# Movies that put you to sleep **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881 "2012-04-25T04:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/1 "2012-04-25T04:04:52Z")
What movie do you want to watch, have even tried to watch, that just puts you to sleep? Twilight series, my wife wanted to see these on a tip from her friend and we BOTH have been put to sleep several times. We now call it endless scenes of people staring at each other in the pacific northwest. The Black Hole, I have tried to watch this movie THREE TIMES now and without fail I lose interest and start dozing, and I am a sci fi FREAK! Something about it is just very unengaging. Ocean’s 12, I was intoxicated the first time I saw this in a dollar theatre and gave up on trying to follow the bizarre fourth wall breaking plot(some actors are playing themselves playing characters?!) Well I tried watching it sober and it still annoys and I am usually put to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/2 "2012-04-25T04:08:58Z")
I dozed during _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_. There was that interminable sequence in the middle about a stolen comb or something… yawn… ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/3 "2012-04-25T06:05:45Z")
I have yet to make it all the way through any of the Lord of the Rings :o ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/4 "2012-04-25T07:09:33Z")
[Quintet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintet_(film)). I tried watching it twice and both times I drifted off. It’s a really slow-paced movie. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/5 "2012-04-25T07:22:22Z")
The English Patient…zzzzzzzzz ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/6 "2012-04-25T07:44:22Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > I have yet to make it all the way through any of the Lord of the Rings :o I couldn’t even make it through the Rifftrax of Lord of the Rings. And I \*love \*Rifftraxed-anything. Movies don’t put me to sleep unless I want them to, by the way. If I’m that bored, I put something else on. Unless I’m intending on falling asleep, in which case I’ll put on a movie or tv show that isn’t \*too \*exciting, that I already know inside and out. But that’s not the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/7 "2012-04-25T07:55:35Z")
Chariots of Fire and The Right Stuff. Good movies, but if I’m sprawled out on the couch watching them, I’m done for. When my eyelids droop, unlike other films, I console myself that I won’t be missing anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/8 "2012-04-25T08:33:25Z")
This is going to sound really creepy, but…_Nekromantik II_. Yeah, it’s about what you’d expect. Infamous German made shocker/splatter/gorn movie sequel. It’s also boring. That, combined with the general lack of dialogue (and none of it in english), sedate pacing, and this sawing Phillip Glass-esque violin score, meant it was so boring it was actually _relaxing_. I fell asleep twice trying to watch the stupid thing—and those were the best naps I ever remember taking. No nightmares or anything. (_That’s_ gotta be one for the DVD covers—“a film so horrifying, it’s like falling asleep in your carseat while your mom and dad drive home from Thanksgiving at your grandmas!”) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/9 "2012-04-25T08:47:34Z")
Funny Girl Also the first Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately, I was visiting friends out of town and we went to see it in the theater, so I couldn’t leave. Just went out to the lobby and paced with the other escapees. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/10 "2012-04-25T09:11:21Z")
Oh, and the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. My god is that a dull and lifeless language. It’s like the taupe of language. ---
**Author:** ![PalJuicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@PalJuicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PalJuicy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/11 "2012-04-25T09:58:39Z")
Every Harry Potter movie. Both of us. If one of the movies is playing, I’ll say to him, “Feel like taking a nap? Harry Potter is on.” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/12 "2012-04-25T13:05:17Z")
I tried to watch \*Dr. Zhivago \*a couple times, and was asleep within 20 minutes both times. There’s scene near the beginning on a train; I think I saw the beginning of it but not the end. I had to watch _Capote_ in three parts because I kept falling asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/13 "2012-04-25T13:39:22Z")
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” At one point they are travelling by starship through the alien monster for about two years. Zzzzzzzz. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/14 "2012-04-25T16:07:21Z")
> [@PalJuicy](#): > > Every Harry Potter movie. Both of us. If one of the movies is playing, I’ll say to him, “Feel like taking a nap? Harry Potter is on.” I found the first Harry Potter film riveting, but lost interest in the following ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/15 "2012-04-25T19:30:31Z")
2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/16 "2012-04-25T20:27:36Z")
Auntie Mame, it always is shown late at night, padded with commercials to over 3 hours and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/17 "2012-04-25T20:40:22Z")
The Royal Tenenbaums and Dead Poets Society come to mind as sleep inducing films. And it’s my mom’s favorite film ever but I’ve twice failed to make it through Dr. Zhivago. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/18 "2012-04-25T20:56:24Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > I have yet to make it all the way through any of the Lord of the Rings :o Wow, I came in to say that. And I thought I was the only one. > [@PalJuicy](#): > > Every Harry Potter movie. Both of us. If one of the movies is playing, I’ll say to him, “Feel like taking a nap? Harry Potter is on.” Hey, now it’s getting spooky. I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Harry Potter, too. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/19 "2012-04-25T21:01:05Z")
Eyes Wide Shut ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881/20 "2012-04-25T21:07:25Z")
Has no one here ever seen a Tarkovsky film? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-put-you-to-sleep/619881.md?page=2)