Movies about insomnia

Movies about insomnia
List of the best films about insomnia, selected by visitors to our site: Fight Club, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Just Another Dream, Before I Wake, Taxi Driver, Mara, Muse, Come True, Awake, Another Year.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 8.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11
CharactersLosers
PlotFight, Fights without rules, Obsession, Split personality, Loneliness
StyleInteresting, Popular, Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Mind-altering

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 way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:32
CharactersManiacs, Teens, Serial killers, Alcoholics
PlotSupernatural, Fear, Dreams
PlaceSmall cities
StyleHeavy, Tense, Disturbing

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Markimdb: 3.8
Genreaction, drama
CountryUSA
PlotDreams

When a fateful injury sparks an ordinary girl to have foretelling dreams, she is forced into a race against time to save her family and prove her sanity.... or is it JUST ANOTHER DREAM?

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:29
CharactersMonsters, Family, Orphans, Parents
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Cancer, Ghosts, Adoption
PlaceUSA
TimeNew Year
StylePsychological problems, Atmospheric, Serious, Disturbing

About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:53
CharactersTaxi drivers, Introverts, Drivers
PlotObsession, Loneliness, Mental disorders, Depression, Insomnia
PlaceNew York
StyleHeavy, Depressive, Disturbing

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:15
CharactersDemons, Psychologists, Clairvoyants
PlotInvestigation, Death, Supernatural, Dreams, Fear
StyleTense, Creepy, Disturbing

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 kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
CountrySpain, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, France
Duration01:42
CharactersWitch
PlotAdventure, Investigation, Death, Supernatural, Dreams
PlaceParallel worlds, USA
StylePsychological problems, Action, Tense, Depressive, Serious

Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: the Muses.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror
CountryCanada
CharactersInvestigators

High school student Sarah is at her lowest point when she runs away from home and finds herself with no one to rely on and struggling with recurring nightmares. She chances upon a university sleep study that offers the promise of safety and money, and which also brings her an unexpected friend and confidant in the overseeing scientist Jeremy. But there’s something curious about proceedings, and being under observation seems to make Sarah’s disturbing dreams even worse. As the darkness begins to close in, it’s soon clear that Sarah has unknowingly become the conduit to a horrifying new discovery…

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Single mothers
PlotSurvival, End of the world, Apocalypse, Insomnia
PlaceUSA

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 daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:09
CharactersLawyers, Friends
PlotLife, Friendship, Loneliness, Jealousy, Family life
PlaceEngland, London
StyleSoulful, Gloomy, Touching, Serious

Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersCIA, Spy, Hired assassins, Partners
PlotTravel, Passion, Double life
StyleExciting

After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, drama
CountrySweden
Duration01:30
CharactersArtists
PlotObsession, Mental disorders
PlaceIslands
StylePsychological problems, Atmospheric, Gloomy, Depressive, Serious

An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past on a windy island. Between midnight and dawn, he tells his wife about his most painful memories.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration02:31
CharactersAstronauts
PlotLove, Survival, Adventure, Loneliness, Fate
PlaceSpace, Spaceships
TimeFuture

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:24
CharactersLawyers
PlotLove triangle
PlaceParty
StyleRomantic, To cry, Smart, Touching

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon
CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
Duration01:28
CharactersDogs, Animals, Childrens, Warriors
PlotSurvival, Travel, Friendship, Conspiracies, Freedom
PlaceIslands, Japan
StyleSoulful, Fascinating, Tense, Fancy, Epic

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, military
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersSoldier
PlotVirtual Reality, Mystery, Supernatural, Mystery, Ghosts
TimeWorld War II, Dark ones
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Tense, Gloomy, Serious

A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
Duration02:30
CharactersSoldier
PlotWar, On real events
TimeWorld War I

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryGermany

Two men, to lives, a fateful encounter: Hagen suffers from irregular phases of sleep in which he cannot decide between dream and reality. When his frustrated wife cheats on him with the small-time criminal Niko a series of disturbing events is set in motion and the lives of both men will never be the same.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Malta
Duration01:39
CharactersDogs, Killers, Thieves, Cooks, Lawyers
PlotTime travel, Travel, Prison Break, Abduction, Revenge
PlaceTrains, Mountains
StyleUnexpected ending, Tense

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:25
CharactersMillionaires, Womanizers
PlotWedding, Swimming, Divorce, Insomnia
PlaceFrance, Beach, Hotels
TimeHoneymoon
StyleRomantic

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to tame him.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration01:41
CharactersPhotographers, Actors, Housewives
PlotLove, Time travel, Travel, Friendship, Loneliness
PlaceJapan, Hotels, Asia
StylePsychological problems, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Touching

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.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:47
CharactersSerial killers, FBI, Psychiatrists
PlotAbduction, Virtual Reality, Dreams
StylePsychological problems, Twisted plot, Atmospheric, Psychedelic, Serious

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryFrance, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration01:52
CharactersStreet children
PlotAdventure, Friendship, Dreams
PlaceIslands
StyleAtmospheric, Gothic

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:37
CharactersIntroverts
PlotPuzzles, Obsession, Loneliness, Mental disorders, Insomnia
StyleInteresting, Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Twisted plot, Fancy

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 ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
CountryCanada
Duration01:40
CharactersLesbians, Gods, Demons
PlotAbduction, Passion, Obsession, Missing people
PlaceCanada
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Tense, Depressive

A young girl is abducted by a man, who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…she’s changing.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:00
CharactersDemons, Family, Pregnant, Students
PlotSupernatural, Curses, Ghosts, Damn things

A young college professor and his pregnant wife unwittingly release a malevolent entity with murderous intentions.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:18
CharactersStewardesses, Pilots
PlotDisasters, Investigation, Mystery, Mystery
PlaceAircraft, Court, USA
StylePsychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Depressive, Serious

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:28
CharactersHackers, Spy, Scammers
PlotAdventure, Puzzles, Skirmishes, Fight, Virtual Reality
PlaceParallel worlds
StyleInteresting, Popular, Exciting, Psychological problems, Action

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 person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:43
CharactersClairvoyants
PlotMystery, Supernatural, Life after death, Ghosts, Fear
PlaceParallel worlds
StyleDisturbing

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:55
CharactersHeroes, Scientists, Fathers, Reporters
PlotTime travel, Abduction, Revenge, Investigation, Mystery
PlaceKorea
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With the help of a detective and a psychiatrist friend, he will retrace his memory of the incident through the use of lucid dreaming techniques.





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