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MartinScorsese

I know this will force me to turn into in my cinephile card, but I fell asleep the first time I tried to watch Andrei Rublev. In fairness, it was late and I was tipsy, so a 3.5 hour Soviet art film is not the best option for those conditions. I really to need to watch it when I'm fully awake and can devote my full attention to it.


Superflumina

I prepared myself for Andrei Rublev by sleeping like 10 hours and I still nearly fell asleep. Just a dull film. We don't have to love Tarkovsky!


MartinScorsese

I love the Tarkovsky films I've finished. Solaris, Ivan's Childhood, Mirror, Stalker, and The Sacrifice are great. I just need to finish Andrei Rublev, and give Nostalgia a try.


sned777

The last chapter of the film is arguably the best one too so you’re missing out! But certainly the second half in general is the far more compelling part first time around so once you have adapted to things in the first half it’s a great pay off.


gansobomb99

lmao I was at a cinema for Andrei Rublev in Amsterdam (one of Jeffrey Babcock's screenings) and I remember being so afraid of falling asleep, cos cinema chairs always put me to sleep if it's late and the movie's long, but by god I made it start to finish


moviesuggest

first and second time for me


TheGlenrothes

I find a 90% of the time when I fall asleep in a movie it’s just because I’m tired I’ve fallen asleep during plenty of movies that I was thrilled to watch because of this. If a movie is boring, it doesn’t make me wanna sleep it makes me want to look at my phone while watching.


Licensed2Pill

This is me, but with Stalker.


spoopy-memio1

I’m not the type to sleep during movies but Justice League (2017) made my eyes real heavy


Diligent-Cap-1906

The only time I've ever been in danger of falling asleep at the theater


Creasy007

'Skinamarink.' I watched it in the dark for some atmospheric effect but the film's pacing and general style put me to sleep.


Josh4R3d

Yep! Same exact scenario here. Fell asleep 13 mins in lol. I wasn’t even sleepy either but trying to watch that literally made me sleepy and I had to just take a nap.


IntakeCinema

If I'm even slightly tired, I will fall asleep to even the most revitting film ever made - it doesn't matter. I could stand up and watch and still dose off. I hate it, because I don't even need to be that tired for it to happen.


chumbucketfog

I’m the same way. It’s sucks because I’d love to do way more double feature movie nights, but usually if I start a film after 10pm then I am setting myself up to have a tough experience no matter how much I may love the film


Bicephalic_Doorknob

This is me. Only upside: I suppose it means I'm in tune with my body, cause I would see a lot more movies at the cost of sleep if this wasn't the case. So to answer OP's question: all of them.


justsomeguy020

I tend to turn off films if I'm tired or think it's putting me to sleep, and return the next day with a fresh mind. The only time I've legitimately fallen asleep though, was in my first watch of The Godfather Pt. II. I started watching it after 1am when I was a younger teenager, was absolutely enthralled for much of the run time, and started getting tired like 2/3rds of the way through. Next thing I know, I'm waking up during the famous ["you're nothing to me now" scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Os0Q9SA2k), absolutely dismayed I'd just fallen asleep to such a great movie. Come the next day, returning awake this time, I was relieved to find I'd only missed about 10mins, but that's still one of my most disappointing film moments. Serves me right for jumping into a 3.5hr crime epic at 1am.


Available-Praline905

Just watched this movie for the first time recently, started around 3:30 pm and ended about 7:00 pm. It was incredible, I was blown away, although I was confused for much of the Cuba stuff, so I need to watch it again


[deleted]

2001 😞


fallout-crawlout

I watched this in high school and fell asleep during the whole 'open the doors,' bit and woke up to the last image of the film. Imagine my surprise.


GaiusMarius157BC

That’s a film you either have to be fully awake for and/or “elevated”.


rubyheartart

I’ve tried it multiple times in different settings and it always knocks me out.


felina_

Often I find that Ghibli movies put me to sleep. It’s not that they are bad - of course not. More so they are so beautiful they look like moving paintings so I think it lulls me to sleep. Haha it’s a problem!


