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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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They Look Like People
2015 · Drama
Cake
2015 · Drama
Song One
2015 · Drama
The Duke of Burgundy
2015 · Drama
Caprice
2015 · Comedy
Northern Borders
2015 · Drama
Match
2015 · Drama
Mr. Turner
2014 · Biography
Winter Sleep
2014 · Drama
The Sea Is Behind
2014
A Little Game
2014 · Adventure
Inherent Vice
2014 · Drama
Still Alice
2014 · Drama
Uzumasa Limelight
2014 · Action
Miss Julie
2014 · Drama
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014 · Thriller
Bad Hair
2014 · Drama
Forever
2014 · Drama
Khaad
2014 · Adventure
The Heart Machine
2014 · Drama
Force Majeure
2014 · Drama
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2014 · Animation
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Drama
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Drama
One Shot
2014 · Action
For Those in Peril
2014 · Drama
Summer
2014 · Drama
Tracks
2014 · Adventure
Space Station 76
2014 · Sci-Fi
The Zero Theorem
2014 · Sci-Fi
It Was You Charlie
2014 · Drama
Corn Island
2014 · War
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · Drama
Bird People
2014 · Drama
Arrebato
2014 · Drama
Paradise in Service
2014 · History
Shrew’s Nest
2014 · Drama
Sivas
2014 · Drama
Second Coming
2014 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
2014 · Drama
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