30 movies over 3 hours long to stream while social distancing

Need a distraction while cooped up inside? Watch the long films you never had time to watch before

Movie Night (Pixabay)

Getting a bit stir-crazy while holed up at home? Here’s a list of three-hours-plus movies perfect for housebound cinephiles tying the pass the time.

‘Gone with the Wind’ (1939): 3 hr. 40 min.

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Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Seven Samurai’ (1954): 3 hr. 26 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Giant’ (1956): 3 hr. 18 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Ben Hur’ (1959): 3 hr. 42 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Spartacus’ (1960): 3 hr. 17 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Cleopatra’ (1963): 4 hr. 11 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Doctor Zhivago’ (1965): 3 hr. 19 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Sound of Music’ - Uncut (1965): 3 hr. 44 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ (1969): 3 hr. 6 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Fiddler On the Roof’ (1971): 3 hr. 1 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Godfather Part II’ (1974): 3 hr. 22 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975): 3 hr. 4 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Deer Hunter’ (1978): 3 hr. 4 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Apocalypse Now Redux’ (1979): 3 hr. 15 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962): 3 hr. 47 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Once upon a Time in America’ (1984): 3 hr. 49 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Google Play

‘Dances with Wolves’ (1990): 3 hr. 1 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Schindler’s List’ (1993): 3 hr. 15 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Braveheart’ (1995): 3 hr. 2 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ (1995): 3 hr. 8 min.

Available to stream for free on Amazon Prime with a subscription

‘Casino’ (1995): 3 hr. 2 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Titanic’ (1997): 3 hr. 14 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Green Mile’ (1999): 3 hr. 8 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...’ (2001): 3 hr. 29 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Google Play

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’- Extended (2001): 3 hr. 48 min.

Available to purchase for $17.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ - Extended (2002): 3 hr. 55 min.

Available to purchase for $17.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ - Extended (2003): 4 hr. 23 min.

Available to purchase for $17.99 on Amazon Prime

‘King Kong’ (2005): 3 hr. 1 min.

Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon Prime

‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019): 3 hr. 1 min.

Available to rent for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

‘The Irishman’ (2019): 3 hr. 29 min.

Available to stream on Netflix

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