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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,239 slow burn movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Aarkkariyam
2021 · Drama
Real Life
2021 · Animation
Horror in the High Desert
2021 · Horror
The Seventh Day
2021 · Horror
Honeydew
2021 · Horror
Shadows
2021 · Drama
The Father
2021 · Drama
Endravathu Oru Naal
2021 · Drama
Jumbo
2021 · Drama
The World to Come
2021 · Drama
Churuli
2021 · Horror
Land
2021 · Drama
Sator
2021 · Horror
Malcolm & Marie
2021 · Drama
Pebbles
2021 · Drama
Kadaisi Vivasayi
2021 · Drama
Supernova
2021 · Drama
Saint Maud
2021 · Drama
Beginning
2021 · Drama
One for the Road
2021 · Drama
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
2021 · Drama
The Dig
2021 · Biography
Acasă, My Home
2021 · Documentary
Maara
2021 · Drama
Pieces of a Woman
2020 · Drama
Minari
2020 · Drama
The Midnight Sky
2020 · Sci-Fi
Wild Mountain Thyme
2020 · Drama
Let Them All Talk
2020 · Drama
Nomadland
2020 · Drama
Sound of Metal
2020 · Drama
Ainu Mosir
2020 · Drama
Ammonite
2020 · Biography
The Life Ahead
2020 · Drama
Make Up
2020 · Drama
What We Wanted
2020 · Drama
The Endless Trench
2020 · Action
Shadows
2020 · Thriller
Ham on Rye
2020 · Drama
A Report on the Party and the Guests
2020
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