1. Unbreakable
2. 6th Sense
3. Glass
4. Knock on the Cabin
I really enjoyed it, especially after the huge disappointment that Old was.
I have Unbreakable and 6th Sense as truly top tier movies, Cabin is no where near that kind of level but is a pretty good Shymalan movie.
I’d also rate Unbreakable as his best film.
shareI really enjoyed it too, but unfortunately, I'd place more of his good movies above Cabin. I have The Village, Unbreakable, and Signs in my top 3 already, with Split, The Visit, and The Sixth Sense all somewhere after that.
shareI hated The Visit. The rest of his filmography is hit and miss to varying degrees but I was astounded at how truly awful The Visit was and couldn’t quite believe that MNS directed it. Any two-dollar hack could have made something so painfully bad, and would have probably done a better job of it.
shareWell, for what it's worth, The Visit put him back on the map haha. We wouldn't have gotten Split or Knock at the Cabin.
shareThere’s no accounting for taste 🤷♂️
Seriously, watch The Sixth Sense and The Visit back-to-back and tell me there is anything that links them in terms of style, imagination or directorial proficiency. If his name wasn’t in the credits I wouldn’t believe it was the same filmmaker. Without knowing he was the director I would assume it was a student filmmaker trying to muscle in on the found footage genre, way after it stopped being an interesting way to make movies.
Perhaps, I shall. I haven't seen The Sixth Sense again in years. I guess it doesn't help either that, looking back, I'm just not as impressed by The Sixth Sense either, esp compared to the movies he immediately did afterwards.
In my defense, I didn't rank Split/Visit/Sixth Sense. :D Not exactly how I feel about them relatively to each other.
No love for Split??
shareI've actually liked everything Shymalan has done. Some I've liked more than others, of course, but I think they're all good in their own ways.
Split is my absolute favorite! McAvoy's acting just blew me away.
James should have been nominated for the best actor Oscar for both Split and Glass. He is definitely a rarity in Hollywood.
but I think they're all good in their own ways.
That might be the only one of his movies I didn't see. It sounded too much like a fairy tale. Is it good?
I agree 100% that McAvoy should have been nominated for best actor. He is fantastic.
That might be the only one of his movies I didn't see.
It was surprisingly good. I'd give it a 7/10.
Unbreakable is my favourite from Shyamalan, followed by 6th Sense.
Only M Knight film I genuinely didn’t like was Old.
shareJust watched. It was much better than expected.
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