Sleep Movies

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

One spring night, Ana falls into a permanent sleep. Her mother Irene and her little sister Ayleen witness each other's loneliness as they interact...

Thanatos is a dark psychological thriller about lucid dreaming.

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.

A WWII paratrooper gets lost in a forest as the line between reality and memory begins to blur.

"Sleep Paralysis" dives in to the little-known phenomenon of the same name. Affected people from different cultures tell of their frightening...

A mysterious health condition emerged in late 2022: dozens of people go to sleep and never wake up, entering a deep coma popularly known as "The...

THE NIGHTMARE, documentary filmmaker Adam Gray sets out on a journey to understand this terrifying phenomenon. From the foggy shores of Newfoundland...

Rip Van Winkle is being thrown out for nonpayment of rent (for twenty years). Popeye happens by and carts the sleeper home, but soon discovers that...

This audio-visual tone poem uses the language of filmmaking to offer a first-hand evocation of the turbulent psychological effects one can experience...

Three reckless robbers target a chinese mafia club. They do not know, however, that the bartender, the only one who knows the safe combination, is...

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

Next Corp nears the launch of its greatest product ever: a mind app that removes our need for sleep. But when the son of the CEO discovers horrifying...

A cat trying to nap.

A worn and dreary detective starts to have delusions about demons from his past, unable to differentiate what's real and what's not.

This little film, which juxtaposes animated sand and scratching on 16mm film, was made during studies at the Royal College of Art. The starting point...

A man seeking purpose to live his life, questioning his faith and the existence of humankind. What exactly we were born for?

A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...

Short film about the inability to sleep, or to remain asleep throughout the night.

An innocent essay in a college-creative writing class sets off a terrifying and deadly chain of events. Will they be able to stop her, or will she...