Films that require a lot of Patience to Watch

Bleak, slow, repetitive — a study of existential despair. Almost no dialogue.

The Turin Horse

A domestic routine stretched across 3+ hours. Mundane to hypnotic to devastating.

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Two men lost in a desert. Long silences. Little action. Pure atmosphere.

Gerry

A philosophical slow burn about society, chaos, and order.

Werckmeister Harmonies

7.5 hours of deliberate pacing. A legendary endurance test in arthouse circles.

Werckmeister Harmonies

Non-linear, poetic, full of dream sequences. Requires active interpretation.

The Mirror