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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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1988 · Drama
Wings of Desire
1988 · Drama
The Music Teacher
1988 · Music
Bagdad Cafe
1988 · Drama
Ayitham
1988 · Drama
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
1988 · Horror
A Short Film About Killing
1988 · Crime
Babette's Feast
1988 · Drama
Kung-Fu Master!
1988 · Drama
The Black Monk
1988 · Romance
The Telephone
1988 · Comedy
Wartime
1988 · Action
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988 · Drama
Mister Designer
1987 · Horror
Le vie del Signore sono finite
1987 · Comedy
September
1987 · Drama
Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · Drama
Rouge
1987 · Drama
The Secret Garden
1987 · Family
Housekeeping
1987 · Comedy
The Jester
1987 · Drama
Ijaazat
1987 · Romance
The Year My Voice Broke
1987 · Drama
The Whales of August
1987 · Drama
Morning Patrol
1987 · Drama
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
1987 · Drama
Maurice
1987 · Drama
The Belly of an Architect
1987 · Drama
Family Viewing
1987 · Drama
The Dead
1987 · Drama
Wartime
1987 · War
Thaniyavarthanam
1987 · Drama
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987 · Drama
The Man with Three Coffins
1987 · Drama
Under the Sun of Satan
1987 · Drama
A Month in the Country
1987 · Drama
Nombarathi Poovu
1987 · Drama
Osmanthus Alley
1987 · Drama
The Surrogate Womb
1987 · Drama
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Drama
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