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The Sixth Sense
1999
· Movie
· 107 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #385
- IMDb #120
- Google retired #294
- Rotten Tomatoes #770
- Metacritic #1218
- Letterboxd #369
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1447
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #491
- Metacritic Critics #2036
- Metacritic Audience #233
- Criticker #603
- Douban #88
- Kinopoisk #108
- AlloCiné #75
- Trakt #107
Every rating
62–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A child psychologist takes on a young patient who claims he can see and talk to dead people who don't know they're dead. The psychologist, struggling with his own failing marriage, tries to help the boy cope with his frightening abilities, uncovering a disturbing truth in the process.
Details
- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Writer
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Studio
- Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Hollywood Pictures, Barry Mendel Productions
- Released
- 6 August 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin, Spanish
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $672.8M
- Awards
- 19 wins, 26 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Award 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Toni Collette | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Film Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Director | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2000 | Best Picture | Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 2000 | Best Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
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Academy Award
6 nominations
| Best Director | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Toni Collette | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations
| Best Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Most Promising Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Youth in Film Award | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Favorite Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Favorite Motion Picture Actor | Bruce Willis | Winner |
Satellite Award
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Winner |
| Best Sound | Allan Byer, Michael Kirchberger | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Toni Collette | Nominee |
Saturn Award
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Best Actor | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Best Writing | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Male Breakthrough Performance | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Best Male Performance | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Best Debut | Haley Joel Osment | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Young Performer | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | James Newton Howard | Winner |
Bram Stoker Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Winner |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | M. Night Shyamalan | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
Nebula Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Script | M. Night Shyamalan | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
| The David Lean Award for achievement in Direction | M. Night Shyamalan | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Tak Fujimoto | Nominee |
Hugo Award
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominee |