The Sixth Sense (1999)

Directed by

M. Night Shyamalan

Genre

drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film, suspense film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 12,991 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A child psychologist works with a young boy who says he can see dead people. The psychologist tries to help the boy cope with his frightening ability.

melancholictenseslow-burnunsettlingemotionalquietmysteriousatmospheric

What happens

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released by Buena Vista Pictures through its Hollywood Pictures banner on August 6, 1999, The Sixth Sense was well received by critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Shyamalan, Best Supporting Actor for Osment, and Best Supporting Actress for Toni Collette. The film established Shyamalan as a preeminent filmmaker of thrillers and introduced the cinema public to his traits, most notably his affinity for twist endings. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $672 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1999 and Shyamalan's highest-grossing film to date. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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