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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.
Movie Summaries Matching Your Filters
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Beach Rats
2017 · Drama
England Is Mine
2017 · Biography
Marjorie Prime
2017 · Sci-Fi
Lemon
2017 · Drama
Planetarium
2017 · Drama
The Silent Child
2017 · Drama
A Special Day
2017 · Drama
Columbus
2017 · Drama
Menashe
2017 · Drama
Strange Weather
2017 · Adventure
I Dream in Another Language
2017 · Drama
The Midwife
2017 · Drama
The Untamed
2017 · Sci-Fi
Longing
2017 · Drama
Relics
2017 · Comedy
Slapface
2017 · Horror
Lady Macbeth
2017 · Drama
A Ghost Story
2017 · Drama
Superpowerless
2017 · Drama
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
2017 · Documentary
It's Only the End of the World
2017 · Drama
The Beguiled
2017 · Drama
The Ornithologist
2017 · Adventure
The Bad Batch
2017 · Sci-Fi
Harmonium
2017 · Drama
Maudie
2017 · Biography
The Journey
2017 · Drama
Dawson City: Frozen Time
2017 · History
It Comes at Night
2017 · Mystery
Anna Karenina. Vronsky’s Story
2017 · Romance
Sami Blood
2017 · Drama
Radiance
2017 · Romance
Gas Light
2017 · Horror
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Valentin(e)
2017
Paint It Black
2017 · Drama
Wakefield
2017 · Drama
Paris Can Wait
2017 · Drama
Ramante Edanthottam
2017 · Romance
The Lovers
2017 · Comedy
A Dark Song
2017 · Drama
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