# Slow burn films

> Patience required, pay-off in the last reel. Films that earn their ending by sitting with discomfort for two hours first. Includes the slow-cinema canon (Tarr, Akerman, Hou Hsiao-hsien) and the mainstream-ish slow burns (Manchester by the Sea, A Most Wanted Man, Burning). Not for restless viewers.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/mood/slow-burn/>

## 40 films in this list

- **[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 8.3 · 8,525 votes · slow-burn
- **[Taxi Driver](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/taxi-driver-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 8.1 · 13,377 votes · slow-burn
- **[Satantango](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/satantango-1994/)** (1994) — ★ 8.0 · 305 votes · slow-burn
- **[Winter Light](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/winter-light-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 7.9 · 498 votes · slow-burn
- **[Werckmeister Harmonies](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/werckmeister-harmonies-2001/)** (2001) — ★ 7.8 · 380 votes · slow-burn
- **[Elite Squad: The Enemy Within](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/elite-squad-the-enemy-within-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.8 · 2,030 votes · slow-burn
- **[Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spring-summer-fall-winter-and-spring-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.8 · 1,195 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Last Samurai](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-samurai-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.6 · 7,499 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Turin Horse](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-turin-horse-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 7.6 · 416 votes · slow-burn
- **[Blade Runner 2049](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/blade-runner-2049-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 7.6 · 15,063 votes · slow-burn
- **[Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 7.4 · 13,544 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Red Turtle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-red-turtle-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.4 · 1,364 votes · slow-burn
- **[American Sniper](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/american-sniper-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 7.4 · 13,600 votes · slow-burn
- **[An Inspector Calls](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/an-inspector-calls-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.4 · 259 votes · slow-burn
- **[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jin-roh-the-wolf-brigade-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.4 · 555 votes · slow-burn
- **[Burning](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/burning-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.4 · 1,810 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Social Network](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-social-network-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.4 · 13,108 votes · slow-burn
- **[Iron Lung](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/iron-lung-2026/)** (2026) — ★ 7.3 · 139 votes · slow-burn
- **[Picnic at Hanging Rock](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/picnic-at-hanging-rock-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.2 · 881 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Whispering Star](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-whispering-star-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.2 · 128 votes · slow-burn
- **[Paterson](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/paterson-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.1 · 2,051 votes · slow-burn
- **[Columbus](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/columbus-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 7.1 · 469 votes · slow-burn
- **[Millennium Mambo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/millennium-mambo-2001/)** (2001) — ★ 7.0 · 250 votes · slow-burn
- **[Coming Home](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/coming-home-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 7.0 · 17 votes · slow-burn
- **[River](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/river-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 6.9 · 104 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Outrun](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-outrun-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 6.8 · 330 votes · slow-burn
- **[Winter's Bone](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/winter-s-bone-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 6.8 · 1,982 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Da Vinci Code](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-da-vinci-code-2006/)** (2006) — ★ 6.7 · 10,018 votes · slow-burn
- **[Priscilla](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/priscilla-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 6.7 · 1,073 votes · slow-burn
- **[Dumb Money](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dumb-money-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 6.7 · 792 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Green Knight](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-green-knight-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.6 · 2,184 votes · slow-burn
- **[Annihilation](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/annihilation-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 6.4 · 9,324 votes · slow-burn
- **[Last and First Men](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/last-and-first-men-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.4 · 135 votes · slow-burn
- **[Leave the World Behind](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/leave-the-world-behind-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 6.4 · 3,199 votes · slow-burn
- **[Play Dirty](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/play-dirty-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 6.3 · 56 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Room](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-room-1992/)** (1992) — ★ 6.3 · 19 votes · slow-burn
- **[Moebius](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/moebius-1996/)** (1996) — ★ 6.2 · 56 votes · slow-burn
- **[The Card Counter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-card-counter-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.1 · 1,081 votes · slow-burn
- **[Rifkin’s Festival](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rifkins-festival-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.1 · 464 votes · slow-burn
- **[Memoria](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/memoria-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.0 · 268 votes · slow-burn

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