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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Hope Springs
2003 · Romance
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003 · Drama
A Painted House
2003 · Drama
House of Fools
2003 · Drama
Love Comes Softly
2003 · Drama
Marion Bridge
2003 · Drama
The Man Without a Past
2003 · Drama
The Good Thief
2003 · Drama
Assassination Tango
2003 · Drama
Unknown Pleasures
2003 · Drama
Under the City's Skin
2003 · Drama
Ten
2003 · Drama
Gods and Generals
2003 · Action
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2003 · Drama
Gerry
2003 · Adventure
All the Real Girls
2003 · Drama
A Short Film About John Bolton
2003 · Documentary
Monte Walsh
2003 · Western
Divine Intervention
2003 · Drama
Crimson Gold
2003 · Drama
The Son
2003 · Drama
The Slaughter Rule
2003 · Drama
Gun-shy
2003 · Thriller
Love Liza
2002 · Drama
The Hours
2002 · Drama
Morvern Callar
2002 · Drama
About Schmidt
2002 · Drama
Soap Girl
2002 · Drama
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
2002 · Drama
Russian Ark
2002 · Drama
Solaris
2002 · Sci-Fi
Talk to Her
2002 · Drama
Elina: As If I Wasn’t There
2002 · Drama
Ararat
2002 · Drama
The Way Home
2002 · Drama
Far From Heaven
2002 · Drama
Ardor
2002 · Thriller
Road Movie
2002 · Romance
The Business of Fancydancing
2002 · Drama
Kamchatka
2002 · Drama
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