4. The Sixth Sense
This supernatural thriller put M. Night Shyamalan on the map as one of the better known horror writers in film – sadly it was mostly downhill after that, but that’s for another list. The Sixth Sensefollows the story of a little boy who can see and talk to ghosts – “I see dead people.” This little boy, played by Haley Joel Osment, is introduced to a child psychologist played by Bruce Willis.
Willis’s character, Dr. Malcolm Crowe, has just recovered from a bullet wound inflicted by a patient who shared a similar diagnosis as the ghost-seeing boy. The film is cleverly shot and leads the viewer to believe Willis’s character will eventually help the boy. But in the end, we learn Dr. Malcolm Crow has been dead all along and has only been able to talk to the troubled boy because of his rare ability to speak with ghosts.
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