Bruce Willis' Career-Defining Thriller Officially Hits Netflix's Top 10

1999 was one of the best years for film. The Matrix bent minds and dropped jaws as it set the standard for 21st century sci-fi; Tom Cruise delivered a pair of career-best performances in Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia; Pixar achieved animation perfection with Toy Story 2; Election still holds up as one of the best political satires of all time, and it was set inside the walls of a school; South Park took their shocking brand of humor to Bigger, Longer & Uncut new lengths, and much more.

One of the year's best films was Fight Club, which is remembered for delivering one of the most iconic twists in cinema history. But despite being one of the most famous twists ever, Fight Club and the true identity of Tyler Durden isn't even the biggest twist of 1999. That title goes to The Sixth Sense, which stars Bruce Willis in one of his very best roles, alongside the controversial Christmas classic Die Hard and Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element.

M. Night Shyamalan's magnum opus has been shocking audiences for almost three decades, and its position in pop culture has long been cemented — Are there many more film quotes as famous as "I see dead people"? Also featuring a star-making performance from young Haley Joel Osment and a typically pitch-perfect Toni Collette turn, The Sixth Sense is the thriller genre at its very best. 28 years later, it is still proving a huge hit. At the time of writing, The Sixth Sense is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Netflix in the world, behind the likes of The Hard Corps, The Secret Woman, and one of Netflix’s biggest blockbusters of the year, The Whisper Man.

How Much Did 'The Sixth Sense' Make at the Box Office?

No one could've predicted just how well The Sixth Sense would do at the box office, with word-of-mouth about that twist ending helping the film sustain a strong theatrical run. Against a $40 million budget, the film made an eye-watering $672.8 million worldwide, split between $293.5 million in domestic revenue and a further $379.3 million from overseas markets. This was enough for The Sixth Sense to finish 1999 as the second-highest-grossing movie worldwide.