
Sleeping Beauty
What happens while she sleeps...
Directed by Julia Leigh
Produced by Fulcrum Media Finance, Screen Australia
A provocative, deliberately ambiguous exploration of desire and exploitation that uses the fairytale frame to examine power, vulnerability, and the blurred boundaries between consent and coercion.
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
Clusters
Where to watch
- StreamPhilo, AMC+, Sundance Now
- FreeKanopy
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- RentApple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- BuyApple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Questions people ask
Does Sleeping Beauty end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.
Is Sleeping Beauty sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Sleeping Beauty scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Sleeping Beauty easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Sleeping Beauty violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Everything like Sleeping Beauty, and what each one shares →
Like Sleeping Beauty
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Sleeping Beauty
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Sleeping Beauty, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Sleeping Beauty, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Sleeping Beauty, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.




























































