" is not on the list)

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The Best Movies Over Four Hours Long