The Twist | Ending of The Sixth Sense (1999) Realtime Movie Reactions

[@joits]

One of the most amazing theater experiences was this part and hearing the collective reactions of everyone in the theater. I'll never forget it. I didn't realize it at the time but it turns out I loved seeing people's reactions to things even back in 1999 because I worked in a theater when this came out and I would try to sneak in to the screens playing this movie during the twist reveal.

[@nontask78]

I've never experienced such a collective chillness in my life, and probably will never again in a movie theater. Thank God this movie came out before social media! p.s. Don't believe people who saw the movie when it came out and claim to having figured out the twist beforehand. 99% of them are lying.

[@pablosonic892]

Me too. I did the exact same thing. This compilation video is like an extension of that. It has retained all its power and lost none of the impact. I still get chills and choked up just now seeing this. Time is funny. Watching a three minute video of a two hour movie twenty five years down the line later and the twist still hits and levels the senses like a sledge hammer. I remember everyone's immediate reaction when the house lights came up and leaving, the buzz, all these pockets of cinema detectives going over the movie back and forth with a fine tooth comb looking for all the clues laying right there in front of us and seeing if it all the evidence aligned right, actually fit and the general consensus was anybody and everybody wanted to go right back in and watch it a second time to see how M.Night did it, how this cinematic magician managed to pull it off, a sleigh of hand so perfectly executed, trick so masterfully realized and absolute, it was like magic. It's called The Sixth Sense and our boy Shyamalan managed to rock all 5 our senses, the sixth one too, plus, probably a couple more of 'em we don't even know of or about for good measure also. Who would've thought a movie about a kid who sees dead people could make a person feel so alive.

[@bearsaremean]

I can only compare it to Sloth moving in Seven.

[@patsstuffclark9522]

Exactly! My husband and I went to see this the Friday it opened. Tiny theater, sold-out, 50+ people. You could hear the suck-in of breath from everyone and a few people said "what?" Then a bunch of "I didn't see that coming" and the best one "what's going on?" That was our introduction to M. Knight Shyamalan!!!

[@SuperSayinSolidSnek]

When I worked at a theater in high school we always made sure we watched the scenes with naked women 😅

[@TheTriumfAnt]

I was telling a friend that I was going to see this movie at the weekend. His wife shouts from the other room, "Bruce Willis is a ghost!" She completely ruined the movie twist for me. Thankfully he divorced her a couple of years later.

[@bubgum00]

What a jerk thing to do. I had someone do that about a book I was reading. Pissed me off considering I was close to the end of it.

[@TheTriumfAnt]

@@bubgum00 That's even worse, considering the extra time you put into reading a good book.

[@camvick407]

She's awful lol

[@ronsissons8994]

My Wife turned to me 15 min into the movie and said "He's dead!" I'm still mad about it. LOL

[@Tbizel]

Ahh that sucks

[@bearsaremean]

this twist is so incredibly good that it is 25 years old and people STILL gatekeep it, they STILL dont want to give it away, just in case. a maze ing.

[@wratched]

If only my parents' generation had been as protective of the twist to "Psycho"

[@MegaSilverBlood]

And one of those that proudly keep that tradition to anyone that tells me they never seen it (which are not many people at this point lol) I watched it again recently with a girl im dating whose never watched it. I enjoyed watching her reaction to the twist haha

[@wxywawjy626]

Wow true facts! I saw it years ago but I've never spoiled it. Even when we mention this movie we just don't say much so others who haven't seen it can get the amazing experience

[@DaddyOwO]

Bro the only thing I know about the film is the twist.

[@michaelrae9599]

The reaction to this movie is still so iconic. It is THE twist.

[@pistonburner6448]

So well memorialized in the Lonely Island song: Jizz In My Pants...

[@yaqubebased1961]

No. THE twist is the one in Star Wars.

[@axe-tq2wn]

@@yaqubebased1961I am your father

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

@@yaqubebased1961they both can be

[@majbrat]

It was the best kept secret in Hollywood, and we all really tried to keep the secret over the years as fans. Best twist in a movie ever!

