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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,239 slow burn movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Gaman
1978 · Drama
Rocking Horse
1978 · Drama
The Gathering
1977 · Drama
The Last Wave
1977 · Drama
Madame Rosa
1977 · Comedy
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977 · History
Bobby Deerfield
1977 · Drama
To an Unknown God
1977 · Drama
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977 · Comedy
The Devil, Probably
1977 · Drama
Wounded Game
1977 · Drama
Padre Padrone
1977 · Drama
Stroszek
1977 · Drama
A Special Day
1977 · Drama
Kinara
1977
Hidden Pleasures
1977 · Drama
The Ascent
1977 · Drama
Smoke on the Potato Fields
1977 · Drama
Alice or the Last Escapade
1977 · Thriller
The Gardener’s Son
1977 · Drama
Green Eyes
1977 · War
Dead End
1977 · Drama
On Thursday and Never Again
1977 · Drama
Castle of Otranto
1977 · Animation
The Wishing Tree
1976 · Drama
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Drama
Stepan’s Remembrance
1976 · Fantasy
The Anchorite
1976 · Drama
Burnt Offerings
1976 · Mystery
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
1976 · Horror
A Matter of Time
1976 · Fantasy
The House with Laughing Windows
1976 · Thriller
Coup de Grâce
1976 · Drama
Lifeguard
1976 · Drama
The Tenant
1976 · Drama
A Sweet Woman
1976 · Romance
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…
1976 · War
Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · Drama
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Sci-Fi
Face to Face
1976 · Drama
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