History Film / TheSixthSense

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat - Crowe is gut shot in the opening scene. The rest of the movie is not a flashback. [[spoiler: Inverted or Subverted at the end, depending on how you look at it.]]

* CreatorCameo - M. Night Shyamalan as a doctor the kid sees at one point.

* CutHimselfShaving - Subverted. The kid [[spoiler:is repeatedly assaulted by ghosts]]. People assume he's abused by his mother, and she can't figure out what's happening to him.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The famous twist ending. This happens to Malcolm himself at the end.]]
* DeadSparks - [[spoiler: literally]]

* EvilDetectingDog - The family dog runs away right before [[spoiler:the kid who shot himself appears to Cole.]]

* ForgottenAnniversary - Malcolm shows up late to an anniversary dinner with his wife at a fancy restaurant; she barely acknowledges him before leaving.

* FullFrontalAssault - The opening scene.

* HappierHomeMovie - Malcom's wedding.
* IAmNotLeonardNimoy - There are a lot of people who refer to Cole as Haley Joel (Osment).
* ISeeDeadPeople - [[TropeNamers Trope named]] for the line by Cole.
* JacobMarleyApparel - all the ghosts. [[spoiler:Malcolm isn't the exception; throughout the movie he is wearing items that he had with him that night. We never see the gunshot wound because he is wearing his jacket over his shirt or the camera angles just don't reveal it when he has it off.]]
* KidsAreCruel - Thanks to Cole being a CreepyChild, he's bullied and hated by his peers.

* MandatoryTwistEnding - Practically spawned the twist ending for the new millennium. Also a strange variant of TheEndingChangesEverything: everything we saw previously is ''true'', but much of it means something completely different from what it seemed to mean.

* RuleOfSymbolism - The color red. Pay close attention to any scene with red in it. [[{{Foreshadowing}} It means something important]].
* SanctuaryOfSolitude - Cole is sitting in a church by himself when Malcolm goes to talk to him.
* SassyBlackWoman - Malcolm's wife's friend on their wedding video. It's a bit jarring.
* ScareChord - More subtle than in some movies but definitely there.
* SchoolPlay - Brief scene at Cole's school. Also [[spoiler:a trick some bullies play on him]].
* SexlessMarriage - Malcolm and Anna. If you've seen the movie, you know why.

* SpiritAdvisor - [[spoiler: Malcolm just doesn't know it yet]], and then Cole learns to become an adviser ''for'' spirits to help them move on.

* StanWinston - Responsible for the special effects.
* StoodUp - Malcolm's anniversary with his wife.
* TalkingInYourSleep - The only way Malcolm can get his wife to talk to him. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Somehow]], Cole knew this would work for Malcolm when nothing else would.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil - The fact that [[spoiler: Cole can see ghosts]] isn't revealed until the halfway point of the movie, but everyone knew thanks to the trailer.
* UndeadChild - The ghost of Kyra, the poisoned girl.

* VomitIndiscretionShot - Kyra's first appearance to Cole.
* WeirdnessCensor - A variant: it applies to the ghosts. "They see what they want to see," doing the same things they did in life.

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: The famous twist ending. This happens to Malcolm himself at the end.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy - too easy... ToniCollette for a start
** HeyItsThatVoice - ... but without counting Bruce Willis? [[KingdomHearts Still too easy.]]

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy - There are a lot of people who refer to Cole as Haley Joel (Osment).

** It's implied that the death was accidental...the poisonings were done as part of an insurance scam or possibly as an example of MunchausenSyndrome by Proxy. Doesn't make it any less callous or horrible, though.

* RuleOfSymbolism - The colour red. Pay close attention to any scene with red in it. [[{{Foreshadowing}} It means something important]].

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: The famous twist ending.]]

* DuelingMovies: In contest with the ''Film/TheOthers''.

A horror/thriller by Creator/MNightShyamalan starring Haley Joel Osment and BruceWillis.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The famous twist ending.]]

* Halfway through the film, Malcolm tries to get Cole to ease up by performing a magic trick where he claims to move a coin from his hand to his shirt pocket, etc. Problem is, ''he never takes the coin out of either spot'', he just taps the spot and claims the coin moved there. It actually works and convinces Cole that he has nothing to fear from Malcolm. Later Cole is seen doing the same trick to another kid, who just dismisses it as "stupid."

* SexlessMarriage - Malcolm and Anna. If you've seen the movie, you know why.

** Well if you pay close attention, [[spoiler:{{Nicolas Cage}}'s character never changes out of the outfit that he's wearing when that intruder fatally shot him.]]

** It's implied that the death was accidental...the poisonings were done as part of an insurance scam or possibly as an example of Munchausen by proxy syndrome. Doesn't make it any less callous or horrible, though.

A horror/thriller by {{M Night Shyamalan}} starring Haley Joel Osment and BruceWillis.

* DeadSparks - Malcolm and his wife's relationship, or at least that is what it seems like at first.

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]] - The famous twist ending.

Successful child psychiatrist Malcolm Crowe (Willis) is shot and injured in his home by a disturbed former patient of his; the disturbed man commits suicide immediately following the shooting. Months later, a still-shaken Malcolm comes across the case of ten-year-old Cole Sear (Osment), who is exhibiting exactly the same symptoms of his former patient: frequent panic attacks, social withdrawal, and unexplained injuries. Seeing a chance to redeem himself by helping Cole, Malcolm takes a special interest in -- and begins counseling -- Cole. Learning the secret behind Cole's condition, however, only makes things stranger than Malcolm could have imagined.

* OffingTheOffspring: Kyra's mom kills her by regularly poisoning her lunch for two years. And after Kyra dies, the mom starts to poison Kyra's younger sister too. Kyra gets justice by giving filmed proof of the clandestine act to Cole, who gives it to Kyra's dad, who watches the video along with the guests at Kyra's wake.

* PlayingAgainstType - Bruce Willis.

Successful child psychiatrist Malcolm Crowe (Willis) is shot and injured in his home by a disturbed former patient of his; the disturbed man commits suicide immediately following the shooting. Months later, having apparently mended in all ways but the most important ones (psychologically and spiritually), Malcolm comes across the case of ten-year-old Cole Sear (Osment), who is exhibiting exactly the same symptoms of his former patient: frequent panic attacks, social withdrawal, and unexplained injuries. Seeing a chance to redeem himself by helping Cole, Malcolm takes a special interest in -- and begins counseling -- Cole.

Cole soon opens up to Malcolm and reveals his secret: he can [[ISeeDeadPeople see dead people]] all the time -- and they want something from him.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil - The fact that Cole can see ghosts isn't revealed until the halfway point of the movie, but everyone knew thanks to the trailer.