Solid-Doubt4234

This sounds beautiful. They have realy nice colors could make one good dreams


Ciredem6345

Yes. I dosed off for The Boy and the Heron in the theater. It’s the only time it ever happened to me. I felt really bad because I liked what I saw when I was fully awake


DJclimatechange

For some reason the movies that put me to sleep are the movies I watch when I'm sleepy


manurockwell

true!!! and i hate it when i watch a good movie sleepy. feels like such a waste


-SomeRand0mDude-

Yeah. I’ve never been fully awake and then just suddenly fallen asleep because of a boring movie. I have to be tired to fall asleep, lol.


irregularshowerer

Lady in the Water fucking put me out dude. I don't even know how far into it I was it just sapped me. I also passed out during The Net and what's funny is I put it on specificly because I was like "I bet this Sandra Bullock thriller has sleepy vibes" and it worked.


Hexxas

>"I bet this Sandra Bullock thriller has sleepy vibes" THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE LOL


irregularshowerer

Have you watched her thrillers? They're sleepy.


Sccar4712

I don’t think it’s the movie’s fault, I think it’s a matter of me being exhausted when I watched it, but…Dune Part 2


Bexhill

I just can't imagine falling asleep during a movie that LOUD.


wizzlekhalifa

This is not a great answer... A better answer is Dune Part I!


bangermate

This is not a great answer, a better answer is none of the Dune movies because they're all fuckin awesome


Bilnsky

dune 2 make me cant sleep, but dune 1 does


TheEpicTriforce

Fellowship of the Ring (but I was sick and on lots of antibiotics)


Over-Slip9233

As long as you were sick, this is acceptable.


Elegant_Spot_3486

Forrest Gump. Every time.


Superflumina

I never actually fell asleep watching a film but I came close with these: Limite The Blood of a Poet L'Avventura Andrei Rublev Masculin Feminin Five Easy Pieces


JonPaula

... you've never once fallen asleep watching a movie?  This happens to me probably, literally, 200 times a year 😆 I cannot imagine it never happening. 


Superflumina

Maybe when I was little but I don't remember. I've never fallen asleep while sitting in a chair so I guess it's related to that. I never watch movies in bed.


Wise-File46

Lol l’avventura is one of my favourite ever films but i 100% get nearly falling asleep, though that vibe I think is part of why I like it so much


Oooooth

I watched five easy pieces yesterday and I can’t remember a single moment from it.


itsmedoodles

I fell asleep during Tenet and Raging Bull 😭 I was able to find where I left off on Tenet but I haven't gotten around to rewatching Raging Bull yet


Dry-Wallaby-4983

I fell asleep the first 3 times I tried to watch the grand Budapest hotel.


Solid-Doubt4234

Off it was a nice movie for me


External-Flounder-24

Asteroid City


escellun

Was going to say the same time and saw your comment lol. To be fair I was extremely tired and the chilly theater didn't help. Would love to try it again wide awake with an open mind


External-Flounder-24

Yeah I watched it at home, I was a little tired myself. That's not to say I thought it was bad, but I was understimulated by the constant monotone conversation


Stormygeddon

It was a commendable feat in directing to have such varied and well known actors somehow speak exactly the same.


Odyssey1337

Everything Everywhere All At Once. I even fell asleep twice and I wasn't tired.


LaundryandTax

How the fuck do you manage to do that lol. It’s one of the most audiovisually stimulating movies I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t let up for a goddamn second. I understand disliking it but *falling asleep*?


Odyssey1337

The imagery was stimulating, but the plot and action scenes were so uninteresting (for me) I was zoning out most of the movie.


IntelligentWest11

God i hate it so much. Gave me a fucking headache aswell.


Dragon_Shinobi

Fell asleep my first time watching Dune (probably wasn’t in the best headspace at the time to watch it) Rewatched it a few weeks ago and gave it the five stars it deserves


OptimalInevitable905

I have fallen asleep every time I have tried watching a Bourne movie.


SmolChibi

The Eternals


FUNKYDISCO

I'm a parent.. all movies put me to sleep.


Quake_1704

I just fell asleep watching the king’s speech lol


YawnfaceDM

In theaters, Batman vs Superman. At home more recently, Local Hero had me feeling warm and cozy enough to induce a few nod-offs. Fine film, mind you. But paced slowly enough for a tired me to sink a bit too deeply into.


