5 Movies That Changed Your Mind About Directors You Hated

1. Split

Once it got well into the 2010s, jokes about M. Night Shyamalan losing whatever creative spark that made many hail him as the next Spielberg had long since gotten old. By that point it was like kicking a dead horse, with even his supposed back-to-basics horror The Visit seemingly making it clear that he'd never be relevant again.

However, after a decade of crippling disappointments, Shyamalan did the unthinkable and not only won over fans, but the critics as well, with 2016's Split. More than an inventive horror in and of itself, the movie indicated that the director still had the ability to surprise, with it only being until the film was in theatres that audiences realised it was actually set in the world of 2000's cult classic Unbreakable.

In that sense, the film was so good it got audiences hyped for a franchise they'd probably never even heard of, with anticipation being higher than ever for this year's sequel, Glass. Whether Split was simply a fluke is yet to be seen, but it will always be remembered as the movie which, somehow, managed to single-handedly save Shyamalan's career.