[@aerthreepwood8021]

Unless your dickhead uncle spoiled the twist the day you were going to go see the movie.

[@Hauri1972]

Unless of course you’ve seen the „Tale of a dream girl“ episode of the „Are you afraid of the dark“ series, where Shyamalan ripped it from. But if you don’t know it, it’s very well made.

[@nicolab2075]

​@@Hauri1972 😱

[@chessenthusiast]

One of the most powerful moments of this ending is Malcolm’s final line to his wife. In the very opening scene, she tells him the plaque and award are important because they represent everything he accomplished in his career, and the sacrifices he made, including putting everything second… including her. So when he says, “I needed to tell you something: you were never second. I love you,” that hits real, real hard. Total closure of the film’s theme.

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

Agree

[@elspeff]

I HOWLED at the revelation: seriously, I was weeping and bawling at it.

[@NarnianRailway]

"I see reacting people" Excellent compilation YoureMrLewbowski!

[@cmfranklin1079]

I saw this in the theater a few days after it came out with my wife, who is very smart. Like Mensa smart. During the scene where Bruce Willis is in the basement and the dude comes around to hit on his wife, MY wife suddenly grabs my arm. I look at her and she is smiling. She leans in to me and whispers, "He's a ghost." Because I'm not that smart, she has to whisper all of the reasons why. So, during the big reveal I'm sitting there nodding along saying "Yep, you got it." Meanwhile, she's sitting there balling her eyes out. Just a really great movie all around.

[@johnyd1911]

Definitely not Mensa smart, but I do remember thinking something wasn't adding up but couldn't put my finger on it till the reveal, then boom! 😁

[@Frankie2012channel]

Sadly I saw this on opening weekend with friends. They were all fooled. I wasn't which sucks for me. Unfortunately I had seen the movie "Carnival of Souls' just two days earlier (the original 1960s version not the remake) and though not exactly the same twist, it still followed a woman who didn't realize that she was dead the entire movie. So all the little hints I immediately picked up, not because I'm clever, but because I saw a movie with a similar theme just days earlier.

[@argustuft2394]

I'd divorce her for spoiling the movie, bud.

[@enightc]

@@argustuft2394 if she is Mensa smart, and she married him, he is used to this already

[@argustuft2394]

@@enightc Then if she was continually revealing spoilers why would he go to the movies or watch television with her?

[@dipperjc]

Man, that is an EXTREMELY impressive cut you've put together. You lined up the movie itself seamlessly among all those disparate reactors, that is amazing work! WELL DONE!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@civwar054]

Back then, it blew me away. We talked about it for years.

[@lassedk4955]

Problably THE BIGGEST twist in movie history!... Completely jawdropping moment..when i watched it in the theater the whole room gasped and started cheering out loudly!... this is 10/10

[@OtisMcNuttIII]

I still remember seeing this movie in the theater and being absolutely floored by the Twist. Shyamalan has a nack for a good twist.

[@jatilq]

That has to be a curse for him. Everyone wants the same type of experience and they don't give his film the credit they deserve. The guy takes chances.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

He will be remembered for The Happening.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@TransoceanicOutreachI actually didn’t mind the happening cause plants do react sort of like that (I don’t mean the suicide). Like the smell of pine when you cut a pine tree. That scent is actually a pain chemical response of the plant. For me, I felt he revived his career with the Visit

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@John-gl6th No the visit didn’t? I don’t mean that he is going strong today but the Visit showed that he can still really get us

[@solomoon3083]

@@jatilqI completely agree with you. I loved The Village and Lady in the Water and Signs. Some of my favorite films.

[@MCMNasty2]

Will never, ever forget the way I felt in the theater watching this movie. I can’t imagine ever having an experience like that again. Truly spine tingling, like chills thinking about it almost 25 years later.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Oh, the collective "GASP!" that I heard in the theater when I first saw this...the best thing is, this isn't a twist out of nowhere, either - if you go back and rewatch it, all the signs are there.

