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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Sagara Sangamam
1983 · Drama
The Makioka Sisters
1983 · Drama
Cross Creek
1983 · Drama
Three Crowns of the Sailor
1983 · Fantasy
Passion
1983 · Drama
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Drama
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983 · Drama
The Town Within Reach
1983 · War
An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill
1983 · Drama
Sacred Ground
1983 · Drama
Tender Mercies
1983 · Drama
Farewell
1983 · Drama
Local Hero
1983 · Drama
Arohan
1983
Lianna
1983 · Drama
Drifting
1983 · Drama
Heat and Dust
1983 · Drama
The Snowman
1982 · Family
The Voice
1982 · Drama
Fanny and Alexander
1982 · Mystery
Sophie's Choice
1982 · Drama
The Queen of Spades
1982 · Horror
Valentina
1982 · Drama
We of the Never Never
1982 · Drama
P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982 · Romance
The Girl from Trieste
1982 · Thriller
Antonieta
1982 · Drama
Flights in Dreams and in Reality
1982 · Drama
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982 · Drama
Identification of a Woman
1982 · Drama
The Ghost Dance
1982 · Horror
The Return of the Soldier
1982 · Drama
Elippathayam
1982 · Drama
Fitzcarraldo
1982 · Adventure
Sweet Hours
1982 · Drama
The Simple-Minded Murderer
1982 · Drama
On Top of the Whale
1982 · Fantasy
The Herdsman
1982 · Drama
Ghost Story
1981 · Thriller
On Golden Pond
1981 · Drama
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