Slow-burn 142 films
Patience required, pay-off in the last reel. Calm, sparse, deliberate. Stalker, Burning, The Assassin. Not for restless viewers.
Moon
2009 · ★ 7.6
So finster die Nacht
2008 · ★ 7.5
Conjuring: Die Heimsuchung
2013 · ★ 7.5
[REC]
2007 · ★ 7.2
Planet der Affen - Survival
2017 · ★ 7.2
Insidious
2011 · ★ 6.9
Bird Box - Schließe deine Augen
2018 · ★ 6.8
Still
2016 · ★ 6.7
The Tree of Life
2011 · ★ 6.7
X
2022 · ★ 6.7
The Invitation
2016 · ★ 6.4
The Boy
2016 · ★ 6.0
Mystic River
2003 · ★ 7.7
The Descent - Abgrund des Grauens
2005 · ★ 7.0
Ring
2002 · ★ 6.7
Disturbia - Auch Killer haben Nachbarn
2007 · ★ 6.7
Under the Skin
2014 · ★ 6.1
Die durch die Hölle gehen
1978 · ★ 8.0
21 Gramm
2003 · ★ 7.3
Doctor Sleeps Erwachen
2019 · ★ 7.1
Der Name der Rose
1986 · ★ 7.5
Life of Pi - Schiffbruch mit Tiger
2012 · ★ 7.4
Sunshine
2007 · ★ 7.0
Das Fenster zum Hof
1954 · ★ 8.3
Boulevard der Dämmerung
1950 · ★ 8.3
Die Taschendiebin
2016 · ★ 8.2
Der Elefantenmensch
1980 · ★ 8.0
Die Schneegesellschaft
2023 · ★ 8.0
Rosemaries Baby
1968 · ★ 7.8
Der weiße Hai
1975 · ★ 7.7
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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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