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M. Night Shyamalan

American filmmaker (born 1970)

3.26body-of-work score · ranked #338 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 6, 1970 · Mahé
Nationality
United States, India
Work
film director, film producer, writer, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of M. Night Shyamalan
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Sixth Sense

    1999 · United States · horror, thriller, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1999 · AFI 100 (2007) #89 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1999 #10

    1.486 citations
  2. 2
    The Village

    2004 · United States · drama, horror, thriller

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2004 #2

    0.631 citation
  3. 3
    Lady in the Water

    2006 · United States · mystery, thriller, fantasy

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2006 #6

    0.361 citation
  4. 4
    Split

    2016 · United States · thriller, horror, crime

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2017 #8

    0.321 citation
  5. 5
    Trap

    2024 · United States · thriller, mystery, crime

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2024 #9

    0.301 citation
  6. 6
    Unbreakable

    2000 · United States · mystery, fantasy, sci-fi

    Empire 500 (2008) #452

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.