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Movies that feel likeSleepless Night (2011)

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.

If you loved Sleepless Night, the closest films we have are A Hijacking (2012), A Wednesday! (2008) and The Aura (2005). All three share Sleepless Night's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Silence (2010).

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Frédéric Jardincontemplativetenseplayful
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · ARROW

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If Sleepless Night hit the spot, these will too

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

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less playful than Sleepless Night does

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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A Wednesday!
2008 · dir. Neeraj Pandey
★ 8.1drama · thriller

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

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

Playful thriller in both cases

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

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Breaking Surface
2020 · dir. Joachim Hedén
🍅 100%★ 6.1drama · thrillerPrime Video

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

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Animals
2026 · dir. Ben Affleck
★ 7.4thriller · dramaNetflix

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.

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Dhoom 2
2006 · dir. Sanjay Gadhvi
🍅 93%★ 6.6drama · action · thrillerNetflix

Both lean on play more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to action than Sleepless Night does

Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.

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

Tense thriller 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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The Coldest Game
2019 · dir. Łukasz Kośmicki
🍅 17%★ 6.2drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

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Loving Adults
2022 · dir. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
★ 6.5thrillerNetflix

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband’s affair — and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%★ 6.8thriller · dramaPrime Video

The drama is handled with the same confidence

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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The Hater
2020 · dir. Jan Komasa
🍅 87%★ 7.1drama · thrillerRent or buy

The same thriller instincts

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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The Silence
2010 · dir. Baran bo Odar
🍅 87%★ 6.9crime · thriller · drama

Drama of the same temperament

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Sleepless Night does

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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