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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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Dim the Fluorescents
2018 · Drama
Phantom Thread
2017 · Drama
A Horrible Woman
2017 · Drama
Siargao
2017 · Drama
Happy End
2017 · Drama
The 8-Year Engagement
2017 · Romance
Foxtrot
2017 · Drama
My Happy Family
2017 · Drama
Loveless
2017 · Drama
The Last Shot in the Bar
2017 · Thriller
Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1
2017 · Sci-Fi
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Drama
Oasis
2017 · Drama
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
2017 · Drama
Namme
2017 · Fantasy
Novitiate
2017 · Drama
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017 · Documentary
God's Own Country
2017 · Drama
The Drawer Boy
2017
1922
2017 · Drama
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · Drama
Valley of Shadows
2017 · Mystery
Ramiro
2017 · Drama
Autumn Sonata
2017 · Drama
Gali Guleiyan
2017 · Drama
The Secret Scripture
2017 · Drama
Microhabitat
2017 · Drama
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Sci-Fi
Lucky
2017 · Drama
Being There
2017
Victoria and Abdul
2017 · Biography
Woodshock
2017 · Drama
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
2017 · Drama
The Unknown Girl
2017 · Drama
The Good Catholic
2017 · Drama
Meditation Park
2017 · Drama
Apostasy
2017 · Drama
Mugulu Nage
2017
Our Souls at Night
2017 · Drama
Eye on Juliet
2017 · Drama
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