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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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Elegy of the North
1957 · Drama
Il Posto
1961 · Drama
La Pointe Courte
1955 · Romance
A Man and a Woman
1966 · Drama
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Drama
Hum Dono
1961 · Drama
The Fire Within
1963 · Drama
Journey to Italy
1954 · Romance
A Gentle Woman
1969 · Romance
All I Desire
1953 · Drama
Repulsion
1965 · Horror
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Drama
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Romance
Yksityisalue
1962 · Drama
I Know Where I’m Going!
1945 · Drama
The Immortal Story
1968 · Romance
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Drama
Mirza Ghalib
1954 · Music
Rondo
1966 · Drama
The Hasty Heart
1949 · Drama
The Saragossa Manuscript
1965 · Mystery
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
1965 · War
Theorem
1968 · Drama
The Trial
1962 · Mystery
Your Son and Brother
1966 · Drama
The Song of Ceylon
1934 · Documentary
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Drama
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Drama
Elvira Madigan
1967 · Romance
The Happy Ending
1969 · Drama
My Side of the Mountain
1969 · Drama
The Man Who Played God
1932 · Romance
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933 · Drama
My Reputation
1946 · Drama
Dead of Night
1945 · Thriller
Nosferatu
1922 · Horror
Sanctuary
1961 · Drama
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947 · Fantasy
The Collector
1965 · Thriller
L’Eclisse
1962 · Romance
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