[@doilysimpkin6972]

I think this is THE best twist in any movie ever made. What's sad is that you only get that moment of realisation once.

[@antoniomcmahon3499]

This movie and MEMENTO! At 50yrs plus this movie is truly one of the best movies I've ever seen along with its "twist"! M. Knight has yet to pull off another although UNBREAKABLE came close! Bravo! Late 90s to about 2010 had some truly amazing scripts and movies but im sad to say now it seems everything has become recycled!

[@doilysimpkin6972]

@@antoniomcmahon3499 Oh yes! Memento had slipped my mind. Still, I think this one just pips it on 'twist factor'. There's also Shutter Island, which is pretty good. Agree that Hollywood movies aren't what they once were, sadly.

[@stormangelus6638]

​@doilysimpkin6972 Dude! Shutter Island was a mindf*ck.

[@doilysimpkin6972]

@@stormangelus6638 Yeah. It's a goodie.

[@mugen83v]

The Korean movie A tale of two sister too

[@DireCrow]

The two monumental moments I remember from this movie: Of course, the TWIST. But also how freaking scary that little girl ghost was, until you realized she was suffering and not a threat ("I'm getting better") and how brave Cole was to help her. I think people forgot how subtle a twist THAT moment was. Our fear of the unknown and unnatural can lead us to develop prejudices. But, if we try to understand something or someone, we can find that it's not scary at all, and we can do some good in the world.

[@la214la]

I remember seeing this in theatres, and when that ring fell, I was shocked. I looked to my sister and she was like, "what?" I was like, "he's dead." One of the BEST twists in cinema. I never even noticed no one talked to him. It's funny M. Night S thought he made it too obvious! lol

[@MDK2_Radio]

Good ol’ M. Night Shyamalan, before the twists became the reason for the movie.

[@JFTW1337]

What a twist!

[@insanitypepper1740]

This and The Others were great twist endings attached to magnificent films.

[@jamesalexander5623]

I Saw it the Week it Premiered In a Full Theatre with Friends. I tumbled it at the "Anniversary" Dinner but said nothing. What happens when you get it is your mind automaticaly jumps back to the beginning to look for Clues. It was one of the reasons it did big boxoffice, because people went back several times to try to see what they missed. Everyone I know who saw it went back to see it another time or two!

[@champslim]

The coat comment... Holy crap I never noticed that!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i hadn't either.

[@philc2729]

The gift that keeps on giving for sure. Everyone discovers what a great movie Sixth Sense is and then the twist is epic.

[@jimmccarley8280]

the movie got a standing ovation in the theater where was. nuff said

[@imdguin]

I cry every time. I cried this time too

[@lunarose698]

If there's a better plot twist than this, then you find one.

[@Marychelle]

I saw this movie in the theater and I will never forget that wedding band rolling across the floor.

[@VeldaGray]

Once you’ve actually lost a spouse to death, this movie takes on a vastly deeper meaning. I thought I knew what grieving was when I lost my Dad…I had no clue.

[@CBO4evr]

I have forgotten that there are people who have not seen this movie, I love that it is coming around again for people to experience the twist for the first time. It was wild when it first came out and then everyone knew so to get to see people's 1st reactions is fun.

[@hanzytfullgameplays1423]

The best plot twist in cinema history

[@jsloden1]

Little known fact, the man that shot him at the beginning of the film was Donnie Whalberg.

[@envillain]

It’s a well-known fact.

[@steriopticon2687]

@@envillain Now it is.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i only learned it from CinemaSins a couple years ago!

[@MDK2_Radio]

I learned it when I watched the credits rolling. But what I learned only recently is that he’s married to Jenny McCarthy and has been for something like 9 or 10 years.

[@willldo4]

How is that possible? Donnie is still alive today......

[@analuisahering2043]

Still amazed that at the time, people who had watched the movie did keep quiet about this twist so that others could experience/enjoy the moment 😊

[@magicalmiller]

Brilliant of M to make their heads at their wedding in the shape of a heart, when they kiss. MASTERFUL. I could care less what anyone else thinks but M. Night is a MASTER STORYTELLER.

