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It was an ending that started a craze of imitations with their own surprise twists.

Toni Collette's character hires child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe, played by Bruce Willis, to assess her troubled son, Cole, played by a then-10-year-old Haley Joel Osment, who's being haunted by visions of the deceased.

Crowe helps Cole learn not to be afraid of the dead people he sees but. of course, it's later revealed that Willis' character is one of those dead people, too.

20 years ago today (August 6th 1999) saw the American cinema release for The Sixth Sense . @HaleyJoelOsment pic.twitter.com/RZPAef6wD2

— Horror Seen (@HorrorSeen) August 6, 2019

\"The Sixth Sense\" earned six Oscar nominations, including best supporting actress for Collette and best supporting actor for young Osment, as well as best picture, best director and best screenplay nominations for Shyamalan. It's since become a supernatural movie classic.

Shyamalan went on to write and direct the 2000 hit \"Unbreakable,\" again starring Bruce Willis and with Samuel L. Jackson. A series of high-profile box office misfires followed until Shyamalan got back to his more modestly budgeted thriller roots with 2017's \"Split,\" starring James McAvoy, with a twist ending that revealed to be a sequel to \"Unbreakable.\" The trilogy was completed with the 2018 hit \"Glass,\" which united Willis, Jackson and McAvoy.

Shyamalan's next film is rumored to be the drama \"Labor of Love,\" about a widower, possibly played by Willis, who walks across the country to demonstrate his love for his late wife. So far, there's no announced release date.

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