Is The Sixth Sense (1999) scary?

Yes — The Sixth Sense (1999) is consistently scary. As a supernatural film, it scored 7.7/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 8.4/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

How many jump scares are in The Sixth Sense (1999)?

The Sixth Sense (1999) has 8 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

What age is The Sixth Sense (1999) appropriate for?

The Sixth Sense (1999) is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 7.7/10 for fear, 3.5/10 for gore, and 5.5/10 for intensity, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. It has 8 jump scares. Content warnings on file: child endangerment, domestic violence, and self harm.

Does The Sixth Sense (1999) have a happy ending?

The Sixth Sense (1999) has a bittersweet ending on Watch Darkly's spoiler-gated ending scale.

What are some films like The Sixth Sense (1999)?

Films similar to The Sixth Sense (1999) on Watch Darkly include Lights Out (2016), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Eye (2002), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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supernatural

The Sixth Sense

1999 · PG-13 · 1h 47m

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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters: August 6, 1999

Curator Score

8.4

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings · How we score

Driven by fear and atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

The Sixth Sense has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

The Sixth Sense is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 7.7/10 for fear and 3.5/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: child endangerment, domestic violence, and self harm.

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8.4Overall

Fear7.7

Gore3.5

Atmosphere8.0

Intensity5.5

Genres

horrorthriller

Details

Budget$40M

Box office$672.8M

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Written by

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Starring

Bruce Willis as Malcolm Crowe · Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear · Toni Collette as Lynn Sear · Olivia Williams as Anna Crowe · Trevor Morgan as Tommy Tammisimo · Donnie Wahlberg as Vincent Gray · Peter Anthony Tambakis as Darren · Jeffrey Zubernis as Bobby

Production

Barry Mendel Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Reviews

blessedmakerCurator

Apr 21, 2026

Overall8.8Fear7.3Atmos.8Gore3

There's so many good things to say about this movie, and it's safe to say that in 2026 this film has stood the test of time easily and will likely continue to do so. This is M. Night Shyamalan's magnum opus - the direction is stellar, deft, and beautiful. The human emotions on display are powerful and manages to vary from the warmth of love to the utterly frightening. Haley Joel Osment has forever etched himself as an amazing actor, especially as a child, it doesn't even seem possible how someone young of age could display such complicated nuance in the varying emotions on display. Beautiful, warm, cold, scary and a twist for the ages.

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