Longest films of the 1980s

60 films on Codexery, ranked by running time: The Falls leads at 185 min, and the list runs down to Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold at 99 min. Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

60 entries from 38 codexes · Last updated 2026-09-26 · Click a column heading to sort

					Source
1	The Falls British science fiction films	185 min	Peter Greenaway	1980	source
2	Per Aspera Ad Astra Russian-language science fiction films	148 min	Richard Viktorovru	1981	source
3	Come and See Notable Films	142 min	Elem Klimov	1985	source
4	Chehre Pe Chehra Films based on horror novels	140 min	Raj Tilak	1981	source
5	Island of Lost Ships Russian-language science fiction films	138 min	Evgeniy Ginzburg	1987	source
6	Aliens American science fiction films	137 min	James Cameron	1986	source
7	Dune Steampunk films	137 min	David Lynch	1984	source
8	The End of Eternity Russian-language science fiction films	137 min	Andrei Yermash	1987	source
9	Bees Saal Baad Indian horror films	135 min	Rajkumar Kohli	1989	source
10	Jai Karnataka Indian science fiction films	132 min	Dwarakish	1989	source
11	Heart of a Dog Russian-language science fiction films	130 min	Vladimir Bortko	1988	source
12	Batman American superhero films	126 min	Tim Burton	1989	source
13	Willow Films about legendary creatures	126 min	Ron Howard	1988	source
14	Akira Film Classics	124 min	Katsuhiro Otomo	1988	source
15	Possession Religious horror films	124 min	Andrzej Żuławski	1981	source
16	Samurai Reincarnation Religious horror films	122 min	Kinji Fukasaku	1981	source
17	Krull Sword and sorcery films	121 min	Peter Yates	1983	source
18	Blue Velvet Notable Films	120 min	David Lynch	1986	source
19	Do the Right Thing Notable Films	120 min	Spike Lee	1989	source
20	Summer Impressions of Planet Z Russian-language science fiction films	120 min	Evgeniy Markovsky	1986	source
21	The Beast and the Magic Sword Japanese horror films	120 min	Paul Naschy	1983	source
22	Clash of the Titans Giant monster films	118 min	Desmond Davis	1981	source
23	Hirak Rajar Deshe Indian science fiction films	118 min	Satyajit Ray	1980	source
24	The Beastmaster Films about telepathy	118 min	Don Coscarelli	1982	source
25	Three Crowns of the Sailor French fantasy films	117 min	Raúl Ruiz	1982	source
26	2010: The Year We Make Contact Hard science fiction films	116 min	Peter Hyams	1984	source
27	Back to the Future Film Classics	116 min	Robert Zemeckis	1985	source
28	Burst City Cyberpunk films	115 min	Gakuryū Ishii	1982	source
29	Dream a Little Dream Films about body swapping	115 min	Marc Rocco	1989	source
30	The Killing of America Mondo films	115 min	Sheldon Renan	1981	source
31	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Notable Films	114 min	Steven Spielberg	1982	source
32	The Island Adventure horror films	114 min	Michael Ritchie	1980	source
33	The Lost Tribe New Zealand horror films	114 min	John Laing	1983	source
34	The Devil's Gift Horror films about toys	112 min	Kenneth J. Berton	1984	source
35	Ghost Story Psycho-biddy films	110 min	John Irvin	1981	source
36	Outland Space Western films	109 min	Peter Hyams	1981	source
37	The Brother from Another Planet American superhero films	108 min	John Sayles	1984	source
38	Masters of the Universe Sword and sorcery films	106 min	Gary Goddard	1987	source
39	Amsterdamned Dutch horror films	105 min	Dick Maas	1988	source
40	Anna to the Infinite Power Films based on science fiction novels	105 min	Robert Wiemer	1982	source
41	Battle Beyond the Stars Space Western films	105 min	Jimmy T. Murakami	1980	source
42	Men Behind the Sun Body horror films	105 min	Mou Tun-fei	1988	source
43	The 13th Apostle Russian-language science fiction films	105 min	Suren Babayan	1988	source
44	The Awakening English-language fantasy films	105 min	Mike Newell	1980	source
45	Altered States Films based on science fiction novels	103 min	Ken Russell	1980	source
46	Celia Films about legendary creatures	103 min	Ann Turner	1989	source
47	The Plague Dogs Xenofiction films	103 min	Martin Rosen	1982	source
48	Devil Hunter French horror films	102 min	Jesús Franco	1980	source
49	Sword of the Valiant Sword and sorcery films	102 min	Stephen Weeks	1984	source
50	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension American superhero films	102 min	W. D. Richter	1984	source
51	The Attic Psycho-biddy films	101 min	George Edwards	1980	source
52	The Devil's Sword Sword and sorcery films	101 min	Ratno Timoer	1984	source
53	Abduction of the Wizard Russian-language science fiction films	100 min	Viktor Kobzev	1989	source
54	Beaks: The Movie Mexican horror films	100 min	René Cardona Jr	1987	source
55	Crocodile Thai horror films	100 min	Sompote Sands	1980	source
56	D.A.R.Y.L. Military Science Fiction Films	100 min	Simon Wincer	1985	source
57	Earth Girls Are Easy Science fiction musical films	100 min	Julien Temple	1988	source
58	King Solomon's Mines Lost world films	100 min	J. Lee Thompson	1985	source
59	The Noah's Ark Principle German science fiction films	100 min	Roland Emmerich	1984	source
60	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold English-language fantasy films	99 min	Gary Nelson	1986	source

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Includes films in Codexery film codexes first released in the 1980s 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 1980s

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