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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Love in the Afternoon
1972 · Romance
Sounder
1972 · Drama
Early Summer
1972 · Drama
Fat City
1972 · Drama
Junior Bonner
1972 · Western
St. Michael Had a Rooster
1972 · History
Images
1972 · Thriller
We Won’t Grow Old Together
1972 · Drama
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · Comedy
Tomorrow
1972 · Romance
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Drama
Roma
1972 · Comedy
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Drama
The New Land
1972 · Western
The Seagull
1972 · Drama
I Love You Rosa
1972 · Drama
Solaris
1972 · Mystery
An American Hippie in Israel
1972 · Action
Straw Dogs
1971 · Drama
Man in the Wilderness
1971 · Adventure
Two English Girls
1971 · Drama
Silence
1971 · Drama
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Drama
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Drama
The Failing of Raymond
1971 · Thriller
First Love
1971 · Drama
The Third Part of the Night
1971 · Drama
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 · Drama
Brother John
1971 · Drama
The Hired Hand
1971 · Western
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Drama
Mon oncle Antoine
1971 · Comedy
Vampyros Lesbos
1971 · Horror
The Touch
1971 · Romance
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · Drama
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Drama
Walkabout
1971 · Adventure
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Drama
Socrates
1971 · History
The Go-Between
1971 · Romance
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