BIGGER
MOVIES?

A reproducible rerun of the IMDb runtime hypothesis with current data. Comparing the full movie population against the top 5% most-voted films, 1971–2025.

Runtimes are mostly stable overall, with only a mild increase among high-vote titles.

Window 1971–2025
All movies 252,070
Top 5% 12,605
Vote threshold 8,369+
Long share (all) 10.8% → 14.0%
Long share (top 5%) 26.9% → 32.2%
All Movies Trend +0.22 min / decade
Top 5% Trend +0.58 min / decade
All Decade Shift +1.0 minutes
Top 5% Decade Shift +2.0 minutes

ALL MOVIES

Box distribution by year · quartiles + 1.5 IQR fences

TOP 5% BY VOTES

Audience-weighted segment · vote threshold 8,369+

MEDIAN RUNTIME TREND

Raw yearly medians + smoothed 5-year rolling average