Longest Movies of 2012, from ‘The Hobbit’ to ‘Lincoln’ (PHOTOS)

By The Daily Beast

Many of the films regarded as 2012 Oscar hopefuls seem endless. Here’s a look back at ‘Les Miserables,’ ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ and other most drawn-out movies of the year.

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Running time: 172 minutes

Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer

Previous films: Run Lola Run (81 minutes), Bound (108 minutes), The Matrix (136 minutes), The Matrix Reloaded (138 minutes), The Matrix Revolutions (129 minutes), Speed Racer (135 minutes).

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Running time: 169 minutes

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Previous films: Heavenly Creatures (99 minutes), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (178 minutes), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (179 minutes), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (201 minutes), King Kong (187 minutes), The Lovely Bones (135 minutes).

James Fisher via Warner Bros.

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Running time: 165 minutes

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Previous films: Reservoir Dogs (99 minutes), Pulp Fiction (154 minutes), Jackie Brown (154 minutes), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (111 minutes), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (136 minutes), Inglourious Basterds (153 minutes).

Andrew Cooper

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Running time: 165 minutes

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Previous films: Memento (113 minutes), Insomnia (118 minutes), Batman Begins (140 minutes), The Prestige (130 minutes), The Dark Knight (152 minutes), Inception (148 minutes).

Ron Phillips

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Running time: 157 minutes

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow

Previous films: The Loveless (82 minutes), Near Dark (94 minutes), Blue Steel (102 minutes), Point Break (120 minutes), Strange Days (145 minutes), K-19: The Widowmaker (138 minutes), The Hurt Locker (131 minutes).

Jonathan Olley

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Running time: 157 minutes

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Previous films: The Damned United (98 minutes), The King’s Speech (118 minutes).

Universal Pictures

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Running time: 150 minutes

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Previous films: Jaws (124 minutes), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (132 minutes), Raiders of the Lost Ark (115 minutes), E.T. (115 minutes), The Color Purple (154 minutes), Hook (144 minutes), Jurassic Park (127 minutes), Schindler’s List (195 minutes), Saving Private Ryan (169 minutes), Minority Report (145 minutes), Catch Me If You Can (141 minutes), War of the Worlds (116 minutes), War Horse (146 minutes).

20th Century Fox

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Running time: 143 minutes

Directed by: Joss Whedon

Previous film: Serenity (119 minutes).

Zade Rosenthal

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Running time: 143 minutes

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Previous films: American Beauty (122 minutes), Road to Perdition (117 minutes), Jarhead (125 minutes), Revolutionary Road (119 minutes), Away We Go (98 minutes).

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Longest Movies of 2012, from ‘The Hobbit’ to ‘Lincoln’ (PHOTOS)

A look back at ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ and other most drawn-out movies of the year.