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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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Beautiful Kate
2009 · Drama
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
2009 · Drama
Séraphine
2009 · Biography
Unmistaken Child
2009 · Documentary
Departures
2009 · Drama
The Girlfriend Experience
2009 · Drama
O'Horten
2009 · Drama
Independencia
2009 · Drama
Tsar
2009 · History
Summer Hours
2009 · Drama
Air Doll
2009 · Drama
Castaway on the Moon
2009 · Comedy
Little Ashes
2009 · Biography
Adoration
2009 · Drama
Samson and Delilah
2009 · Romance
Melancholie der Engel
2009 · Mystery
The Merry Gentleman
2009 · Drama
The Limits of Control
2009 · Drama
Three Monkeys
2009 · Drama
The Wind Journeys
2009 · Music
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
2009 · Drama
Treeless Mountain
2009
Grey Gardens
2009 · Drama
Piano Girl
2009 · Drama
Lemon Tree
2009 · Drama
Skellig
2009 · Fantasy
Songs from the Southern Seas
2009 · Drama
The Last Summer in La Boyita
2009 · Drama
Ashes of Time : Redux
2009 · Action
Of Love and Other Demons
2009 · Drama
The Cake Eaters
2009 · Drama
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
2009 · Adventure
Tokyo Sonata
2009 · Drama
Everlasting Moments
2009 · Drama
Linear
2009 · Music
Taking Chance
2009 · War
Strella
2009 · Drama
Victoria Day
2009 · Drama
Cherry Blossoms
2009 · Drama
Silent Light
2009 · Drama
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