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- 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' (2021) — 242 Minutes Long. The runtime of Zack Snyder's Justice League is nothing if not impressive—And yet, it's even more impressive that the film was even made in the first place.
- 'Avengers: Endgame' (2019) — 181 Minutes Long. Avengers: Endgame had the titanic task on its shoulders of giving closure to the biggest movie franchise in the history of the medium, while also leaving a portal wide open for the series to continue into the future.
- 'The Batman' (2022) — 177 Minutes. Expectations were exorbitantly high for Matt Reeves's The Batman, his take on the Caped Crusader, and it miraculously managed to meet them.
- 'The Dark Knight Rises' (2012) — 165 Minutes Long. Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy had to go out with a bang, and that it most definitely did. The Dark Knight Rises is as complex, ambitious, and thoughtful as the rest of its director's filmography, and an excellent ending for his version of Batman.
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) - 147 Minutes
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - 149 Minutes
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - 151 Minutes
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - 152 Minutes
- The Dark Knight (2008) - 152 Minutes
- Superman Returns (2006) - 154 Minutes
- Watchmen (2009) - 163 Minutes
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - 165 Minutes
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) - 181 Minutes
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) - 242 Minutes
It’s amazing that it wasn’t until eight years in to the MCU’s life that there was a movie that came close to the 2.5 hour mark, as the series has become synonymous with long runtimes. As it’s essentially an Avengers movie, Captain America: Civil War features almost every Avenger that was in Age of Ultron and even more. Therefore, the movie naturall...
As the first part of the epic finale to the Infinity Saga, Infinity Waris essentially the prologue to the main event, putting all of the characters in place for the final battle. RELATED: MCU Chadwick Boseman’s 10 Best Black Panther Fights Whether it’s the Guardians being introduced to Thor, Thor building the Stormbreaker, or Thanos retrieving all ...
Before Wonder Woman 1984even properly starts, there’s almost a whole 30 minute prologue set in Themyscira, which follows a young Diana taking part in an athletic event. And when the film finally does flash forward to 1984, there’s so much going on, between the rise of the villains Cheetah and Max Lord, the continuation of Diana and Steve’s relation...
For a movie that sells itself like a boxing match, there far more crammed into Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice than you'd initially expect. Between introducing Wonder Woman, setting up the Justice League, and dealing with the death of Superman, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with what’s going on in the movie. And though the biggest selling point...
Following Batman Begins - a Batman movie that doesn’t actually show Batman until a good 40 minutes in - there was no denying that Christopher Nolan was going to take even more risks with the sequel, and all of them paid off big time. As is the case with most Nolan-directed movies, The Dark Knightfeatures an extremely intricate plot, and really long...
It’s easy to forget that Superman Returns exists, as it’s sandwiched between the iconic Christopher Reeves movies and the Superman that’s currently a part of the DCEU. Though the movie was criticized for not developing the superhero for the modern era - as Batman Begins had done the year perior - Superman Returnsdid influence superhero movies in on...
Before Zack Snyder was running the DCEU and building an ultra stylish and visually stunning movie universe, and before Watchmen became a HBO miniseries, Zack Snyder directed an epic movie adaptation of the award-winning graphic novel. Famous director Terry Gilliam once said that the comic book was unfilmable, but Snyder pulled off an incredible job...
Doubling down on the runtime increase between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises is a huge movie in every way. The movie had impossibly high expectations, and it lived up to most of them, but that came at the expense of audiences getting numb butts. However, Nolan used the runtime to his advantage, as no minute is wasted. The ...
Avengers: Endgameis the biggest movie of all time. It had the highest budget of any movie ever, features a countless number of movie stars, is the highest grossing movie ever, is the final chapter of a saga that’s ran for 11 years, and it sits at just over three hours long. It had the impossible task of wrapping up an unimaginable number of story a...
Zack Snyder’s Justice League was called The Snyder Cutwhile it was being produced, as it was originally planned to be the director’s cut of the 2017 movie that was drastically changed by Joss Whedon after Snyder left the project. But the final product actually features so much new footage that was shot specifically for the new version, making it an...
Sep 22, 2021 · It did, however, manage to set the bar for the shortest runtime of any Marvel movie with a total of one hour and 27 minutes on air, according to IMDb.
Nov 2, 2023 · Marvel Studios/Disney. Plenty of Marvel movies lately have really pushed the envelope when it comes to runtime. "Spider-Man: No Way Home," with its Multiverse-sprawling story, clocks in at 2...
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- Captain Marvel (125 Min.) It may be surprising that Captain Marvel was able to introduce a whole new world to the MCU in such a short amount of time. Taking place in the 1990s, the film takes viewers through the Kree world as well as Earth during a time yet to be explored in this universe.
- Iron Man 2 (124 Min.) While the film's short length may not be the only reason fans consider Iron Man 2 to be one of the worst entries to the MCU, the lack of total screen time didn't help either.
- Captain America: The First Avenger (124 Min.) Despite providing the origin story for the first Avenger, 2011's film is also Captain America's shortest solo movie.
- Guardians Of The Galaxy (121 Min.) With the introduction of the Guardians of the Galaxy also comes the MCU's first glimpse of an extensive world crossing over several planets with space travel, dozens of species, and a handful of complex characters with intricate backstories.
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Jan 20, 2022 · The Hollywood Reporter has shared that The Batman currently has a running time of two hours and 55 minutes (that includes about eight minutes of credits). For comparison, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight ran two hours and 32 minutes, while his trilogy capper The Dark Knight Rises ran two hours and 44 minutes.
