10 Horror Movies Where The Last Scene Is The Best
2. The Sixth Sense
"I think I can go now. Just needed to do a couple of things. I needed to help someone; I think I did. And I needed to tell you something: You were never second, ever. I love you. You sleep now. Everything will be different in the morning."
The Sixth Sense's finale breathed life into what is arguably cinema's most famous twist ending.
M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 offering sees Bruce Willis step into the shoes of children's psychologist Malcolm Crowe. Crowe's young patient, Cole, claims that he can see and talk to "dead people".
Shyamalan's finale holds such a prominent place in pop culture that many who haven't even seen the film will be familiar with its mind-boggling ending. Malcolm and his wife had felt peculiarly estranged until this point in proceedings, but it is not until Malcolm realizes he is not wearing his wedding ring that the pieces finally click together. Crowe died in a home invasion at the beginning of the movie - he is one of Cole's "dead people", unable to move on due to a sense of unfinished business.
The Sixth Sense's conclusion is an oddity amongst more traditional horror films, in the sense that it doesn't leave audiences weeping in a puddle on the floor. It's a heartbreaking, yet simultaneously uplifting sequence; one that allows for a beautiful moment of closure for Crowe and his wife, as he accepts his death and finally moves on.
One of the more well-crafted and moving final scenes ever witnessed.