Sleeping movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sleeping movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological, scary, serious and weird films and TV shows about / with sleeping, sleep disorder, supernatural, insomnia, death, nightmare, murder, fear, blood and chase plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sleeping: Sleep Tight (2011), Sleep No More (2017), Echoes (2014), Cemetery of Splendor (2015), Parasomnia (2008), Sleep (2023), You Shall Not Sleep (2018), Dead Awake (2016), Dreamscape (1984), The City of Lost Children (1995).
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List of sleeping movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Apartment concierge Cesar is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalking, home invasion, obsession, domestic disturbance, psycho, apartment building, caretaker, maniac, loner, woman in danger, voyeurism, concierge ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's 1986 and a group of grad students are close to discovering what happens to the human brain after staying awake for 200 hours, but something goes terribly wrong with a test subject. After their department is shut down, the team moves ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
insomnia, sleeping, supernatural, ghost, killing, murder, vengeance, exorcism, loss, human experiment, good versus evil, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, scary ...
Plot:
sleeping, supernatural, deathtrap, manhunt, sadism, strong violent content, ghost, closeup of eyes, unfaithfulness, woman in jeopardy, unfaithful husband, housekeeper ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, salt lake city utah, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Thailand, UK, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be ...
Style:
surreal, art house, enigmatic, romantic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
sleeping, soldier, hospital, medium, disability, illness, cemetery, zen, parallel world, mutilation, diary, love ...
Place:
thailand
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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:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
insomnia, mentally unstable, obsession, woman in danger, danger, fall in love, rehabilitation, sleeping, self mutilation, death, hypnosis, female killer ...
Time:
21st century
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7K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hyun-su and Soo-jin are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
sleepwalking, sleeping, married couple, husband wife relationship, sleepwalker, pregnancy, couple relations, male female relationship, family problems, problem, family relations, pregnant woman ...
Place:
korea
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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:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
insomnia, mysterious death, sleeping, mental institution, paranormal activity, abandoned building, hallucination, experiment, stage play, fire, theater, death ...
Time:
year 1975, year 1984
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who is investigating in the mysterious deaths of people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
nightmare, sleeping, supernatural, creature, ghost, social worker, sudden death, killing, vengeance, evil, deadly creature, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in his sleep from a heart attack Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in ...
Style:
cult classic, surreal, psychological, futuristic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, psychic power, psychic, conspiracy, lucid dream, assassin, murder, telepathy, cheerleader, nuclear holocaust, u.s. president ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future
Place:
illinois, washington d.c., los angeles
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
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10K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which ...
Style:
scary, suspense, mystical, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, demon, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, danger, characters killed one by one, fear, insomnia, strangulation, supernatural, macabre, murder investigation ...
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17K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, serious, f word
Plot:
solitude, living alone, new life, nature, family tragedy, female protagonist, mountain, wilderness, rocky mountains, mountain cabin, fishing, death of family ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, chicago
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
Style:
slasher, scary, sexy, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, supernatural, nightmare on elm street, filmmaking, blood, serial killer, hospital, sleeping, insomnia, psychopath, alternate reality, death ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
ohio, los angeles, california, new jersey
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11K
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:
medical horror, atmospheric, twisted, psychological
Plot:
insomnia, nightmare, sleeping, medical, terminal illness, cure, student, disease, illness, medicine, waking up, dreaming ...
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids, adult
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, supernatural horror, nightmare, killer, dead teenager, dream, supernatural, group of teenagers, trapped, maniac, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, ohio
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, soldier, toxic, alien, research, paranoia, teenage life, emotionless, invasion, military, sleeping ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place:
alabama, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A visionary romance based on a contemporary reading of Dante.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
sleeping, breast feeding, obsession, a vision, car accident, loss, supermarket, escape from reality, death of girlfriend, female nudity, underground, sleep disorder ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style:
sweet, colorful, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, misunderstanding, animal human communication, compassion, spider, rat, cat ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, new england, maine
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A psychology professor begins a case study with three subjects who are suffering from sleep paralysis. As the study goes on, what is real and what is dream become mingled with violent consequences.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
science runs amok, sleeping, murder, murder suspect, murder investigation, murder mystery, suspicion of murder, scientific research, escape from reality, research, suspicion, scientific experiment ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
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13K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
Style:
suspense, psychological, psychological horror, psychological thriller, surreal ...
Plot:
coma, sleeping, surrealism, sleepwalking, dream, danger, heroes, alternate reality, imagination, escapades, subconscious, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
hypnosis, serial killer, amateur detective, occult, telepathy, insomnia, mind game, police investigation, psychopath, supernatural ability, murder, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, england
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17K
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:
suspense, tense, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, insomnia, murder, serial killer, male nudity, manipulation, small town, sleeping, police officer killed, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only ...
Style:
slasher, scary, homoerotic, creepy, retro ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, gay, gay subtext, homoeroticism, homoerotic friendship, nightmare on elm street, high school, serial killer, monster, revenge, gory, gay bar ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
usa, midwest, ohio
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, scary, slasher
Plot:
sleeping, experiment, monster, murder, characters killed one by one, supernatural, paranormal, sleep disorder, youth, ghost, 8 year old girl, aunt niece relationship ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.
Style:
demonic, captivating, bleak, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, supernatural horror, sleeping, paranormal activity, supernatural, laboratory, haunted by the past, doctor, hallucination, female protagonist, flash forward, medication ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, fear, paranormal activity, panic, ghost, found footage, demon, supernatural horror, evil force, demonic possession, couples ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
america, los angeles, california, usa, san diego california
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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 twisting ...
Plot:
nightmare, insomnia, police, professor, uncover truth, obsession, hallucination, sleeping, murder, haunted by the past, missing person, teacher ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Style:
dark comedy, psychological horror, psychological, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, satire, halloween, family relations, sleeping, professor, popularity, rising to stardom, male protagonist, bad dream, price of fame ...
Place:
france
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