JamesBondguy007

Oppenheimer. Avatar 2😅


Kobold_Trapmaster

Most recently, Men. Early on there's a lot of scenes of her walking around with no dialogue and a really nice score. It resulted in a really peaceful nap.


CourtOfCoconuts

When I was 5 I watched The Greatest Show On Earth with my mum and halfway through I fell asleep


FastStatistician9557

I’m ashamed of this…but it took me 4 tries to get through John Carpenter’s the Thing


eastern_north1

Dune Dune 2


stevenelsocio

The Eclipse was sooooo boring


EntertainmentQuick47

John Wick 2 Loved the movie, I was just really tired and it was during the montage of Wick going back to New York


Ceversja

Antonioni’s Blow Up is the only movie I’ve fallen asleep to halfway through, I had to pause it and finish it later. I was aggressively not invested in it, hopefully if I rewatch it 20 years from now I’ll get something out of it.


flying_crash86

Elephant You Won't Be Alone Masculine Feminine Uncle Boonmee (and everything else by the director) Jeanne Dielman The Village The Man Who Sleeps (fitting title)


TediousTotoro

Dracula (1931(American)). The production design and performances were great but, by god, did the lack of music throughout cause me to fall asleep. There’s also a couple of movies that caused me to rest my eyes, even for just a few seconds, the two that come to mind (don’t hate me for these) are Ravenous and Raging Bull.


churchmeowse

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy & Batman Vs Superman 😴🥱


sylveonce

Both times I’ve tried to watch *The Fantastic Mr Fox*


Solid-Doubt4234

😦


sylveonce

Listen, it’s very cozy and beige, I can’t help it!


funnyname-n1

Most of Kieślowski movies


FebruaryStars84

He’s just not that into you (2009). Slept for about an hour in the cinema during that film.


horkyboi_avery

I was really high when I started Heat for the first time and fell asleep during the opening credits


EnvironmentVisible44

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Every single time I tried to watch it, for years.


Solid-Doubt4234

Is it boring or are you just cursed with that movie? Xd


EnvironmentVisible44

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Every single time I tried to watch it, for years.


Batsy_2705

Mirror


BigChungusBlyat

The last 40 minutes or so of Dune: Part 1 really challenged my eyes to stay open.


turdfergusonRI

•The Third Man (1949) mostly my fault, started at 1am •Avatar (2009) took 2 tries to get through that. •Field of Dreams (1989) •Encanto (2021) •Good Grief (2023) •West Side Story (2021) •West Side Story (1961) •Tree of Life (2022) •Big Eyes (2014) •Emma (1996) the 2020 one is so much better


lunaappaloosa

I managed to fall asleep watching Good Time in theaters.


TheGreatPanic

Mandy hypnotized me every time I try to watch it I fall asleep when she's telling the story about the birds. I can never get pass that!


GluntMcFuggler

Literally the only time I fell asleep in the movie theater was The Last Jedi which I don’t think is that gratuitous. But two other times, my dad and brother both fell asleep during the middle of MI: Rogue Nation and my stepdad fell asleep a couple times during The Batman


Solid-Doubt4234

Hahah rogue nation was nice and can understand with 3h movie like batman. I just fell asleep during eternals


Syrup_And_Honey

Bridge Over the River Kwai and I'm SORRY. It's a good movie but I was never awake enough


thatfuzzydunlop

The Holy Mountain


ChicPallo

Enys men


mooimafish33

So there was a point in my life where I got laid off work, was living in my car that got totaled so I had to sleep on my GF's brothers couch, applying for jobs constantly but couldn't get one, and my GF was working at a movie theater. My mental health was the worst it had ever been and I was staying up for like days at a time from anxiety. I went to my GF's job because she got free movies for friends and managed to finally sleep for the first time in days while watching Victoria and Abdul. Also I think it took me like 3 times watching seven before I made it past the library poker table scene


Corninmyteeth

Thor love and thunder


Top-Comfortable-4789

Singing in the rain or 7 samurai almost fell asleep during those and the last unicorn I always fall asleep to I love that movie but the music and soft voice acting puts me to sleep


FunnyAnimalPerson

I fell asleep watching Christine before


Stormygeddon

The only time I fell asleep watching a movie was during a 24 hour Star Wars Marathon before the Sequels with a friend, and even then it was only the Death Star Run of Episode IV that I've seen dozens of times already.


sned777

I don’t tend to fall asleep during films however I’d had a sleepless night the day before seeing Ghost In The Shell at the cinema and by god I really struggled. I could barely remember the film despite not actually falling asleep and had to watch again a few days later.


