The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian 2021

7.43

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

2021

Awake

Awake 2021

5.89

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.

2021

Dark Circles

Dark Circles 2013

5.00

When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.

2013

Sleepy-Time Tom

Sleepy-Time Tom 1951

6.80

Tom has been out late carousing with his chums. When he gets home, Mammy won't take any excuses, and insists he stay awake; Jerry, overhearing, thus tries a number of schemes to get Tom to sleep.

1951

A Pest in the House

A Pest in the House 1947

6.90

A very tired businessman needs some sleep and checks into a hotel run by Elmer Fudd, where Daffy Duck is the bellhop.

1947

The Other Side of Sleep

The Other Side of Sleep 2011

4.40

Loosely inspired by the director’s own memory of a girl’s disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene, a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community.

2011

Sleepless Beauty

Sleepless Beauty 2020

5.83

A young woman, Mila, is kidnapped by a mysterious and dangerous organization known as Recreation. Forced to stay awake and under constant surveillance, Mila must fight for control of her own mind.

2020

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven 1981

7.20

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David's chilling transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.

1981

Tomorrow Is a Long Time

Tomorrow Is a Long Time 2024

1

Life is not the most fulfilling for sixteen-year-old Meng: Lounging at home with his grieving father on a daily basis, being excluded from his family’s past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Everything changes when he is thrown into a life-altering adventure that propels him into an exciting unfamiliar landscape.

2024

(Un)alarmed

(Un)alarmed 2022

10.00

Derek, a young man indebted to his sleep and schoolwork fractures his perception of reality as his association of alarm and anxiety is numbed by the repetition of his stresses.

2022

The Border of the Dream

The Border of the Dream 1957

8.00

A story that moves between reality and fiction, in which a family event unleashes a curse that falls on the three main characters. Insomnia, madness and an enigmatic character guide the outcome of this illusion.

1957

Blonde Inspiration

Blonde Inspiration 1941

5.40

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

1941

Cock-a-Doodle Dog

Cock-a-Doodle Dog 1951

6.40

Collection of classic Tex Avery visual gags, set up as a battle between a sleep-deprived bulldog who just wants some shut-eye and a rooster driven by his natural instincts to crow all night long.

1951

Deprivation

Deprivation 2019

6.60

Three friends film themselves attempting to stay awake in a cabin for an entire week straight. As they expectedly begin to hallucinate, they realize that their "hallucinations" are showing up on camera.

2019

Cerebella

Cerebella 2009

3.00

A young woman gets a hotel room and contends with sleep deprivation. The third in Adam Wingard's "Forgot My Meds" trilogy of short films.

2009

Bedtime for Sniffles

Bedtime for Sniffles 1940

6.00

Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.

1940

Noise

Noise 1970

1

5:04 am. A woman lies awake because the neighbors are quarreling. Her husband doesn't care. Finally she makes a phone call. An expression of horror registers on her face.

1970

Shattered

Shattered 2003

1

Shattered was a reality television programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It aired in 2004. Ten contestants were challenged with going without sleep for seven days while their actions were constantly monitored. Over the seven days the ten housemates had to endure daily performance testing and a variety of challenges. They were competing for a potential prize fund of £100,000 though, at any point, if a contestant closed their eyes for over ten seconds, then £1,000 was deducted from the prize fund.

2003