Movie runtimes vary widely by genre, era, and market. While the overall theatrical average sits near 104 minutes, action blockbusters often exceed two hours while comedies and animated films tend to run shorter.
Across all wide-release theatrical films, the typical runtime clusters between 95 and 110 minutes. Streaming originals often run slightly shorter, while tentpole franchise entries push toward 130–150 minutes.
Use the Movies Calculator to model how average film length affects your lifetime viewing total — try 90 min, 2 hours, or 2h 30min presets.
★ 8.9Adventure2026 · 1h 42m
NetflixAvailable in: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, St. Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, +1 moreNetflix Standard with Ads (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States)
★ 8.7Music2026 · 2h 8m
Claro tv+Available in: Brazil, +1 moreKPN (Netherlands)
★ 8.5Drama2026 · 1h 54m
NetflixAvailable in: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, St. Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, +1 moreNetflix Standard with Ads (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States)
★ 8.5Animation2001 · 2h 5m
CatchplayAvailable in: Taiwan, +11 moreClaro tv+ (Brazil); HBO Max (United States); HBO Max Amazon Channel (United States); Lepsi TV (Czechia); MovistarTV (Argentina, Ecuador); Netflix (Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, St. Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe); Netflix Kids (Germany); Netflix Standard with Ads (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom); Okko (Russia); TriArt Play (Sweden); YouTube TV (United States)
★ 8.5Animation2016 · 1h 46m
Amazon Prime VideoAvailable in: Spain, +24 moreAmazon Prime Video with Ads (Spain); Arthouse CNMA Amazon Channel (Austria, Germany); ArthouseCNMA (Germany); CineMember (Belgium, Netherlands); Crunchyroll (Estonia, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Paraguay, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Türkiye); Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (Australia, Austria, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand); dAnime Amazon Channel (Italy); Disney Plus (Japan); HBO Max (United States); HBO Max Amazon Channel (United States); Kinopoisk (Russia); Kirjastokino (Finland); KPN (Netherlands); MovistarTV (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador); Netflix (Italy, Japan, San Marino); Netflix Standard with Ads (Japan); Sony Liv (India); Sooner (Belgium, Netherlands); Tele2 Play (Sweden); TriArt Play (Sweden); U-NEXT (Japan); Watcha (South Korea); wavve (South Korea); YouTube TV (United States)
★ 8.5Animation2025 · 1h 40m
CrunchyrollAvailable in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, +2 moreCrunchyroll Amazon Channel (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States); Sony Liv (India)
★ 8.4Action1962 · 2h 15m
Acontra PlusAvailable in: Spain, +10 moreAmazon Prime Video (Andorra, Spain); Amazon Prime Video with Ads (Spain); Criterion Channel (Canada, United States); Filmin (Spain); FOD (Japan); FOD Channel Amazon Channel (Japan); Hulu (Japan); Plus Shochiku Amazon Channel (Japan); U-NEXT (Japan); Watcha (South Korea)
★ 8.4Comedy1997 · 1h 56m
Amazon Prime VideoAvailable in: India, +17 moreAmazon Prime Video with Ads (India); Catchplay (Taiwan); KPN (Netherlands); Magenta TV+ (Germany); MovistarTV (Argentina, Ecuador); Netflix (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, Sweden); Netflix Standard with Ads (Australia); Now TV (Italy); Oldflix (Brazil); Paramount Plus (Canada); Paramount Plus Basic with Ads (Canada); Paramount Plus Essential (United States); Paramount Plus Premium (Canada, United States); Paramount+ Amazon Channel (Canada, United States); Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel (United States); Sky Go (Italy); U-NEXT (Japan)
★ 8.4Drama1988 · 2h 4m
Acontra PlusAvailable in: Spain, +14 moreAmazon Prime Video (Spain); Amazon Prime Video with Ads (Spain); ARROW (United Kingdom); Diamond Films Amazon Channel (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico); Filmin (Portugal); Kirjastokino (Finland); MGM Plus (United States); MovistarTV (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador); MUBI (Andorra, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Monaco); MUBI Amazon Channel (France); Okko (Russia); Oldflix (Brazil); U-NEXT (Japan); Watcha (South Korea)
★ 8.4Drama2002 · 2h 9m
