Martin Scorsese’s films appear to be getting longer as the director, 80, ages — with his new movie reportedly having a run time of close to four hours.
Killers of the Flower Moon will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, and is naturally one of the year’s most anticipated releases. The film will be released via AppleTV+ but it has not been confirmed if it will also be in cinemas.
Movie, TV and celebrity content website IMDb says the plot revolves around members of the Osage tribe being murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s. This sparked an FBI investigation involving the legendary J Edgar Hoover.
And it will play out at some length with the run time reported, depending on sources, to be at least three hours and 20 minutes or up to four hours. If this is to be believed, it will be even longer than Scorsese’s other latter-day epics — which have regularly broken the three-hour barrier.
Here are all of Marty’s films ranked in length, from numb bum to deep vein thrombosis.
Boxcar Bertha (1972) - 1 hour 28 minutes
High on violence, Scorsese’s second film was short on run time.
Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967) - 1 hour 30 minutes
Scorsese’s first film has an average run time and a short sprint by his standards to watch.
After Hours (1985) - 1 hour 39 minutes
A relatively short and simple comedy about a date gone wrong.
The King of Comedy (1982) - 1 hour 41 minutes
The follow-up to Taxi Driver has become a cult classic after disappointing box office returns at the time.
Mean Streets (1973) - 1 hour 52 minutes
The first of many Scorsese-De Niro collaborations is a gangster classic.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) - 1 hour 52 minutes
Scorsese showed his more romantic side in this drama starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson.
Taxi Driver (1976) - 1 hour 54 minutes
The classic story of Vietnam veteran turned taxi-driving vigilante Travis Bickle.
The Color of Money (1987) - 2 hours
Paul Newman and Tom Cruise star in the sports drama.
Bringing out the Dead (1999) - 2 hours 1 minute
The Nicolas Cage collaboration is not one of Scorsese’s best known.
Hugo (2011) - 2 hours 1 minute
The only entry aimed at children, but not a short one.
Cape Fear (1991) - 2 hours 8 minutes
The remake that re-introduced the world to Max Cady. De Niro again stars in this dark revenge thriller.
Kundun (1997) - 2 hours 8 minutes
A religious epic portraying the young Dalai Lama.
Raging Bull (1981) - 2 hours 9 minutes
The highs and lows of Jake LaMotta were originally planned to be Scorsese’s last ever major picture.
The Age of Innocence (1993) - 2 hours 13 minutes
A romantic drama which followed higher-octane offerings.
Shutter Island (2010) - 2 hours 18 minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio cracks up (or does he?) over this lengthy runtime.
New York, New York (1977) - 2 hours 25 minutes
A romantic drama that was Scorsese’s first venture into territory beyond two hours.
Goodfellas (1990) - 2 hours 26 minutes
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster,” begins the crime epic.
The Departed (2006) - 2 hours 31 minutes
A latter-day gangster epic.
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - 2 hours 33 minutes
Controversial upon release, a take on the story of Jesus was never going to be a short watch.
Silence (2016) - 2 hours 41 minutes
Another religious epic that starts slowly and ends thrillingly.
Gangs of New York (2003) - 2 hours 47 minutes
The first of several lengthy DiCaprio collaborations.
The Aviator (2004) - 2 hours 49 minutes
The second!
Casino (1996) - 2 hours 58 minutes
A crime film that is epic in all senses of the word.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - 3 hours
Big on scale, long on run time.
The Irishman (2019) - 3 hours 29 minutes
The most recent film by Scorsese is so long that a smart Alec broke it down into 45-minute sections that could be enjoyed as a mini-series.
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - 4 hours?
Could the first De Niro/ DiCaprio/ Scorsese film be the longest of them all?
