15 Movies That Basically Take a Lifetime to Watch

Updated on 1/24/2017 at 2:00 PM

Award season means many things, but above all, it means we're spending a lot of time in the theater. While this year's repeat nominees are relatively tame when it comes to runtime, movies in past years have really pushed the envelope. You know who's the worst offender? Leonardo DiCaprio. It seems he barely gets out of bed for a movie with a runtime of less than two and a half hours. Of course, he's not the only one who loves overdoing it. Quentin Tarantino's 2015 film, The Hateful Eight, is over three hours! Take a look below to find out which recent movies have run the longest, and what you could do instead of watching them.

The Revenant: 2 hours, 36 minutes

What you could do instead: Play a really awesome game of Oregon Trail.

The Wolf of Wall Street: 2 hours, 59 minutes

What you could do instead: Actually learn how Wall Street works by reading this book, High Level Investing For Dummies.

Titanic: 3 hours, 4 minutes

What you could do instead: How bad are your teeth? Because this is the time it takes to get four root canals.

Cloud Atlas: 2 hours, 52 minutes

What you could do instead: You could watch four episodes of Breaking Bad on Netflix and still have four minutes in between to pause and grab snacks.

Gangs of New York: 2 hours, 47 minutes

What you could do instead: Is that the oven timer? Your 11-pound turkey is fully cooked.

Django Unchained: 2 hours, 45 minutes

What you could do instead: Your latex-based paint has dried completely.

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Avatar: 2 hours, 42 minutes

What you could do instead: If you have medium to long hair, you could have gotten a full perm by now.

Les Misérables: 2 hours, 38 minutes

What you could do instead: You could fly from Orlando to New York to see Les Misérables on Broadway!

Zero Dark Thirty: 2 hours, 37 minutes

What you could do instead: This is how much time it takes to bike from the bottom of Manhattan to the top . . . and back again.

The Departed: 2 hours, 31 minutes

What you could do instead: You could burn 1,527 calories running six miles per hour.

Lincoln: 2 hours, 30 minutes

What you could do instead: If you started waiting in line by 6:30 a.m., you would have a Cronut by now. You should treat yourself after all that biking and running, right?

The Tree of Life: 2 hours, 19 minutes

What you could do instead: Depending on traffic, you could drive from Los Angeles to San Diego, and the scenery probably would have been just as good if you take the Pacific Coast Highway.

Gone Girl: 2 hours, 29 minutes

What you could do instead: Savvy reader? You could have read Gillian Flynn's book cover to cover.

Boyhood: 2 hours, 46 minutes

What you could do instead: You could have listened to Family of the Year's "Hero," the anthem from Boyhood, 52 times on repeat.

The Hateful Eight: 3 hours, 2 minutes

What you could do instead: You could watch this video about herding cats 182 times.