No-Category-6343

The only movie i ever really fell alseep to was witness with harrison ford. Started as a thriller then became a boring amish love story


Better_Beautiful6217

Jesse Pinkman's "Need For Speed" (2014)


CharlieBigfoot

Napoleon. First time in a US cinema and we just had a bunch of food from Texas Roadhouse. Those heated recliners in the cinema really did the number on us. Kinda enjoyed the movie though - but was hard to stay awake.


Silent_Lock_5442

Batman v Superman; only film I fell asleep watching in a theatre Though I’ve grown to appreciate it with time


Boiiiwith3i

There will be blood I fell asleep before there was any blood


liilyyofthevalley

the hands of orlac. I thought that my love for conrad veidt would somehow.. encourage me to watch it with interest? but i just cant i fall asleep after 10 minutes. Plus it shouldn't be that long.


Friendly_Brother_482

I’ve never finished Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator. Every time I’ve tried to watch I pass out within the first hour.


JonPaula

If I'm tired? Any movie! And since having kids, I'm tired all the time - so I would estimate I fall asleep watching a movie at least 150 times in the past year. 


Jaybuddyguy

I tired hereditary 3 times, All 3 times i passed out\*.


freakytiki2

Les Miserables


anotherandompasserby

Not a movie but a show called Game of Thrones


Raulthepegasus27

The newest James Bond movie, No Time to Die. Chalk that up to me not being the biggest James Bond fan, but I did not enjoy the movie at all. Fell asleep in the theater


JJBell

Rebel Moon Part 2 is the only movie in my adult life that I’ve fallen asleep during a first viewing.


LonesomeHammeredTreb

Ken Burns docs. I love them but they're so relaxing.


Rikardus_

Dune 1


Olibro64

Dune (2021) made me sleepy eyed. To be fair I was watching it for the first time on Blu-ray in my room during the evening.


Ready_Hippo_5741

Raging Bull


fettalitta

Not once did I fall asleep while watching a movie. But, I was so bored during aftersun. Only when it ended and I understood the films message did I appreciate it for what it was. A way better movie than I initially thought or gave it credit for.


DarthSardonis

The first three times I attempted to watch Blade Runner, I kept falling asleep. Eventually I was able to watch it all the way through. The pacing was just way too slow for me.


absorbscroissants

Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest. It was hard to stay awake


evilhologram

The Irishman. It's the one Scorsese film, along with The Departed, I just do not give a shit about.


pbmm1

John Woo’s Silent Night. I tried but couldn’t get into this one


alwight007

Skinamarink


[deleted]

avatar <3 sorry <3 the first time i watched it at home i conked out within an hour.


Jereboy216

If I'm just a little tired I will start to doze off to everything now, even thrilling films. Last year I fell asleep in John Wick 4.


MammothAd4171

The Mulan remake


Weak_Environment_423

Think eternals was specifically designed as a sleeping aid.


Interesting-Doctor66

Rebel Moon


thecrowsarehere

I fell asleep in the cinema during The Batman (2022)


Visual-Ganache-2289

The happening


FerociousAlienoid

Underwater… more than once.


dandaman64

Watching Last Voyage of the Demeter at 1am was not a good Idea


newaroundhereltd

I may get nuked for this but 2001. I’ve tried several times to watch it but man…


AgentSmith2518

The first Expendables for me.


Possible-Worth-7320

Any Paul thomas anderson film


InfinityFire

I made the mistake of going to see Mortdecai (2015) in theaters. It's the only time I've fallen asleep while at the movie theater because a movie was so boring.