[@sufyaankriel9241]

I too remember watching this movie.... wow... when the twist dropped.... you heard the gasps, and people calling out.... many were crying.... Still one of the best movies I've ever seen...

[@martinholt8168]

The mark of a great twist: 1st Viewing - I did not see that coming! 2nd Viewing - How did I NOT see that coming?!

[@bambamnj]

This was a very nice and well put together video. You did a great job meshing these reactions together.

[@dwaiting883]

I wish i had seen this in the theater. I remember seeing the lines for it after its first week and thinking, “Why are so many people waiting to see some new ‘scary’ Bruce Willis movie?” This was the days of DVD just coming on the scene and you had to wait quite a while, like a year before you could rent a copy after the theatric release. By that time, everyone was talking about this movie having a twist and what was so cool was the respect people had that if they found out you hadn't seen “the sixth sense,” they wouldn't spoil it. A year later, a girlfriend and I finally watched it and though I knew there was apparently a twist, it wasnt until his ring fell on the floor that my jaw dropped. Such a classic film. The idea that dead people were just hanging out around us, making those noises or weird movements of air in the room had us sleep with the lights on that night. Good ol’ times.

[@unwindreactions6223]

This was a huge moment, the entire theatre gasped with surprise, I was 19 when I saw this with my late younger brother's girlfriend, we were both speechless after this reveal 😲😲 an excellent movie spawning "I can see dead people" memes

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i didn't get it immediately, took about 10 seconds.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

Those of us who are a bit older will remember when everyone on Earth spoiled this movie for you the day after it came out.

[@ike0072]

This and dumbledore were some of the worst spoiled twists ever for that time period. Also why i didn't watch this movie for so long. Spoiled for me.

[@jamesdakrn]

@@ike0072 There was a whole-ass 6-7 years between the spoiler for Sixth Sense being a meme on the internet and the release of Half Blood Prince lol

[@Frankie2012channel]

To be fair, when this came out, EVERYONE went out of their way NOT TO SPOIL it. that's why people were flocking to the theaters to see it BEFORE it got spoiled. All we knew was that the ending was a doozy, that's all.

[@monkeyvanmeowerton4497]

I remember watching an interview after seeing the movie, and they said one of the biggest hints is that everytime a ghost is in a scene, there is the colour red someplace.

[@arivana10]

I remember seeing this movie with my mom on our couch. We didn’t see it in theaters we waited and rented it at the local video store after it came to video. The part where she drops his ring my mom (who was laying across the couch) jumped up and screamed “HE’S DEAD!!!” Scared the shit outta me. I even yelled at her like “mom! What the crap?!” She just started saying it over and over again. “He’s dead, he’s dead.” Lol. Funny memory.

[@johnbrowne2170]

Most, if not all, film reviewers kept the secret. I don't think that would happen today.

[@bedbackandbeyond]

I am sobbing again like it is my first time seeing this movie

[@Youruso]

This movie is so famous, I unfortunately new the twist years before I saw the actual movie.😂

[@lynette397]

The only movie I've ever watched that I couldn't predict the ending... blew me away... masterpiece!!! One of my favourites...

[@TheFalconerNZ]

Amazing edit of some of the best reactions, outstanding work. I just love watching reactors reaction to the reveal as it bring back how I felt at the time.

[@SuRoFo]

My sister pissed off everyone on opening night since her lightbulb went off halfway through the movie and she vocalized her realization out loud lol

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

One of the most acclaimed scenes in cinema history

[@stormangelus6638]

Yeah, if you didn't catch it earlier (there's 1 or 2 small clues that's easy to miss), this scene is a downright mindf*ck. I loved watching these reactions!

[@thisisgreentext2147]

"How come I didn't know he was dead? How come I didn't notice it?" It's cause you want to see, what you want to see..

[@Danny-Zebbular-Gim]

You guys are lucky…it was spoiled for me by the time I saw this movie 🥺

[@Mark-ls8ov]

I had this movie spoiled for me while watching the film. To this day I have never completely gotten over it.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

i would be pretty mad.

