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Slow Burn Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Suzanne’s Career
1963 · Drama
Sex in Chains
1928 · Drama
The Night of the Generals
1967 · War
Girl with Hyacinths
1950 · Mystery
Onibaba
1964 · Horror
Devdas
1955 · Romance
The Sun in a Net
1963 · Drama
My Night at Maud’s
1969 · Romance
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Drama
The Arrangement
1969 · Romance
Dancing Girl
1951 · Drama
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Drama
Out of an Old Man’s Head
1968 · Comedy
The Enchanted Cottage
1945 · Drama
The Fiancés
1963 · Drama
September Affair
1950 · Romance
Early Summer
1951 · Drama
Berkeley Square
1933 · Romance
A Majority of One
1961 · Drama
The Magus
1968 · Drama
The Silence
1963 · Drama
The Blue Veil
1951 · Drama
Black Peter
1964 · Drama
The Whisperers
1967 · Drama
Hunger
1966 · Drama
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Romance
Winter Light
1963 · Drama
Careless
1962 · Romance
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Drama
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Romance
Sweet Love, Bitter
1967 · Drama
David and Lisa
1962 · Drama
The Shooting
1966 · Western
Model Shop
1969 · Romance
La Notte
1961 · Drama
Jogan
1950 · Romance
Ring of Bright Water
1969 · Family
The Prisoner
1955 · Drama
Khamoshi
1969 · Drama
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Drama
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