Longest films of the 2000s

60 films on Codexery, ranked by running time: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King leads at 201 min, and the list runs down to Battlefield Earth at 117 min. Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

60 entries from 30 codexes · Last updated 2026-09-26 · Click a column heading to sort

					Source
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Films about legendary creatures	201 min	Peter Jackson	2003	source
2	H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds Direct-to-video science fiction films	180 min	Timothy Hines	2005	source
3	Love Story 2050 Indian science fiction films	180 min	Harry Baweja	2008	source
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Films about legendary creatures	179 min	Peter Jackson	2002	source
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Films about legendary creatures	178 min	Peter Jackson	2001	source
6	Murari Paranormal films	170 min	Krishna Vamsi	2001	source
7	Avatar Film Classics	162 min	James Cameron	2009	source
8	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Films about legendary creatures	161 min	Chris Columbus	2002	source
9	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Films about legendary creatures	157 min	Mike Newell	2005	source
10	Koi... Mil Gaya Indian science fiction films	157 min	Rakesh Roshan	2003	source
11	Sri Manjunatha Paranormal films	157 min	Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao	2001	source
12	Bhool Bhulaiyaa Paranormal films	154 min	Priyadarshan	2007	source
13	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Films about legendary creatures	153 min	David Yates	2009	source
14	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone High fantasy films	152 min	Chris Columbus	2001	source
15	Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre Direct-to-video horror films	151 min	Jonathan Morgan	2005	source
16	Albhutha Dweep Indian fantasy films	150 min	Vinayan	2005	source
17	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Films about legendary creatures	150 min	Andrew Adamson	2008	source
18	Devullu Indian fantasy films	149 min	–	2000	source
19	Apthamitra Indian horror films	146 min	P. Vasu	2004	source
20	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Films about legendary creatures	143 min	Andrew Adamson	2005	source
21	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Films about legendary creatures	141 min	Alfonso Cuarón	2004	source
22	Batman Begins American superhero films	140 min	Christopher Nolan	2005	source
23	Anandabhadram Indian horror films	138 min	Santosh Sivan	2005	source
24	Jaane Hoga Kya Indian science fiction films	138 min	Glen Barretto	2006	source
25	Athisayan Indian science fiction films	135 min	Vinayan	2007	source
26	Cannibalism: The Last Supper Direct-to-video horror films	135 min	Lizzy Borden	2002	source
27	God's Puzzle Japanese science fiction films	134 min	Takashi Miike	2008	source
28	Kal Kissne Dekha Indian science fiction films	134 min	Vivek Sharma	2009	source
29	Thirst Romantic horror films	134 min	Park Chan-wook	2009	source
30	Body Thai horror films	133 min	Paween Purijitpanya	2007	source
31	Arundhati Paranormal films	131 min	Kodi Ramakrishna	2009	source
32	Athey Manithan Indian horror films	130 min	K. Rajeshwar	2000	source
33	City of God Notable Films	130 min	Fernando Meirelles	2002	source
34	Dreamgirls Films about girl groups	130 min	Bill Condon	2006	source
35	The Hexer Sword and sorcery films	129 min	Marek Brodzki	2001	source
36	The Matrix Revolutions Military Science Fiction Films	129 min	–	2003	source
37	The Mummy Returns Films about legendary creatures	129 min	Stephen Sommers	2001	source
38	Densen Uta Japanese horror films	128 min	Masato Harada	2007	source
39	Stardust High fantasy films	128 min	Matthew Vaughn	2007	source
40	Aparichithan Indian horror films	125 min	Sanjeev Sivan	2004	source
41	Big Fish Films about giants	125 min	Tim Burton	2003	source
42	Tropical Malady LGBTQ-related fantasy films	125 min	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	2004	source
43	Alag Indian science fiction films	123 min	Ashu Trikha	2006	source
44	Amélie Film Classics	123 min	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	2001	source
45	The Guard Post South Korean horror films	123 min	Kong Su-chang	2008	source
46	Manniac German horror films	121 min	Ingo Trendelbernd	2005	source
47	Spider-Man Teen superhero films	121 min	Sam Raimi	2002	source
48	Around the World in 80 Days Steampunk films	120 min	Frank Coraci	2004	source
49	Constantine American superhero films	120 min	Francis Lawrence	2005	source
50	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Notable Films	120 min	Ang Lee	2000	source
51	Fear of Clowns Horror films about clowns	120 min	Kevin Kangas	2004	source
52	Lastikman: Unang Banat Philippine superhero films	120 min	Mac Alejandre	2004	source
53	Pan's Labyrinth Horror war films	120 min	Guillermo del Toro	2006	source
54	Ashura Japanese horror films	119 min	Yōjirō Takita	2005	source
55	Howl's Moving Castle Steampunk films	119 min	Hayao Miyazaki	2004	source
56	Serenity Space Western films	119 min	Joss Whedon	2005	source
57	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Military Science Fiction Films	118 min	Stephen Sommers	2009	source
58	The Brothers Grimm Films based on fairy tales	118 min	Terry Gilliam	2005	source
59	300 Films about giants	117 min	Zack Snyder	2006	source
60	Battlefield Earth Films based on science fiction novels	117 min	Roger Christian	2000	source

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Includes films in Codexery film codexes first released in the 2000s 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 2000s

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