[@chellejack3480]

This movie was spoiled for me at the climatic scene by a very selfish couple who had a newborn baby screaming for 10 minutes straight. So I didn't even really know what was going on and people were yelling at that couple to take their baby out of the theatre and then there was a fight, so that's what I think of when I see this movie. Don't bring newborn infants to movies for adults!!!!

[@joeyk107]

It's interesting seeing people react to "plot twists" like this. I think it would be cool seeing people react to the twists from movies like Planet of the Apes or The Prestige.

[@darkcosmos88]

Trust me shouting "fire" in a movie theater isn't the worst thing you can say, it's "Bruce Willis is dead!!!"

[@maruskaehrensdorfer]

🤣🤣🤣

[@robwebnoid5763]

Unfortunately with Bruce`s updated life expectancy now with his dementia, it wont be far from that statement.

[@janetgriffin7779]

My brothers and sisters and I all sat as a family to watch this film and we were all sobbing by the end. What a damn twist.

[@Kalendil]

I went to the cinema to see this movie I was 16 years old at that time.... I still remember how shocked I was when I saw the ring falling on the floor..... It was and still is a masterpiece

[@Mokkari77]

I saw the movie months after it came out to see what the hype was about. When it got to the twist I let out a big "Ohhhhh!" in an empty theater finally finding out why the movie got so popular!

[@appylee9942]

I saw this movie in the theater when it was new. I have always liked to try to solve mysteries and puzzles. So, I guessed that the doctor was a ghost about half way through. It was first confirmed to me when Cole confessed that he saw dead people and then said that the dead often didn't know they were dead and couldn't see the other dead. I still had tears when the doctor discovered it all near the end and when Cole told his mother. The Sixth Sense if one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time along with the movies like The Green Mile.

[@Lin117]

Decades later it's still taboo to spoil this for people, what an iconic movie.

[@zerobyte802]

I first suspected he was dead during the scene where he's pulling up to the house late at night right as the "lover" is quickly hopping in his car as if to avoid conflict. It was then I noticed how everything was just so perfect for him to have never interacted on-screen with anyone but the kid. I wasn't positive though - just thought "man, that'd be crazy if he was dead."

[@Alexis40ar]

M. Night Shyamalan, you're a freaking genius!!

[@vdoggydogg3922]

Until he wasn't

[@Charles_Gaba]

Fantastic compilation as always.

[@piachy]

Can't believe Bruce Willis didn't get an Oscar for this... screw the academy

[@tattletalesister7306]

A wonderful movie, one of my favorites with a spectacular twist. I will say that I guessed that he was deceased almost immediately. No one ever addressed him directly and he never changed his clothes. It was still a fantastic movie.

[@breezy3392]

This and The Others have the best ghost reveal twists ever!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

agreed. ✅

[@tomfrankiewicz4030]

When I saw this movie in the theater everyone gasped at this scene

[@datboinate0192]

I saw this in high school in 1998 I think That shit f’d me up at the movies I remembered everyone reactions to this part KRAZY!

[@GreenGoblin73]

It's funny because the director made the audience ALSO only see what we wanted to see!! Brilliant!!!

[@robduncan2816]

the GOAT of twists. and the editing of these videos, amazing

[@seangriffin2053]

The title got it right. It's not just A twist ending, it's THE twist ending.

[@shadowdramon01]

I always figured Malcolm being a ghost was one of those twists like “I am your father” or “Rosebud is a sled” where most people know about it, even if they’d never seen The Sixth Sense. Not that it’s a bad thing that these people didn’t know

[@ViolaGirl2008]

I remember seeing this in the movie theatre with my cousins and thinking in the first ten minutes that his character was dead. It was the first thing that came to my mind, but I kept it to myself and still enjoyed the film! Great movie!

[@christophervelasquez6188]

Someone spoiled this for me back in 99'. I knew full well going into it what the reveal was gonna be. As I've gotten older I've really come to think about what an asshole move that was on his part, seeing as its now considered one of the biggest plot twists in film.

