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The Sixth Sense
Release Date	August 6, 1999
Genre	mystery, thriller
Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter	M. Night Shyamalan
Stars	Bruce Willis Haley Joel Osment Toni Collette Olivia Williams Donnie Wahlberg
Studio	Buena Vista Pictures Spyglass Entertainment

The Sixth Sense, which premiered in 1999, brought worldwide attention to writer/director M. Night Shyamalan. His previous features, Wide Awake (1998) and Praying with Anger (1992), were also both written and directed by Shyamalan.

The Sixth Sense starred perennial box-office favorite Bruce Willis along with Haley Joel Osment, a boy of 10 who displayed a charismatic acting ability equal to his costar's. The movie also featured Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, and Donnie Wahlberg.

The story follows child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Willis), who has received recognition by the mayor for his work, and is celebrating the award with his wife (Williams). One of Crowe's former patients, Vincent Grey (Wahlberg), interrupts them. In despair, Grey shoots Crowe and then himself. The event seems to knock Crowe and his wife into an emotional abyss. Crowe tries to keep a steady foothold on life, and throws himself into the treatment of Cole Sear (Osment), who exhibits the same symptoms as Grey: They both see dead people.

Crowe provides what assistance he can to Sear, who is trying to find a way to deal with his gift—or curse—without going insane. Sear has been unable to confide in his mother (Collette) and needs an adult's advice. The movie twines the stories of Crowe and Sear, culminating in a twist ending that delighted audiences. With a budget of $55 million and a gross of almost $300 million, The Sixth Sense was a surprise box office success and led to further opportunities for Shyamalan to create his particular brand of supernatural suspense films.