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Is there such a thing as the perfect movie length? While most films run between 90 minutes and 2 hours, some renowned directors have stretched their masterpieces beyond the 3-hour mark—sometimes to great acclaim. However, no matter how long a movie you’ve endured, it pales in comparison to Logistics, a groundbreaking Swedish project from 2012. With a staggering total runtime of 35 days and 17 hours, Logistics holds the record as the longest film ever made.
The Longest Movie in History
Logistics is far from your typical Hollywood epic. This avant-garde film, directed by Swedish filmmakers Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson, defies traditional storytelling. As described on its official website, the project was born from a single question: Where do all the gadgets come from? To answer that, Magnusson and Andersson embarked on a unique journey, tracing the entire life cycle of a pedometer.
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The journey starts in a Stockholm store, where the product is sold, then rewinds to trace its path to consumers. Logistics takes viewers across various modes of transport, including a truck, a freight train, and an enormous container ship, before finally reaching a factory in China’s Bao’an district. The film unfolds in real-time, offering an unfiltered—and potentially exhausting—perspective on the time and distance involved in delivering gadgets across the globe. A 72-minute cut of the film is available to watch above.
Sitting through some of the longest traditional films ever made is a challenge for many. Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet (1996) runs 242 minutes, while Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra (1963) stretches to an impressive 248 minutes. But committing to all 857 hours of Logistics in one go is almost unthinkable—though daring journalist and film critic Ashley Darrow managed to accomplish this feat in 2022.
Luckily, you don’t have to dedicate over a month of your life to experiencing Logistics in full. The project’s website offers a condensed version, breaking the film into short, two-minute clips—one for each day of its journey. You can check out the abridged edition of this ambitious experiment here and add it to your list of cinematic bragging rights.
