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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Hallam Foe
2007 · Comedy
The Home Song Stories
2007 · Drama
With a Little Patience
2007 · Drama
Kaiyoppu
2007 · Drama
Primrose Hill
2007 · Drama
And Thou Shalt Love
2007 · Drama
Venus
2006 · Drama
The Painted Veil
2006 · Drama
A Perfect Day
2006 · Drama
The Secret Life of Words
2006 · Drama
Housewife, 49
2006 · Drama
Off the Black
2006 · Drama
Family Law
2006 · Drama
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK
2006 · Romance
Cannibal
2006 · Horror
Takva: A Man’s Fear of God
2006 · Drama
Dreamland
2006 · Drama
The Architect
2006 · Drama
Once in a Summer
2006 · Romance
After This Our Exile
2006 · Drama
Solace
2006 · Drama
A Touch of Spice
2006 · Drama
The Fountain
2006 · Sci-Fi
Opal Dream
2006 · Drama
The Hamiltons
2006 · Horror
Fiction
2006 · Romance
Copying Beethoven
2006 · Drama
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006 · Biography
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
2006 · Drama
Prague
2006 · Drama
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 · Comedy
Umrao Jaan
2006 · Drama
The Haunted Airman
2006 · Horror
Climates
2006 · Drama
Longford
2006 · Drama
Mukhsin
2006 · Family
Sweet Land
2006 · Drama
The White Silk Dress
2006 · Drama
Tideland
2006 · Drama
Radio Star
2006 · Drama
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