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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Seven Servants
1996 · Drama
Big Night
1996 · Drama
Ponette
1996 · Drama
Kissed
1996 · Romance
Unhook the Stars
1996 · Romance
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 · Drama
Losing Chase
1996 · Drama
Close Your Eyes and Hold Me
1996 · Romance
Lone Star
1996 · Drama
Stealing Beauty
1996 · Drama
A Summer’s Tale
1996 · Comedy
Heavy
1996 · Drama
A Friend’s Betrayal
1996 · Drama
Family Resemblances
1996 · Comedy
Dead Man
1996 · Drama
Things I Never Told You
1996 · Romance
August Vacation
1996 · Drama
The Quiet Room
1996 · Drama
Haru
1996 · Romance
Follow Your Heart
1996 · Drama
The Other Side of Sunday
1996 · Comedy
The Hunters
1996 · Thriller
Jane Eyre
1996 · Drama
Anantha Rathriya
1996 · Drama
Kraurya
1995 · Drama
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Drama
Three Wishes
1995 · Family
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 · Drama
Feast of July
1995 · Drama
Zero Kelvin
1995 · Drama
Angels and Insects
1995 · Romance
August in the Water
1995 · Drama
Safe
1995 · Drama
Il Postino: The Postman
1995 · Biography
Smoke
1995 · Drama
Harvest Home
1995 · Drama
A Last Note
1995 · Drama
The Bridges of Madison County
1995 · Drama
Ulysses’ Gaze
1995 · History
Persuasion
1995 · Drama
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