[@Pahoe77]

A master manipulation. But he became a victum of his success. Hhe really was never able to re create another, despite trying numerous times. 😊

[@styx9193]

I have never watched The Sixth Sense until today, but because of the cultural impact it had back then, I knew about the twist as probably most of my generation (born in '93). I still enjoyed the movie very much and I am glad that almost 25 yrs later people can now watch it spoiler free and be amazed.

[@connieoliver7369]

My sister's seen this movie before. But went back with me to see it. I knew he was dead before they made the big reveal. I told my sister he's dead. He never changed clothes, no one talked to him. Once you knew, the kid saw ghost . It was logical

[@conatcha]

Glad to have seen this movie at the theater back in the day.

[@joe8206]

I was in the theater watching this movie and it freaked my niece out so bad she had to sleep with her mom for two nights afterward.

[@gutz1981]

The one movie I regret was spoiled for me before I saw it many years ago around about the time it came out. I knew this twist going into the movie. I was fascinated, but I knew I missed out.

[@leemoo020756]

I remember I used to go to school around the corner from where some of this was filmed.

[@michaelwolejszo6445]

I would have loved to react like this when I first saw this movie but my friend spoiled it for me before I watched it.....

[@camvick407]

A great time in cinema ❤

[@mic7504]

I like how clearly you can tell the KZbinrs who are just pretending they haven't seen it before.

[@tajcee]

I saw this movie with my family back in ‘99 and when I say this blew my 11 year old mind… 🤯 One of the most shocking endings to a film I’ve ever seen

[@champslim]

I saw this with my mom and cousin. I was 9 years old. I still remember being blown away by the twist.

[@mrcapra]

Wonderful job of editing!

[@CaddyJim]

*Watch most of these reactors but **#Dash** has such a sweet* she always sees the good in every movie or movie scene

[@brendab.8473]

This is one of the best reaction compilations I've seen. Excellent work!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

Appreciate that, thank you.

[@fastecp1]

You have nailed some of my favorite movie reactions.

[@andrewcastillo3110]

I have watched this movie ever since it first came out at the movies, and every single time there's gotta be some a-hole cutting onions right next to me😢😂

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Didn't Bruce see all the ambulance people , cops and coroner take his body away?

[@j.wright8157]

The soundtrack by James Newton Howard is AMAZING! It goes perfectly with the film!🙂

[@dawggirl]

0:40 pause with Jay's shock face and Amber's omg covering her mouth with her hands is EPIC

[@metacob]

I think "I see dead people" being in the trailer and becoming such a recognized phrase protected a few people from getting the movie spoiled for them. You could reasonably hear about that movie with the big twist, remember the phrase, and even get to the point in the movie where Cole says it and go "Yeah I know, big twist, the kid sees ghosts" because for the first half of the movie that's only being hinted at. Then it's a bit like the apex of a roller coaster and you're too busy getting scared by the horror stuff to think whether that was actually it.

[@piglet311]

I still hate that my family called me over to join them on the couch while this twist was happening and I didn’t know the context robbing me of the surprise

[@FresnoCA93727]

I remember renting this on VHS 📼 And when it was over, my dad wanted to watch it again. It was rare for him to watch a movie a second time like that.

[@ulaB]

Everyone: "WHOOA" or "Wait". That one guy: "HAH!" :-)

[@Zenobiadream]

Can that Eastern European girl be more dramatic ?! 😂

[@YoureMrLebowski]

She can definitely turn it up tp 11.

[@LinhNguyen101010]

Im so jealous of people who havent seen this movie lol

[@diblasio1461]

This twist makes a lot of sense... like six.

[@mossjo2007]

I saw this years ago but only read (and realised) that it was Donnie Wahlberg who played the patient who shot him a month or so again. He lost so much weight to play a part which was but minutes. Great film!

[@fluffdegoss]

my wife had figured out what was going on before the big twist. This was a mind blowing scene. Love it.