35 Days to Watch! Discover the Longest Movie Ever Made

Does a film over three hours long seem endless to you? Yet, in 2025, the release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, running 3 hours and 34 minutes, already stirred reactions among moviegoers. However, on a global cinema scale, this duration seems almost modest compared to a truly staggering record.

The longest film ever made is titled Logistics. This Swedish documentary, directed by Daniel Andersson and Erika Magnusson, boasts an extraordinary length: 857 hours. In other words, 35 days and 17 hours of non-stop viewing.

Released in 2012, the project doesn’t aim to entertain in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers a radical experience: to follow in real time the journey of a manufactured object from its point of sale in Sweden to its production site in China.

A Journey Without Shortcuts

The concept is straightforward yet extreme. The camera follows every step of the transport—from car, truck, and train, to ship—between Stockholm and Bao’an, China. No shortcuts, no time compression: everything is shown as it is. The film’s duration itself becomes a central element, materializing the immense time required for the manufacturing and delivery of the most ordinary consumer goods.

The idea for the project came from a German newspaper article discovered in 2008, detailing the manufacture of an electric toothbrush made from parts sourced from ten different countries. This article inspired the filmmakers to reflect on globalization, logistics, and the energy expended to supply our daily lives with technological objects.

Far Longer Than Epic Sagas

The film industry has produced works famous for their length, such as Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America (3h49), Wang Bing’s Youth (3h32), Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (3h26), and Abel Gance’s Napoleon (5h30), not to mention Shoah (9h26) or Occupied City at 4h26.

Yet all these films seem almost concise compared to the 857 hours of Logistics.

A Contemplative Experience

The documentary features no explanatory narration. No commentary directs the viewer; it is up to them to interpret the images, feel the slowness, and grasp the enormity of the journey. The potential boredom is an integral part of the experience, just like the gradual realization of the hidden cost of globalization.

For those more curious—or less daring—a condensed version of 72 minutes is also available. It selects a few minutes from each day of the journey, making the work more accessible without completely betraying its intent.

As for viewers ready to take on the full challenge, they will need to dedicate more than a month of their life to this logistical odyssey. A performance, available on YouTube in 107 parts, that transforms mere viewing into a true test of cinematic endurance.

Check out the condensed version…

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