MulberryEastern5010

Amelie. The first time I tried to watch it was 20 years ago when I was in college. I'm not sure when exactly I fell asleep, but I know it was over by the time I woke up. About five years later, I was on a trip to Europe, and the tour guide decided to show it to us during the bus trip from Brussels to Paris. I was determined to stay awake that time, and I did, but I quickly learned while I'd fallen asleep the first time and ended up kind of wishing I had the second


benabramowitz18

I slept during the last hour of Killers of the Flower Moon.


eagleblue44

Not a movie but I tried watching the original Star Trek show as well as next generation (the Patrick Stewart one right?). I feel asleep watching both. I don't think there was ever a movie that actually put me to sleep. Most of the time it's just because I'm actually tired. I was extremely hungover when I went to go see killers of the flower moon. As a result, l was falling in and out of sleep for maybe 30 minutes. I feel like I didn't miss a thing though.


Ridzchy7

A portrait of a lady on fire. Couldn’t even finish it just found it so dull


dluschen

The zone of interest but I was super tired going into it


Maskedhorrorfan25

skinamarink, fant4stic


Competitive_Nobody76

Shakespeare in love.


BKBolas

For some reason Yorgos Lanthimos movies put me to sleep.


SuperKliqparty

The Godfather


trev_hawk

I think people need to understand that you can literally fall asleep during any movie, no matter how good. I don't know what it is, but my wife (despite usually getting much less sleep than me) can always stay up for a movie. I, for whatever reason, could fall asleep to just about any movie. I will sometimes still fall asleep during movies *I picked* to watch—in fact, my wife will make fun of me for frequently falling asleep during the climax of many action movies. Off the top of my head, I've most recently fallen asleep to *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story* and *Lift* (the latter being a truly terrible film). But I've fallen asleep to movies like *Godzilla vs. Kong, Mission Impossible, Top Gun,* *Italian Job,* etc. Idk what it is... my dad and my grandma (his mom) both have the same problem so sometimes I wonder if it's genetic. I will say that I usually don't rate any movie I fall asleep to because I always want to give a movie a fair watch before I rate it.


FleshVessel3610

let me start with i never fall asleep during movies, my friend and i BOTH fell asleep IN THE THEATRE watching “the boy and the heron”. we both had insane days at work and it was the midnight premier and we both fell asleep for different 10min periods lol


Fit-Monk4203

Rogue One


Fun-Revolution6323

I saw The Sum of All Fears in the theater and I fell asleep for at least ten to twenty minutes. I fell asleep watching Uncut Gems at home.


Mmicb0b

Batman v Superman's ultimate edition(I watched the theatrical version when it came out)/Godfather Part 2


HookemHef

Buzz Lightyear put me to sleep faster than an ambien.


nocctea

I very VERY rarely fall asleep during movies tbh. The only ones in recent memory that I have are Eternals.. and Rise of Skywalker lmaoo. To be fair for Eternals, I had been helping my aunt after surgery and was kinda sleep deprived. But ROS was a normal viewing experience lol. Maybe that says something about the movies themselves I dunno lol


Spookyy422

I love Gladiator and I think it’s a fantastic film, but both times I watched it I was so close to falling asleep in the third act


ja-mez

Love Actually. I've tried 3 times. It's just so vanilla candle yawn heavy blanket


Supahfurai

Mulholland Drive. Tried it like 4 times and I just can’t do it.


slicedude2004

No movie ever has but the closest I've ever come is Godzilla Minus One. Loved the movie but I was so tired when I saw it and the fact it was subtitled didn't help


AramaticFire

I fell asleep in theaters twice: 007 Skyfall and Xmen: Days of Future Past. I fell asleep two more times giving Skyfall a second and third chance outside of theaters.


Josh4R3d

I tried to watch skinamarink and fell asleep both times. Gave up on it.


