Insomnia

Insomnia

2002 · 118 min · EN · R · 7.0 (5,315 votes)
Dir. Christopher Nolan · Starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt · Music David Julyan

A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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This is a dread-soaked, psychologically intense slow-burn. It feels like a suffocating descent into moral ambiguity, where the relentless daylight mirrors an inescapable guilt. The atmosphere is thick with tension and the unsettling weight of compromised justice, making for a gritty, introspective experience.

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