# Longest/Shortest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-shortest/114986 "2002-06-20T01:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-shortest/114986/1 "2002-06-20T01:55:03Z")
What is the name of the longest/shortest movies? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-shortest/114986/2 "2002-06-20T02:16:21Z")
Are you serious? The shortest commercial film is probably some independant film. IMDB gives run times, but doesn’t allow you to search that field. Does a mini-series count? E3 ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-shortest/114986/3 "2002-06-20T02:31:38Z")
There are some claims that this is the longest: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0284020](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0284020) “The Cure for Insomnia” - runtime 87 hours. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-shortest/114986/4 "2002-06-20T03:19:34Z")
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