Movies Like The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

The Man Who Sleeps is a 1974 drama film from Bernard Queysanne with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Synecdoche, New York and On the Silver Globe.

Drama

Synecdoche, New York

2008

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

7.5

MagicScore

On the Silver Globe

1989

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

7.7

MagicScore

Melancholia

2011

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

7.2

MagicScore

Naked

1993

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

7.2

MagicScore

The Room Next Door

2024

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

6.8

MagicScore

Typhoon Club

1985

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.

6.3

MagicScore

Anomalisa

2015

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

7.1

MagicScore

I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar

1991

For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.

7.0

MagicScore

The Death King

1990

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

mother!

2017

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

The Doom Generation

1995

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.

6.5

MagicScore

#12

Eden and After

1970

A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Long Live Death

1971

At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?

5.8

MagicScore

#14

Damnation

1988

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...

7.6

MagicScore

#15

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

2022

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Nowhere

1997

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

The Tree of Life

2011

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

I Saw the TV Glow

2024

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Megalopolis

2024

In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.

5.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Man Who Sleeps?

The top films similar to The Man Who Sleeps by MovieMagicScore are Synecdoche, New York (7.5), On the Silver Globe (7.7), Melancholia (7.2). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Man Who Sleeps worth watching?

The Man Who Sleeps holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 129 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Man Who Sleeps?

The Man Who Sleeps (1974) is a drama film directed by Bernard Queysanne, starring Jacques Spiesser, Ludmila Mikaël.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Man Who Sleeps?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Man Who Sleeps

This ranked list pairs The Man Who Sleeps (1974), a drama film from Bernard Queysanne, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jacques Spiesser take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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