Longest single-take movie scenes ever

Mar 16, 2023, 17:24 IST

Wion Web Desk

Russian Ark 

Aleksandr Sokurov's Russian film, Russian Ark holds the record for the longest unbroken shot. The entire movie is filmed in one, unbroken, 96-minute shot.

Eastern Brown Snake

It is the snake that causes the most snakebite deaths in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Gravity

Gripping and horrifying, Sandra Bullock’s character goes through a lot in this extremely stressful 17-minute shot as she tries to save her own life 

Birdman

The film's opening 15 minutes features an uninterrupted tour through the theater the film's set in. It sets the tone of the film

Extraction

There’s a car crash, lots of gunfights, and a chase through an apartment building leading to Chris Hemsworth falling off of a building– Extraction has a scene that is 12 minutes long.

1917

The film has an 8-minute take that was stressful and complicated but necessary for the plot. The actors reportedly were anxious at the end of it as they had to shoot for the same scene several times.

Children of Men

Over 6 minutes long, Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men has a sequence that takes us through a brutal world where fertility rates have fallen to lows leading to violence and lots of tension.

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