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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,252 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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Where the Wind Settles
2015 · Drama
The Midnight Swim
2015 · Drama
Under Milk Wood
2015 · Drama
Hungry Hearts
2015 · Drama
Aloft
2015 · Drama
Love Comes Later
2015 · Drama
Masaan
2015 · Drama
Macadam Stories
2015 · Comedy
The Fourth Direction
2015 · Drama
Slow West
2015 · Action
I'll See You in My Dreams
2015 · Drama
5 Flights Up
2015 · Drama
Maggie
2015 · Drama
Summer’s Tail
2015 · Drama
Nirbaak
2015 · Drama
Far From Men
2015 · Drama
Blackbird
2015 · Drama
The Age of Adaline
2015 · Drama
The Driftless Area
2015 · Crime
Félix And Meira
2015 · Drama
Dial A Prayer
2015 · Drama
Song from the Forest
2015 · Biography
Lost River
2015 · Drama
Rebels of the Neon God
2015 · Drama
Clouds of Sils Maria
2015 · Drama
Effie Gray
2015 · Drama
Murmur of the Hearts
2015 · Drama
Winter Light
2015 · Thriller
Jauja
2015 · Drama
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
2015 · Drama
Amour Fou
2015 · Drama
Uncle John
2015 · Drama
Like Sunday, Like Rain
2015 · Drama
You Can’t Save Yourself Alone
2015 · Drama
All the Wilderness
2015 · Drama
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2015 · Drama
Dissonance
2015 · Drama
Muhammad: The Messenger of God
2015 · Drama
Uncanny
2015 · Thriller
Heartworn Highways Revisited
2015 · Documentary
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