Insomnia movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant insomnia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with insomnia, sleep disorder, suspense, murder, obsession, sleeping, death, female nudity, storytelling and dream plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
insomnia
TOP 10 movies tagged as insomnia: The Machinist (2004), Fight Club (1999), Lucid (2005), You Shall Not Sleep (2018), Cashback (2006), The Insomniac (2013), No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018), Chasing Sleep (2000), Parasomnia (2008), Lost in Translation (2003).
Best films
List of insomnia movies
397K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
insanity, insomnia, hallucination, uncover truth, paranoia, obsession, twists and turns, mysterious character, suspense, losing-it hero, loneliness, schizophrenia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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2.2M
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, twist ending, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, plot twist, fight, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, against the rules, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
delaware, los angeles, usa
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298
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thirty-two year old Winnipeger Joel Rothman's personal life falls apart after his wife, Mari, catches him cheating. Following, he can't sleep which affects the parenting of his adolescent daughter Jenny. A therapist, he dismisses the work ...
Style:
psychological, neo noir, captivating, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
insomnia, group therapy, doctors and patients, mental illness, losing-it hero, family problems, unfulfillment, post traumatic stress, father daughter relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorder, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, rough, mystical
Plot:
experiment, insomnia, hallucination, mysterious death, mental institution, human experiment, suspense, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigator, supernatural, craziness, paranormal activity ...
Time:
year 1984, year 1975
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89K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Style:
sexy, humorous, surreal, meditative, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
breakup, artist, introspection, stopped time, sexual attraction, workplace, supermarket, time freeze, insomnia, student, painting, art school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
John Figg has a great career and a gorgeous fiancée. When he inherits a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, he finally starts to feel like his life is coming together. Trouble arises, however, when John's house is burglarized, and the thieves ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark
Plot:
insomnia, home invasion, whodunit, heist, breaking and entering, suspicion, burglar, theft, invasion, suspense, robbery, paranoia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lizzie, a high-end event planner, lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, insomnia, holiday, male female relationship, unlikely couple, fall in love, looking for love, love and romance, lifestyle change, stereotypes, loneliness, impulsiveness ...
Place:
chicago illinois
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
nightmare, insomnia, police, professor, uncover truth, obsession, murder, haunted by the past, hallucination, missing person, teacher, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher
Plot:
serial killer, mentally unstable, insomnia, suspense, obsession, woman in danger, fall in love, rehabilitation, self mutilation, death, girl, hypnosis ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, psychological, intellectual, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, midlife crisis, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, relationships, fish out of water, love story, unlikely couple, actor, adultery, culture clash ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, canada, yale university ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – ...
Style:
gothic, scary, psychological, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, evil, supernatural, suspense, psychology, survival, insomnia, domestic disturbance, destiny, vengeance, research ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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10K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Karla, a young medical student, is trying to cure her brother, Blake, from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to treat him, a more sinister reason for his condition is ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological
Plot:
cure, terminal illness, illness, student, disease, insomnia, medicine, nightmare, dreaming, dream, medical student, treatment ...
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
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300K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, small town, murder, investigation, character study, investigator, police, suspense, police corruption, snow, guilt, murderer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, los angeles, usa
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15K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins ...
Style:
psychological, tense, neo noir, enigmatic, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, suspense, insomnia, murder, police detective, serial killer, murder mystery, manipulation, police officer killed, dishonesty, loss of partner, macabre ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
norway, europe
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man. Then in walks a new employee and they click - until she discovers he has a girlfriend. Undaunted, she moves to ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, insomnia, friends, jealousy, loneliness, gay, unlikely couple, looking for love, couple relations, fall in love, love triangle, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, new jersey, vancouver, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
subconscious, supernatural, orphan, child, nightmare, supernatural ability, insomnia, dream, adoption, monster, little boy, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An insomniac (Stephen Baldwin) who walks the streets at night witnesses a murder which triggers a strange chain of events.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
murder, insomnia, psychopath, mind game, uncover truth, investigation, amateur detective, protagonist as suspect, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, sleep disorder ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A romantic comedy which is about a timpanist witnessing a murder case but cannot remember anything about what happened. With the help from a mysterious guy, she attempts to recover her memories from that day.
Style:
captivating, non-linear
Plot:
murder, insomnia, investigation, memory, twists and turns, dangerous friend, stalker, rivalry, audition, musician, intrigue, suspense ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
Style:
romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer, teen romance, insomnia, dating, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, adolescence, night, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Loosely inspired by the director’s own memory of a girl’s disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community.
Style:
surreal, tense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, amateur detective, who done it, insomnia, small town, paranoia, funeral, corpse, sleepwalking, sleep disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, mind bending
Plot:
obsession, murder, law enforcement, insomnia, anniversary, death of son, nightmare, serial killer, women, forest, gays and lesbians, rabbit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
iraq war, father daughter relationship, family relations, support group, insomnia, parents and children, truth, patriotism, couple relations, anti war, on the road, death in the family ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, florida, iraq, middle east, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A strange man is involved in a village massacre and drug dealing.
Style:
experimental, surreal, humorous, mind bending, serious ...
Plot:
insomnia, countryside, drug dealer, gangsters, losing-it hero, dark humor, psychopath, love affair, teenage life, youth, on the run, gang ...
Time:
21st century
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2K
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jennifer Conrad is a small-town girl starting over in the big city. Fleeing an abusive relationship, all she wants is a chance to begin again. But it is hard to start over when something is eating you while you sleep . . . one painful bite at a time.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
job interview, kleptomania, monster, insomnia, suicide, exploitation, dark past, confronting the past, suspense, hunted, female protagonist, terror ...
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374
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, insomnia, murder, rivalry, suspense, violence, serial killer, trippy, gangsters, neighbor, arrest, businessman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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2K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it’s too late.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
medical examiner, student, insomnia, suspense, physician, experiment gone awry, human experiment, experiment, medical, scientific experiment, boy, teenager ...
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23K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own ...
Style:
road movie, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot:
little girl, apocalypse, female protagonist, suspense, sleep deprivation, daughter, police officer killed, brother sister relationship, young widow, meditation, worldwide chaos, worried mother ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
peeping tom, japanese teenager, husband wife relationship, beach, peeping, insomnia, japanese woman, teenage girl, waitress, amusement park, teenager, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
Style:
non-linear, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, serious ...
Plot:
disorder, actor's life, artists and showbiz, workplace, drugs, pills, love, marriage proposal, dream, insomnia, split personality, lucid dreaming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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