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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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Fireworks Wednesday
2006 · Drama
Blood Tea and Red String
2006 · Animation
Bubble
2006 · Drama
The Spirit of the Beehive
2006 · Drama
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006 · Thriller
The Bet Collector
2006 · Drama
15 Park Avenue
2006 · Drama
Who Loves the Sun
2006 · Comedy
The New World
2005 · Adventure
Caché (Hidden)
2005 · Drama
The White Countess
2005 · Drama
4:30
2005 · Drama
Thanmathra
2005 · Drama
Electric Shadows
2005 · Drama
The Blue Umbrella
2005 · Family
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Drama
Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)
2005 · Drama
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Drama
Taking Father Home
2005 · Drama
The GoodTimesKid
2005 · Comedy
Bee Season
2005 · Drama
Thavamai Thavamiruntu
2005 · Family
Antarmahal
2005 · Drama
Shopgirl
2005 · Drama
Innocence
2005 · Drama
Don't Tell
2005 · Drama
Loggerheads
2005 · Drama
Veronika Decides to Die
2005 · Drama
Not Here to Be Loved
2005 · Drama
Spring Snow
2005 · Drama
Capote
2005 · Biography
Mother of Mine
2005 · War
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
2005 · Drama
First on the Moon
2005 · Mystery
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 · Drama
Su-ki-da
2005 · Drama
Everything Is Illuminated
2005 · Drama
Separate Lies
2005 · Drama
An Unfinished Life
2005 · Drama
Keane
2005 · Drama
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