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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Pickpocket
1959 · Drama
Two Loves
1961 · Drama
A Quiet Week in the House
1969 · Animation
Yearning
1964 · Romance
Stars
1959 · Drama
L’Immortelle
1963 · Mystery
The Lower Depths
1937 · Drama
Robinson Crusoe
1954 · Drama
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Horror
Blonde Cobra
1963
Gigot
1962 · Comedy
Brief Encounters
1967 · Romance
Devi
1960 · Drama
Sons and Lovers
1960 · Drama
The President
1961 · Drama
Ship of Fools
1965 · Drama
The Outrage
1964 · Western
Smilin’ Through
1932 · Drama
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Drama
There Is Such a Lad
1964 · Comedy
If Winter Comes
1947 · Drama
Poem of the Sea
1958 · Drama
Staircase
1969 · Drama
Paula
1952 · Drama
Sundays and Cybele
1962 · Drama
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Drama
A Home for Tanya
1959 · Drama
Lost Horizon
1937 · Adventure
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Drama
Over the Hill
1931 · Drama
Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Mystery
Umka
1969 · Animation
The Face of Another
1966 · Drama
Simon of the Desert
1965 · Comedy
The Joke
1969 · Comedy
Young Aphrodites
1963 · Romance
Red Desert
1964 · Drama
Rapture
1965 · Romance
Spring in a Small Town
1948 · Drama
Hold Back Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
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