A list of movies with the longest running times ever. Most notably, the movie director Sir Peter Jackson is most likely to make films that possess a running time of almost three hours.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Running time: 201 minutes
- Titanic (1997) Running time: 195 minutes
- King Kong (2005) Running time: 187 minutes
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Running time: 179 minutes
- The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Running time: 178 minutes
- Interstellar (2014) Running time: 169 minutes
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Running time: 165 minutes
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Running time: 165 minutes
- Boyhood (2014) Running time: 165 minutes
- Avatar (2009) Running time: 161 minutes, 171 minutes (re-release), 178 minutes (Extended Collector's Edition).
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Running time: 169 minutes, 181 minutes (Extended Edition)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Running time: 161 minutes, 186 minutes (Extended Edition)
- The Dark Knight (2008) Running time: 152 minutes
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Running time: 144 minutes, 174 minutes (Extended Edition)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Running time: 142 minutes
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) Running time: 140 minutes
- Aliens (1986) Running time: 137 minutes
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Running time: 136 minutes
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Running time: 136 minutes
- Foxcatcher (2014) Running time: 134 minutes
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) Running time: 133 minutes
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) Running time: 132 minutes
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Running time: 131 minutes
- Jaws (1975) Running time: 124 minutes
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Running time: 124 minutes
- Godzilla (2014) Running time: 123 minutes
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) Running time: 123 minutes
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Running time: 122 minutes
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Running time: 121 minutes