Acontra PlusAvailable in: Spain, +24 moreAcontra Plus Amazon Channel (Spain); Allente (Denmark); Amazon Prime Video (Canada, France); Amazon Prime Video with Ads (Canada, France); BFI Player Amazon Channel (Finland, Sweden); CineMember (Belgium, Netherlands); Cinobo (Cyprus, Greece); Edisonline (Slovakia); fuboTV (United States); Globoplay (Brazil); HBO Max (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay, Venezuela); HBO Max Amazon Channel (Brazil, Colombia, France, Mexico, Sweden); Movistar Plus+ (Spain); Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total (Spain); MovistarTV (Argentina, Ecuador); Netflix (Brazil); Netflix Standard with Ads (Brazil); Paramount Plus Essential (United States); Paramount Plus Premium (United States); Paramount+ Amazon Channel (United States); Strim (Norway); U-NEXT (Japan); Videoland (Netherlands); Zee5 (Pakistan)
★ 8.4Horror1960 · 1h 49m
BINGEAvailable in: Australia, +16 moreCrave (Canada); Crave Amazon Channel (Canada); Foxtel Now (Australia); HBO Max (Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela); HBO Max Amazon Channel (Colombia, Mexico); KPN (Netherlands); MovistarTV (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador); Now TV (Italy); Now TV Cinema (Ireland, United Kingdom); Oldflix (Brazil); Sky Go (Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom); Timvision (Italy); TVING (South Korea); U-NEXT (Japan); Watcha (South Korea); wavve (South Korea)
★ 8.4Comedy2000 · 1h 44m
GloboplayAvailable in: Brazil, +1 moreTelecine Amazon Channel (Brazil)
★ 8.4Drama1975 · 2h 15m
FilminAvailable in: Spain, +3 moreHBO Max on U-Next (Japan); Lepsi TV (Czechia); MTV Katsomo (Finland)
★ 8.4Animation2016 · 2h 9m
Amazon Prime VideoAvailable in: New Zealand, +8 moreCrunchyroll (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States); Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United States); Netflix (Japan, South Korea); Netflix Standard with Ads (Japan, South Korea); Sony Liv (India); TVING (South Korea); Watcha (South Korea); wavve (South Korea)
★ 8.4Romance2026 · 1h 59m
NetflixAvailable in: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, St. Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, +1 moreNetflix Standard with Ads (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States)
★ 8.4Animation2018 · 1h 57m
AllenteAvailable in: Denmark, +39 moreAmazon Prime Video (Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, San Marino, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela); Amazon Prime Video (Japan); Amazon Prime Video with Ads (Brazil, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico); Catchplay (Indonesia, Taiwan); Claro tv+ (Brazil); Claro video (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru); Crave (Canada); Crave Amazon Channel (Canada); dAnime Amazon Channel (Japan); Disney Plus (Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye); Foxtel Now (Australia); HBO Max (Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain); HBO Max Amazon Channel (Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain); Infinity Selection Amazon Channel (Italy); Kinopoisk (Russia); Lepsi TV (Czechia); Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total (Spain); MovistarTV (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador); Netflix (Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Ghana, Hong Kong SAR China, Iceland, Indonesia, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe); Netflix Standard with Ads (Canada, South Korea, United States); Now TV Cinema (Ireland, United Kingdom); Player (Poland); Polsat Box Go (Poland); Shahid VIP (Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates); Sky Go (Ireland, United Kingdom); Sony Liv (India); Sony Pictures Amazon Channel (India); Stan (Australia); STARZPLAY (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates); TOD (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Yemen); TV+ (Türkiye); U-NEXT (Japan); Universal+ Amazon Channel (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico); VI movies and tv (India); Viaplay (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden); Vidio (Indonesia); Voyo (Slovakia); Watcha (South Korea); wavve (South Korea)
The overall average theatrical runtime is approximately 104 minutes, though genre and budget heavily influence individual films.
Top-grossing films have trended longer over the past three decades. See our decade-by-decade breakdown for the full trend.
At 2 hours per day for 70 years, switching from 90-minute to 150-minute averages reduces your lifetime count by roughly 40%. Use the calculator to compare.