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M. Night Shyamalan
Director 56 years old

M. Night Shyamalan

Mahé, India

Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan, is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. He made his directorial debut in 1992... Read full bio →

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Trap

Trap

M. Night Shyamalan 2024 1h 45m 4.3

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

Knock at the Cabin

Knock at the Cabin

M. Night Shyamalan 2023 1h 40m 5.0

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

Old

Old

M. Night Shyamalan 2021 1h 48m 4.7

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Glass

Glass

M. Night Shyamalan 2019 2h 9m 5.4

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

Split

Split

M. Night Shyamalan 2016 1h 57m 6.8

Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan 2010 1h 43m 5.7

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

The Shark Is Still Working

The Shark Is Still Working

Erik Hollander 2009 1h 43m 6.0

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways Jaws has helped to shape common elements of pop culture.

The Happening

The Happening

M. Night Shyamalan 2008 1h 30m 5.3

A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

M. Night Shyamalan 2006 1h 50m 6.8

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains.

The Village

The Village

M. Night Shyamalan 2004 1h 48m 7.5

The population of a small, isolated countryside village believe that their alliance with the mythical creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end.

Signs

Signs

M. Night Shyamalan 2002 1h 46m 6.8

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

M. Night Shyamalan 2000 1h 46m 7.5

A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan 1999 1h 47m 8.1

A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people. A film that has you on the edge of your seat till the end when you fall off.

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