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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Judy Berlin
2000 · Drama
Claire Dolan
2000 · Drama
Seven Songs from the Tundra
2000 · Drama
Sleeping Bride
2000 · Drama
My Name Is Nobody
2000 · Crime
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000 · Drama
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Drama
Bicentennial Man
1999 · Sci-Fi
Onegin
1999 · Drama
The Green Mile
1999 · Drama
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999 · Drama
Santa and Pete
1999 · Drama
The End of the Affair
1999 · Drama
One Special Night
1999 · Drama
Last Night
1999 · Sci-Fi
The Legend of 1900
1999 · Drama
The Road Home
1999 · Romance
The Straight Story
1999 · Adventure
The Grandfather
1999 · Drama
Guinevere
1999 · Drama
Crane World
1999 · Drama
The Big Kahuna
1999 · Comedy
Same Love, Same Rain
1999 · Comedy
The Mirror
1999 · Crime
Darkness and Light
1999 · Drama
The Minus Man
1999 · Drama
Spring Forward
1999 · Drama
Bye Bye Africa
1999 · Drama
Seventeen Years
1999 · Drama
Asukh
1999 · Drama
Himalaya
1999 · Drama
Autumn Tale
1999 · Drama
Twin Falls Idaho
1999 · Drama
Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Drama
Late August, Early September
1999 · Drama
The Book of Stars
1999
Eternity and a Day
1999 · Drama
The Five Senses
1999 · Drama
Charisma
1999 · Thriller
Flowers From Another World
1999 · Drama
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