Wide Awake

Wide Awake

When memories return, murders begin

Directed by Lee Kyu-man

Produced by K&Entertainment, CJ Entertainment

2007113 min6.2 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about buried trauma and fractured identity, where a chance reunion unravels a carefully constructed life built on suppressed memories and violence.

Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.

Questions people ask

  • Is Wide Awake scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Wide Awake end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Wide Awake sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Wide Awake easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Wide Awake violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

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.

33/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity27

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise42

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Wide Awake

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Wide Awake

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Wide Awake, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Wide Awake, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Wide Awake, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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