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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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The End of the Day
1939 · Drama
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1962 · Drama
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Comedy
Marianela
1940 · Drama
A Mother’s Love
1950 · Drama
Thunder Rock
1942 · War
Two
1965 · Family
The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
1966 · Music
The Passion of Anna
1969 · Drama
Pigsty
1969 · Drama
Gigi
1949 · Comedy
The Two of Us
1967 · Comedy
Man Is Not a Bird
1965 · Drama
Happy Land
1943 · Fantasy
La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Deep Jele Jaai
1959 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
1959 · War
Anupama
1966 · Drama
Shooting the Past
1999 · Drama
The Leopard
1963 · Drama
The Gifts of My Cousin Maria
1969 · Horror
The Fool Killer
1965 · Mystery
Summertime
1955 · Drama
The Blue Light
1932 · Drama
I Vitelloni
1953 · Comedy
Anuradha
1960 · Drama
The Reluctant Saint
1962 · Drama
Night Unto Night
1949 · Drama
Black Cat Mansion
1958 · Horror
Olivia
1951 · Drama
Umberto D.
1952 · Drama
I Am Twenty
1965 · Drama
Vampyr
1932 · Mystery
The Magic Box
1951 · Drama
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Romance
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Drama
Kes
1969 · Drama
Mon Oncle
1958 · Comedy
The Swimmer
1968 · Drama
Five
1951 · Drama
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