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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 Committee
1968 · Music
Late Autumn
1960 · Drama
Lease of Life
1954 · Drama
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
1945 · Romance
L’Atalante
1934 · Romance
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · Drama
The Gentle Rain
1966 · Drama
Germany, Year Zero
1948 · Drama
The Bespoke Overcoat
1955 · Drama
A Long Happy Life
1966 · Drama
Lydia
1941 · Romance
Arturo’s Island
1962 · Drama
The Bigamist
1953 · Romance
Bandini
1963 · Romance
Men and Beasts
1962 · Drama
There’s Always Tomorrow
1934 · Romance
Bhuvan Shome
1969 · Drama
The Sandpiper
1965 · Romance
July Rain
1967 · Drama
The Secret Garden
1949 · Family
The Holly and the Ivy
1952 · Drama
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Drama
Contempt
1963 · Drama
Charulata
1964 · Drama
Camilla
1954 · Comedy
The Stone Flower
1946 · Fantasy
Finis Terræ
1929 · Drama
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Drama
Young Widow
1946 · Drama
Raven’s End
1963 · Drama
Thousand Cranes
1969 · Drama
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Drama
Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Romance
Black Girl
1966 · Drama
Start-Up
2020 · Comedy
Alas and Alack
1915 · Drama
The Flame Trees of Thika
1981 · Drama
Guest of Honor
2019 · Drama
Picnic at Hanging Rock
2018 · Mystery
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013 · Documentary
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