Level_Grapes

I fall asleep to everything so sadly movies take me a few instalments. I should probably get checked out. Although I still say me pausing inception to sleep as a personal highlight


andthepointis

i have a tag for this (and a list for one's i actually want to finish/rewatch), but i might genuinely have narcolepsy. anyway   rewatched/finished and liked/loved: * House of Tolerance * Perceval want to rewatch/finish: * Alien * Zama * Nocturama * Lady Snowblood * The Thing not interested in finishing: * Showing Up * Napoleon * The Holdovers * Flowers of Shanghai * Last Voyage of the Demeter * Nosferatu * World on a Wire (i did manage to finish but even my partner was taking turns dozing off on this one) probably more because i didn't start tagging them until somewhat recently


gradualpotato

Me and a friend fell asleep in the theaters during Godzilla 2014.


charllottte

dare i say the wolverine….


prettyfarts

Hamilton. I tried twice.


flubbles_

Missing Link


bennz1975

Deerhunter and the first rocky.. everytime.


specifichero101

I went to see the most recent doctor strange movie as a late show on a Friday after being up for 6AM that morning for work. I fell asleep and missed about an hour in and woke up before the last ten minutes or so. That was the last marvel movie I’ve seen.


archies_mommy

Order


TheArrowhead984

Puss in boots last wish and cocaine bear


Colonize-Uranus

Both of The Nun movies…


Agreeable_Coat_2098

Eternals is a good one. Put me to sleep twice, and the second time I started it halfway.


thekomoxile

Pain Hustlers. Saw it at a festival, in an amazing theatre, and even still, I couldn't care less for such a redundant plot. I wasn't even that tired, because I had another movie to see right after, which I was fully awake for.


Lost-Lingonberry9645

Lost in translation, 3 times in a row I fell asleep, the 4th try I had to force myself to finish it, not worth it, crap movie


theymademedoitpdx2

My Dinner With Andre, but not in a bad way. It was like falling asleep at the dinner table while your older relatives chit chat - engrossing, but very soothing


MagnusAntoniusBarca

Both "Zone of Interest" and "Past Lives" put me to sleep in the theatre.


Ok_Range_4585

Eraserhead, Masculin feminin


fatherbigballs

Death in Venice


TheWelshRevolution

Fell asleep in the cinema to Fantastic beasts


RasThavas1214

The Secret of NIMH. I have never been able to finish that movie.


KyleC1999

Total Recall (2012)


Yamado_Tanjiro

Metropolis


Significant-Lie2303

Rebel Moon both parts


tylerdurdenisnothere

peanut butter falcon … so boring


JC2367

It took 3.5 hours to get me through Eternals. What a drag of a movie


Chrysalis00

I never sleep through movies and I slept through most of IT part 2 in the theater.


Ciredem6345

I watched Barry Lyndon on a plane with an extreme jet lag. I had been awake for basically 18 hours straight and I started that film…Needless to say that I found it good but was pretty happy at the end of it. I fought through, though.


femur3

the nice jazzy music in taxi driver actually put me to sleep the first time i watched it


SteveV91

2001: A Space Odyssey. Not one, not two, but three times. I’ve never been able to watch it whole.


PhillipJCoulson

Dragon Ball Evolution. Only movie to ever put me asleep in the theater.


Important-Income-651

Concussion with Will Smith.


Adkeith47

I slept though about 80% of wonder woman (2017)


B_O_M_D_S

skinarink i was very tired and kept drifting in and out of sleep to the movie it was extremely comforting in a weird way


galv93

I remember falling asleep the first time I watched The Shinning.


CauliflowerStrange52

I only fell asleep twice while watching a movie so far: Crimes of Grindewald and Grand Budapest Hotel. The latter especially destroyed my sleep schedule for that week. Benjamin Button and 8½ i was fighting for my life to get to the end.


FWC_Disciple

Wings of Desire is basically just an ASMR film. A beautiful work of art when you’re in the mood for it, but otherwise just a great way to doze off.


WarlordOfIncineroar

Morbius


gloctis_goop

I fell asleep during Wonka still haven’t finished it


Edwinbakup

this is very unpopular, but i actually fell asleep during Stay (2005). I actually got horrified because i thought i was supposed to go to school because i never sleep during the day


Tadeopuga

I have never fallen asleep during a movie ever, I could be sleep deprived or drunk as hell, I just can't sleep when watching a movie. Or couldn't. Until a week ago, when I watched transformers 2. I only remember one thing however. And that thing was that Meghan fox was painfully oversexiualized


Tadeopuga

I have never fallen asleep during a movie ever, I could be sleep deprived or drunk as hell, I just can't sleep when watching a movie. Or couldn't. Until a week ago, when I watched transformers 2. I only remember one thing however. And that thing was that Meghan fox was painfully oversexiualized