Rio Grande
1950 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 401 votes
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Curated by SceneIt · United States
Under Two Hours Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose well-rated picks that finish in less than two hours. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-09 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
Ravenous
1999 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 705 votes
After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Purple Rain
1984 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 425 votes
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Barefoot
2014 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 706 votes
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hustle & Flow
2005 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 457 votes
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Belle
2013 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 736 votes
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Land
2021 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 331 votes
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Crush
2022 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 495 votes
When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
1987 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 328 votes
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 373 votes
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Close-Up
1990 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 456 votes
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
What About Bob?
1991 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 924 votes
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Batman: Year One
2011 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,062 votes
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 666 votes
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
...And Justice for All
1979 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 605 votes
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
I'm Your Man
2021 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 373 votes
Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Under the Same Moon
2007 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 359 votes
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cold Eyes
2013 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 383 votes
Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Grand Day Out
1990 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,021 votes
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
My Friends
1975 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 754 votes
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.