Longest films of the 1940s

60 films on Codexery, ranked by running time: Adventures of Sir Galahad leads at 252 min, and the list runs down to Miranda at 80 min. Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

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					Source
1	Adventures of Sir Galahad American Fantasy Adventure Films	252 min	Spencer Gordon Bennet	1949	source
2	Bala Nagamma Indian fantasy films	220 min	C. Pullayya	1942	source
3	Bhookailas Films Based on the Ramayana	185 min	Sundar Rao Nadkarni	1940	source
4	Gnana Soundari Films Based on Indian Folklore	183 min	F. Nagoor	1948	source
5	Abhimanyu Films Based on the Mahabharata	180 min	M. Somasundaram	1948	source
6	Keelu Gurram Indian Fantasy Adventure Films	172 min	–	1949	source
7	Mahal Horror Films Based on Actual Events	165 min	Kamal Amrohi	1949	source
8	Balaraju Indian fantasy films	163 min	–	1948	source
9	Vedhala Ulagam Indian Historical Fantasy Films	160 min	A. V. Meiyappan	1948	source
10	Ali Baba Indian fantasy films	156 min	Mehboob Khan	1940	source
11	Rambaan Films Based on the Ramayana	155 min	Vijay Bhatt	1948	source
12	Dhaasippen Hindu Mythological Films	150 min	Ellis R. Dungan	1943	source
13	Münchhausen German Fantasy Comedy Films	132 min	Josef von Báky	1943	source
14	Ram Rajya Films Based on the Ramayana	132 min	Vijay Bhatt	1943	source
15	Ibong Adarna Philippine Fantasy Films	131 min	Vicente Salumbides	1941	source
16	It's a Wonderful Life Films About Wish Fulfillment	131 min	Frank Capra	1946	source
17	Gollabhama Indian Fantasy Adventure Films	125 min	C. Pullayya	1947	source
18	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Films based on horror novels	113 min	Victor Fleming	1941	source
19	Between Two Worlds American Fantasy Drama Films	112 min	Edward A. Blatt	1944	source
20	Heaven Can Wait Supernatural fantasy films	112 min	Ernst Lubitsch	1943	source
21	Corridor of Mirrors British Horror Drama Films	105 min	Terence Young	1948	source
22	A Matter of Life and Death British Fantasy Drama Films	104 min	Michael Powell	1946	source
23	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Films Based on Fantasy Novels	104 min	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	1947	source
24	Down to Earth American Romantic Fantasy Films	101 min	Alexander Hall	1947	source
25	Angel on My Shoulder English-language fantasy films	100 min	Archie Mayo	1946	source
26	Kismet American Fantasy Drama Films	100 min	William Dieterle	1944	source
27	Once a Jolly Swagman Motorcycle Racing Films	100 min	Jack Lee	1949	source
28	Counterblast Mad scientist films	99 min	Paul L. Stein	1948	source
29	Dreams That Money Can Buy American Fantasy Drama Films	99 min	Hans Richter	1947	source
30	King Arthur Was a Gentleman Arthurian Films	99 min	Marcel Varnel	1942	source
31	Sylvie and the Ghost French fantasy films	97 min	Claude Autant-Lara	1946	source
32	Blithe Spirit Supernatural fantasy films	96 min	David Lean	1945	source
33	Miracle on 34th Street American Fantasy Comedy-drama Films	96 min	George Seaton	1947	source
34	The Canterville Ghost Films Set in Castles	95 min	Jules Dassin	1944	source
35	The Halfway House British Fantasy Drama Films	95 min	Basil Dearden	1944	source
36	The Queen of Spades British Ghost Films	95 min	Thorold Dickinson	1949	source
37	A Thousand and One Nights Films Based on One Thousand and One Nights	94 min	Alfred E. Green	1945	source
38	Here Comes Mr. Jordan Films About the Afterlife	94 min	Alexander Hall	1941	source
39	The Curse of the Wraydons British Horror Thriller Films	94 min	Victor M. Gover	1946	source
40	The Mark of Zorro Zorro Films	94 min	Rouben Mamoulian	1940	source
41	Alias Nick Beal American Fantasy Drama Films	93 min	John Farrow	1949	source
42	Beauty and the Beast Films Set in Castles	93 min	Jean Cocteau	1946	source
43	The Rocking Horse Winner British Fantasy Drama Films	91 min	Anthony Pelissier	1949	source
44	Don't Take It to Heart British Ghost Films	90 min	Jeffrey Dell	1944	source
45	The Door with Seven Locks British horror films	89 min	Norman Lee	1940	source
46	The Beast with Five Fingers American Mystery Horror Films	88 min	Robert Florey	1946	source
47	The Blue Bird American Children's Fantasy Films	88 min	Walter Lang	1940	source
48	The Perfect Woman British Science Fiction Comedy Films	87 min	Bernard Knowles	1949	source
49	The Climax American Historical Horror Films	86 min	George Waggner	1944	source
50	The Ghost Train British Comedy Horror Films	85 min	Walter Forde	1941	source
51	Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff English-language Comedy Horror Films	84 min	Charles Barton	1949	source
52	Beyond Tomorrow American Romantic Fantasy Films	84 min	A. Edward Sutherland	1940	source
53	Cinderella Russian Children's Fantasy Films	84 min	–	1947	source
54	Night in Paradise Films Based on Classical Mythology	84 min	Arthur Lubin	1946	source
55	The Lodger American Historical Horror Films	84 min	John Brahm	1944	source
56	Alice in Wonderland Films Based on Alice in Wonderland	83 min	Dallas Bower	1949	source
57	The Stone Flower Soviet Fantasy Adventure Films	83 min	Aleksandr Ptushko	1946	source
58	One Touch of Venus Films Based on Classical Mythology	82 min	William A. Seiter	1948	source
59	The Cockeyed Miracle Films About the Afterlife	81 min	S. Sylvan Simon	1946	source
60	Miranda British Fantasy Comedy Films	80 min	Ken Annakin	1948	source

How this list is made

Includes films in Codexery film codexes first released in the 1940s whose infobox gives a running time in minutes. Where several cuts are listed, the first figure in the infobox is used. Values are copied from structured data already on each Codexery page and re-checked against the linked source; nothing on this page is estimated or written by a model. Spot an error? Use “Suggest an edit” on the entry’s page.

Longest films of the 1940s

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