Is The Sixth Sense actually good?

The Sixth Sense sits in the 86.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 86.7% of them.

How does The Sixth Sense compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Sixth Sense lands in the 88.0% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Sixth Sense's score based on?

1,479 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Sixth Sense's score.

1999

global pct

86.7

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

The Sixth Sense

Name: The Sixth Sense
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1999

Scored from 1,479 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

86.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

88.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

99.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

1,479 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A troubled child psychologist tries to help a withdrawn young boy who reveals a terrifying secret: he sees and communicates with the dead. As the doctor works to understand the boy's affliction and earn his trust, both must confront the unsettling truths haunting their lives.

Released in 1999, The Sixth Sense is a drama, mystery and thriller film.

1,479 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 1,572 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is The Sixth Sense (1999) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 1,479
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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