The Sixth Sense
Not every gift is a blessing.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $673M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Sixth Sense actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Sixth Sense appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #12
Placed at #12 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #31
Placed at #31 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #56
Placed at #56 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #131
Placed at #131 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 6 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sixth Sense returned 16.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $673M
- Release date
- Aug 6, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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