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Awake(2021)

1h 36min | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 452 votes)

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.

Directed by Mark Raso - With Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barry Pepper, Finn Jones, Ariana Greenblatt, Frances Fisher, ...
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The Mauritanian(2021)

R
| 2h 9min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 424 votes)

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.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald - With Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Denis Ménochet, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alaa Safi, ...

Sleepy-Time Tom(1951)

7min | Animation, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 23 votes)

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.

Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Cock-a-Doodle Dog(1951)

NR
| 6min | Animation, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

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.

Directed by Tex Avery

Ticket to Heaven(1981)

PG
| 1h 48min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

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.

Directed by Ralph L. Thomas - With Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Britton, Guy Boyd, ...

Blonde Inspiration(1941)

NR
| 1h 12min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

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

Directed by Busby Berkeley - With John Shelton, Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen, ...

Bedtime for Sniffles(1940)

8min | Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

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

The Other Side of Sleep(2011)

1h 28min | Drama, Mystery
2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

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.

Deprivation(2019)

NR
| 1h 26min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

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.