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Sleeping Dogs (2024 film)

Sleeping Dogs (2024 film), an adaptation of E.O. Chirovici's novel The Book of Mirrors, is a crime thriller directed by Adam Cooper starring Russell Crowe as an amnesiac ex-detective; unrelated to the 2012 video game.

Sleeping Dogs (video game)

Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 open-world action game by United Front Games and Square Enix, set in Hong Kong, starring undercover cop Wei Shen infiltrating the Sun On Yee triad; began as True Crime: Hong Kong, Metacritic 80, remastered as the 2014 Definitive Edition.

Sleeping Hermaphroditus

Sleeping Hermaphroditus is a life-size ancient Roman marble sculpture of the sleeping Hermaphroditus, made in Rome in the 2nd century AD and in the Louvre since 1807.

Sleeping Murder

Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple's Last Case), Agatha Christie's 1976 posthumous detective novel: Gwenda Reed's house memories and The Duchess of Malfi lead Marple to solve an old murder; stored in a bank vault with Curtain since WWII.

Sleeping Muse

Sleeping Muse (La Muse endormie) is an ovoid bronze sculpture of a woman's sleeping head by Constantin Brancusi, first carved in marble in 1909–1910 and modeled on Baroness Renée Irana Frachon.

Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People (2015) is a romantic comedy by Leslye Headland starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie as serial cheaters who reunite at a sex-addicts meeting and pact to stay platonic; Sundance premiere, IFC Films release.

Sleeping with Sirens

Sleeping with Sirens (SWS) is an American post-hardcore band formed in Orlando, Florida in 2009, fronted by Kellin Quinn. Known for Feel (2013, Billboard 200 No. 3) and 2026's An Ending in Itself on Rise Records.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy, also known by its source novel by Nancy Price, is a 1991 Joseph Ruben thriller starring Julia Roberts as a woman faking her death to escape an abusive husband; a $19M-budget Fox film that grossed about $175M worldwide.

Sleepless (2017 film)

Sleepless is a 2017 American action thriller directed by Baran bo Odar, starring Jamie Foxx as an undercover Las Vegas officer whose kidnapped son forces him to recover stolen cocaine in one night.

Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks as a widowed Seattle father and Meg Ryan as a Baltimore journalist.

Sleepless Night (2011 film)

Sleepless Night (Nuit blanche) is a 2011 French-Belgian-Luxembourg action thriller directed by Frédéric Jardin, starring Tomer Sisley as a corrupt cop recovering stolen cocaine in a nightclub to save his kidnapped son; remade in 2017 with Jamie Foxx.

Sleepover (film)

Sleepover (film) most commonly denotes Sleepover (2004), an MGM teen comedy directed by Joe Nussbaum, starring Alexa Vega in a scavenger-hunt plot; distinct from The Sleepover (2020 Netflix film) and other same-title films.

Sleeptalking

Sleeptalking, or somniloquy (ICD-11 MB60), is the production of unaware speech during sleep, a benign parasomnia with 66% lifetime prevalence, more frequent in NREM sleep, with more correct language in REM.

Sleepwalker (2026 film)

Sleepwalker (2026) is an American psychological horror thriller, Brandon Auman's feature directorial debut expanded from his 2024 short, starring Hayden Panettiere, Justin Chatwin, and Beverly D'Angelo; released January 9, 2026 by Brainstorm Media, it earned 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sleepwalker (character)

Sleepwalker is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Bob Budiansky and Bret Blevins, debuting in Sleepwalker #1 (June 1991): an alien Mindscape guardian bonded to Rick Sheridan, starring in a 33-issue 1991–1994 series, distinct from other Marvel characters of the same name.

Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film directed by Mick Garris and written by Stephen King. It follows a mother and son who are the last survivors of a vampiric species.

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking (somnambulism) is an NREM parasomnia causing walking or complex behaviors during deep N3 sleep, mostly in children, with amnesia afterward; genetic, triggered by sleep deprivation, medications, and sleep apnea.

Sleepwalking Land

Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula) is a 1992 novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto, following an old man and a boy fleeing the civil war as they read a dead traveler's notebooks.

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing (Nemuri Kyōshirō: Engetsugiri, 眠狂四郎円月斬り) is a 1964 Daiei chambara film, third in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Raizō Ichikawa.

Sleepy Hollow (film)

Sleepy Hollow (1999) is Tim Burton's gothic horror film for Paramount, loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1819 tale, starring Johnny Depp as detective Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci, grossing $101.1 million in the US.

Sleepy Hollow (TV series)

Sleepy Hollow was a Fox supernatural drama (2013-2017), created by Kurtzman, Orci, Iscove, and Wiseman from Washington Irving's tale; Tom Mison's Ichabod Crane and Nicole Beharie's Abbie Mills fought the Headless Horseman until its four-season, ratings-declined run was canceled May 9, 2017.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, is a rural cemetery consecrated in 1855, designed by Cleveland and Copeland, with Author's Ridge graves of Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau, and French's Melvin Memorial.

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Sleepy Hollow, New York: Westchester County Hudson River village, formerly North Tarrytown, renamed by 1996 referendum after Washington Irving's 1820 tale; about 10,000-11,400 residents, former GM plant site, Philipsburg Manor and Old Dutch Church.

Sleeve garter

A sleeve garter, also known as an arm garter, is an elastic band worn above the elbow to hold a shirt sleeve at a set length.

Sleeve gastrectomy

Sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve, LSG): bariatric operation removing about 80% of the stomach, leaving a banana-shaped tube; the most performed bariatric procedure worldwide, with reflux as its main drawback versus gastric bypass.

Sleeve lobectomy

Sleeve lobectomy, also called sleeve resection, is a thoracic operation that removes a lung lobe together with a segment of main bronchus, rejoined end-to-end, mainly for central lung cancer.

Sleeve valve

A sleeve valve is an engine valve mechanism using a ported sliding sleeve instead of poppet valves, most used in British aero engines of the 1930s and 1940s.

Sleeveless shirt

Sleeveless shirt, also called tank top (UK: vest, Australia: singlet), is a shirt without sleeves, made sleeveless or cut off. Styles include tank top, muscle shirt, and A-shirt; the term tank top dates to 1968.

Sleigh

A sleigh is a vehicle mounted on runners instead of wheels, used for traveling over snow or ice, historically drawn by horses and common in cold countries.

Sleigh Bells (band)

Sleigh Bells: Brooklyn noise-pop duo formed 2008 by Alexis Krauss (vocals) and Derek Miller (ex-Poison the Well). Known for Treats (2010), M.I.A.'s N.E.E.T. label, Torn Clean, and loud, distorted pop.