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Slowest-Paced Films: Longest Average Shot Length

The Mastermind holds its shots the longest of the 150 films on Hardmatte, with an average shot of 17.4s.

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Average shot length is the film's running time divided by the number of shots we detected. A higher number means slower, more patient editing. This ranks the 150 films on Hardmatte that have this measurement. It is not a ranking of all cinema.

  1. 1The Mastermind (2025)17.4sAverage shot

    Kelly Reichardt

  2. 2Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)17.3sAverage shot

    Céline Sciamma

  3. 3The Apartment (1960)16.2sAverage shot

    Billy Wilder

  4. 4Punch-Drunk Love (2002)15.6sAverage shot

    Paul Thomas Anderson

  5. 5Children of Men (2006)15.4sAverage shot

    Alfonso Cuarón

  6. 612 Angry Men (1957)15.2sAverage shot

    Sidney Lumet

  7. 7Singin' in the Rain (1952)15.2sAverage shot

    Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

  8. 8The Revenant (2015)15.1sAverage shot

    Alejandro G. Iñárritu

  9. 9Persona (1966)14.7sAverage shot

    Ingmar Bergman

  10. 10Come and See (1985)14.6sAverage shot

    Elem Klimov

  11. 11Nickel Boys (2024)14.6sAverage shot

    RaMell Ross

  12. 122001: A Space Odyssey (1968)14.3sAverage shot

    Stanley Kubrick

  13. 13There Will Be Blood (2007)14.1sAverage shot

    Paul Thomas Anderson

  14. 14La Haine (1995)14.0sAverage shot

    Mathieu Kassovitz

  15. 15Yojimbo (1961)13.9sAverage shot

    Akira Kurosawa

  16. 16Citizen Kane (1941)13.5sAverage shot

    Orson Welles

  17. 17The Shining (1980)13.4sAverage shot

    Stanley Kubrick

  18. 18I Was a Stranger (2025)12.8sAverage shot

    Brandt Andersen

  19. 19The Brutalist (2024)12.7sAverage shot

    Brady Corbet

  20. 20Some Like It Hot (1959)12.5sAverage shot

    Billy Wilder

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