Slow-burn 3708 films
Patience required, pay-off in the last reel. Calm, sparse, deliberate. Stalker, Burning, The Assassin. Not for restless viewers.
The Resident
2011 · ★ 5.8
The Hole
2009 · ★ 5.8
Cuckoo
2024 · ★ 5.8
Silk
2007 · ★ 5.8
Black Tide
2018 · ★ 5.7
Little Fish
2005 · ★ 5.7
The Surfer
2025 · ★ 5.7
Best Laid Plans
1999 · ★ 5.7
Lily C.A.T.
1987 · ★ 5.7
Red Planet
2000 · ★ 5.7
The Forgiven
2022 · ★ 5.7
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 · ★ 5.7
The Abyss
2023 · ★ 5.7
The Order
2003 · ★ 5.7
Shelby Oaks
2025 · ★ 5.7
Vampire Island
2009 · ★ 5.7
My Sister, My Love
2007 · ★ 5.7
A House on the Bayou
2021 · ★ 5.7
Manhole
2014 · ★ 5.7
The Deal
2015 · ★ 5.7
A Single Shot
2013 · ★ 5.7
Angel Guts: Red Porno
1981 · ★ 5.7
Cosmopolis
2012 · ★ 5.7
Cube Zero
2004 · ★ 5.7
Captive State
2019 · ★ 5.7
Parasite Eve
1997 · ★ 5.7
Don't Look Back
2009 · ★ 5.6
The Black Dahlia
2006 · ★ 5.6
The Sting of Death
1990 · ★ 5.6
In Country
1989 · ★ 5.6
Questions about this film
What does "Slow-burn" mean in our catalog?
Patience required, pay-off in the last reel. Calm, sparse, deliberate. Stalker, Burning, The Assassin. Not for restless viewers.
How are these films tagged "slow-burn"?
We infer mood tags from TMDB keywords, runtime, year, genre, and language using rule-based heuristics. A film gets the slow-burn tag when at least one of those rules fires with weight ≥ 0.5. The catalog refreshes the inference every time new films enter.
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