The Sixth Sense (1999)

Every choice in The Sixth Sense feels deliberate. The framing, the pacing, the wedding video clue — M. Night Shyamalan is operating at a level most filmmakers never reach. It's the kind of film you study rather than just watch.

The music in The Sixth Sense is so deeply married to the images that you almost can't separate them. It stays in your head days later and when you hear it again the emotions return immediately.

The Sixth Sense has been praised so heavily that no film could live up to the hype completely. It's an excellent film — Bruce Willis's understated sadness is genuinely remarkable — but it's not the untouchable masterpiece some claim.