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.

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Country
Markimdb: 8.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11

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

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

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

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

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    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, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:15

    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
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountrySpain, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, France
    Duration01:42

    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

    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: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    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: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:09

    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

    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

    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

    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: 6.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

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

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
    Duration01:28

    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

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

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredocumentary, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
    Duration02:30

    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: 5.3
    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

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

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

      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

        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: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
        CountrySouth Korea
        Duration00:55

        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.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        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 – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom

        In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryItaly, France
        Duration02:18

        With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

          Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountrySpain, Argentina, Uruguay
          Duration01:59

          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 energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the soul of Emma's tragically broken father.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

            A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:37

            A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryFrance, Belgium
            Duration00:59

            Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:05

            Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, music
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
            Duration01:33

            Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, drama
            CountryAustria, Germany
            Duration01:28

            In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.

            Markimdb: 3.7
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA

            Gail is forced to come to terms with Josh, her new stepson, at a remote country home. After stealing an evil talisman from a mysterious neighbor, Josh has sinister dreams of his dead mother, who commands Josh to murder Gail. When Josh's dad returns, he and Gail suspect that their son has been possessed by an ancient, bloodthirsty spirit. Is it too late to save Josh's life — or their own?

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
            CountryLuxembourg, Spain
            Duration01:57

            The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:22

              Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryFrance, Italy, USA
              Duration01:45

              A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

              Markimdb: 4.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:42

              A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrecomedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA

              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 that they can only fall asleep while next to each other.

              Markimdb: 5.6
              Genredrama
              CountryItaly

              A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.




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