Stuck at home with about 90 minutes (or less) to spare? There are a number of acclaimed films to help you fill the time. Earning high marks among critics and audiences alike, these titles span history and touch down on a variety of styles, languages, genres, and themes.
Thanks to the power of streaming, meanwhile, they’re all just a few proverbial clicks away. If you can’t find something to watch, you’re simply not looking hard enough.
As you may soon discover, some of cinema’s most enduring classics are actually quite succinct in terms of runtime. That includes a number of silent era comedies from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton, all of whom packed copious entertainment into every frame.
Then we have the poignant commentary of Vittorio De Sica’s Italian neorealist masterpieces “Bicycle Thieves” and “Umberto D,” both clocking in at under 90 minutes. (This is where you can stream the best classic TV shows right now.)
More recent examples include animated smash hits such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Toy Story,” and the original versions of “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Aladdin.” On the more experimental side of things is Don Hertzfeldt’s tour de force “It’s a Beautiful Day,” which could very well change your life in a matter of 62 minutes. That one is currently available to stream through The Criterion Channel along with a host of other groundbreaking works.
Click here to see the best 90-minute-or-less movies you can stream right now
To determine the best movies you can stream in under 90 minutes, 24/7 Tempo developed an index based on several measures from the Internet Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes. The index is a composite of the movies’ IMDb rating, Rotten Tomatoes audience score, and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score. All ratings were weighted equally.
Only films under 90 minutes in length with at least 10,000 audience reviews on either IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes and 10 Tomatometer critics reviews were considered.
Only films available on the paid streaming services HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Peacock Premium, Philo, Paramount+, Hulu Plus, Apple TV, the Criterion Channel, Fubo TV, or free streaming services Tubi, Pluto TV, Peacock, Plex, Crackle, and IMDbTV were included.
Data on streaming availability by website came from streaming data site Reelgood and is as of August 2021. Supplemental data on domestic box office and production budgets by movie came from industry data site The Numbers.
1. Modern Times (1936)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Charles Chaplin
> IMDb rating: 8.5/10 (221,460 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (40,277 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
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2. City Lights (1931)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Charles Chaplin
> IMDb rating: 8.5/10 (170,276 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 96% (27,116 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
3. The Kid (1921)
> Runtime: 68 minutes
> Directed by: Charles Chaplin
> IMDb rating: 8.3/10 (115,598 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (15,456 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Free, Paramount+, Criterion Channel
4. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
> IMDb rating: 8.3/10 (149,597 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (34,246 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
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5. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
> Runtime: 62 minutes
> Directed by: Don Hertzfeldt
> IMDb rating: 8.3/10 (11,488 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (1,432 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
6. Toy Story (1995)
> Runtime: 81 minutes
> Directed by: John Lasseter
> IMDb rating: 8.3/10 (900,085 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (1,109,209 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
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7. Rashomon (1950)
> Runtime: 88 minutes
> Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
> IMDb rating: 8.2/10 (155,401 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (48,193 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
8. Umberto D. (1952)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
> IMDb rating: 8.2/10 (23,495 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (6,810 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
9. The Lion King (1994)
> Runtime: 88 minutes
> Directed by: Roger Allers
> IMDb rating: 8.5/10 (956,514 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (1,269,333 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
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10. Safety Last! (1923)
> Runtime: 74 minutes
> Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (18,728 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (3,755 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
11. The Circus (1928)
> Runtime: 72 minutes
> Directed by: Charles Chaplin
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (30,769 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (6,731 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
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12. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (23,381 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (8,176 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
13. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
> Runtime: 86 minutes
> Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
> IMDb rating: 8.2/10 (299,192 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (90,857 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max
14. A Short Film About Love (1988)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
> IMDb rating: 8.2/10 (20,498 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (5,863 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
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15. The Killing (1956)
> Runtime: 84 minutes
> Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (82,710 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (22,260 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free
16. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
> Runtime: 70 minutes
> Directed by: Charles Reisner
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (13,467 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (5,413 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free, Paramount+
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17. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
> Runtime: 67 minutes
> Directed by: Robert Wiene
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (58,353 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (27,783 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free
18. L’Atalante (1934)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Jean Vigo
> IMDb rating: 7.8/10 (14,744 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (5,603 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
19. Viridiana (1961)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Luis Buñuel
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (22,684 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (6,826 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
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20. Aladdin (1992)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Ron Clements
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (377,753 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (939,936 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
21. Persona (1966)
> Runtime: 83 minutes
> Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (106,123 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (25,874 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
