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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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A Father’s Legacy
2020 · Drama
Post Mortem
2020 · Mystery
Mentega Terbang
2020 · Drama
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2020 · Documentary
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Animation
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Animation
My Octopus Teacher
2020 · Documentary
i'm thinking of ending things
2020 · Drama
Dreamchild
2020 · Romance
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Love Affair(s)
2020 · Romance
They’re Outside
2020 · Horror
The Block Island Sound
2020 · Thriller
Lingua Franca
2020 · Drama
The August Virgin
2020 · Drama
Chemical Hearts
2020 · Drama
Valley of the Gods
2020 · Adventure
Made in Italy
2020 · Comedy
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · Drama
The Parallel State
2020 · Drama
She Dies Tomorrow
2020 · Drama
The Sunlit Night
2020 · Drama
Drifting
2020 · Drama
Relic
2020 · Drama
Guest of Honour
2020 · Drama
The Truth
2020 · Drama
Family Romance, LLC
2020 · Drama
Sufiyum Sujatayum
2020 · Drama
House of Hummingbird
2020 · Drama
Bulbbul
2020 · Thriller
Nobody Knows I'm Here
2020 · Drama
You Should Have Left
2020 · Drama
Shirley
2020 · Biography
The Vast of Night
2020 · Sci-Fi
Gabriel’s Inferno
2020 · Romance
Capone
2020 · Biography
Driveways
2020 · Drama
Deerskin
2020 · Horror
A Russian Youth
2020 · Drama
A White, White Day
2020 · Drama
Tigertail
2020 · Drama
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