Movies like Insomnia
If Insomnia's mix of hotel, small town and homicide stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Insomnia's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation, insomnia · Also crime and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Knives Out
2019 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 131 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation, neo-noir
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.
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The Godfather Part II
1974 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 202 min8.6
Why you'll like itWith Al Pacino · Shares: blackmail · Also drama and crime
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and…
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It
2017 · Directed by Andy Muschietti · 135 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: small town, flashback · Also thriller and drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 109 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: small town · Also crime and drama
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.
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Strangers on a Train
1951 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 101 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: detective · Also crime and thriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
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Me Before You
2016 · Directed by Thea Sharrock · 110 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: small town, love
Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor.
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Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Directed by Guy Hamilton · 117 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: detective · Also thriller and crime
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Directed by Tim Burton · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: small town, flashback
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Directed by Billy Wilder · 116 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and crime
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a…