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22. Love and Death (1975)
> Runtime: 85 minutes
> Directed by: Woody Allen
> IMDb rating: 7.7/10 (36,487 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (19,067 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max
23. The General (1926)
> Runtime: 67 minutes
> Directed by: Clyde Bruckman
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (82,335 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (11,524 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free, Paramount+
24. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
> Runtime: 66 minutes
> Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (53,917 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (18,941 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Free, Amazon Prime
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25. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
> Runtime: 84 minutes
> Directed by: Gary Trousdale
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (420,453 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (760,164 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
26. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
> Runtime: 76 minutes
> Directed by: Henry Selick
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (302,826 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (968,852 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
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27. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
> Runtime: 83 minutes
> Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (131,626 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (88,416 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free
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28. Ernest & Celestine (2012)
> Runtime: 80 minutes
> Directed by: Stéphane Aubier
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (18,868 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (7,726 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
29. High Noon (1952)
> Runtime: 85 minutes
> Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (98,286 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (25,470 votes)
> Available to stream on: Amazon Prime
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30. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Alain Resnais
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (29,082 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (10,018 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
31. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
> Runtime: 74 minutes
> Directed by: John Lounsbery
> IMDb rating: 7.6/10 (33,121 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (31,362 votes)
> Available to stream on: Disney+
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32. Breathless (1960)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
> IMDb rating: 7.8/10 (74,606 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (38,976 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
33. Children of Heaven (1997)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Majid Majidi
> IMDb rating: 8.3/10 (67,161 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 96% (12,472 votes)
> Available to stream on: Paramount+
34. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
> Runtime: 84 minutes
> Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (18,009 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (5,754 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
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35. Brief Encounter (1945)
> Runtime: 86 minutes
> Directed by: David Lean
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (36,529 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (11,188 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
36. Freaks (1932)
> Runtime: 64 minutes
> Directed by: Tod Browning
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (42,565 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (24,482 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max
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37. 3-Iron (2004)
> Runtime: 88 minutes
> Directed by: Kim Ki-duk
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (51,579 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (23,709 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free
38. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
> Runtime: 90 minutes
> Directed by: Georges Franju
> IMDb rating: 7.7/10 (28,247 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (9,489 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
39. Germany Year Zero (1948)
> Runtime: 78 minutes
> Directed by: Roberto Rossellini
> IMDb rating: 7.9/10 (11,017 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (2,694 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
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40. The Virgin Spring (1960)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
> IMDb rating: 8.1/10 (27,149 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (8,303 votes)
> Available to stream on: Criterion Channel
41. The Public Enemy (1931)
> Runtime: 83 minutes
> Directed by: William A. Wellman
> IMDb rating: 7.7/10 (18,174 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (7,532 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max
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42. Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
> Runtime: 85 minutes
> Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
> IMDb rating: 8.0/10 (28,790 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (7,597 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
43. Tangerines (2013)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Zaza Urushadze
> IMDb rating: 8.2/10 (42,303 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (3,481 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free, Philo
44. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
> Runtime: 80 minutes
> Directed by: Don Siegel
> IMDb rating: 7.7/10 (45,414 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (19,204 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free, Amazon Prime, Philo, Paramount+
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45. The Guilty (2018)
> Runtime: 85 minutes
> Directed by: Gustav Möller
> IMDb rating: 7.5/10 (46,581 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (1,433 votes)
> Available to stream on: Hulu Plus
46. The Band’s Visit (2007)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Eran Kolirin
> IMDb rating: 7.5/10 (12,960 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (13,563 votes)
> Available to stream on: Free, Amazon Prime
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47. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
> Runtime: 89 minutes
> Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
> IMDb rating: 7.5/10 (35,062 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (15,628 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
48. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
> Runtime: 83 minutes
> Directed by: Jacques Tati
> IMDb rating: 7.4/10 (17,135 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (6,915 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Criterion Channel
49. The 39 Steps (1935)
> Runtime: 86 minutes
> Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
> IMDb rating: 7.6/10 (52,857 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (23,922 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max, Free, Amazon Prime, Criterion Channel
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50. Gun Crazy (1950)
> Runtime: 87 minutes
> Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
> IMDb rating: 7.6/10 (11,981 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84.% (3,269 votes)
> Available to stream on: HBO Max
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