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Movies that feel like Sleepless Night (2011)

If you loved Sleepless Night, the closest films we have are The Aura (2005), A Hijacking (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). All three share Sleepless Night's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel and Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Frédéric Jardincontemplativetenseplayful

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The Aura
2005 · dir. Fabián Bielinsky
🍅 88%7.1drama · thriller

Both land stillness and tension at once

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%7.1thriller · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as playful as Sleepless Night

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%7.4thriller · drama

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
6.3thriller · drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%7.1drama · thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being thriller

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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Argo
2012 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 96%7.7drama · thriller

The same drama instincts

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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Bridge of Spies
2015 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 91%7.6thriller · drama

Both are drama through and through

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

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The Machinist
2004 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 77%7.6thriller · drama

Thriller approached the same way

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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The Lives of Others
2006 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 92%8.4drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

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Inside Man
2006 · dir. Spike Lee
🍅 86%7.6crime · drama · thriller

Drama built on play, twice over

The difference: Leans crime where Sleepless Night does not

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

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No Way Out
1987 · dir. Roger Donaldson
🍅 92%7.1thriller · drama

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

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