The Sixth Sense (1999) Poster

Parents Guide

Add to guide
Showing all 29 items

Certification

Edit
MPAA Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material and violent images
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A (married) man and woman kiss and walk to the bedroom but nothing happens.
  • A husband watches his nude wife in the shower through a foggy glass shower door. Depending how advanced your tv clarity is which determines how clear the nudity will be. Scene lasts about 6-7 seconds.
  • A man is wearing only his underwear in one scene.
  • Cole's mother is briefly in a bra, with just cleavage visible.
  • A woman lays in bed and we see cleavage in her nightgown.

Violence & Gore

  • A man shoots a man in the chest and then proceeds to shoot himself offscreen. Neither deaths are explicit and are more emotional and shocking than bloody.
  • A man lies on his back with a small pool of blood behind it.
  • The ghost of a young boy has a bloody wound on the back of his head briefly.
  • The ghost of a woman is briefly seen with graphic burns on one side of her body.
  • The ghost of a woman is briefly seen with blood on a side of her face.
  • A man has some blood on the back of his shirt in a scene.
  • The ghost of a woman is seen with a bruised face, implying she is the victim of domestic violence. She turns around, briefly revealing cut wrists.
  • The ghost of a girl vomits suddenly and graphically.
  • The dead bodies of a man, woman and child are seen hanging by the neck from a distance.
  • A man is shot in the stomach, and the shooter then shoots himself in the head offscreen. No blood.
  • A young boy is locked in a closet and begins screaming. He bashes on the door, and when it's opened, he is unconscious and is hospitalized. There are some mild wounds on his body that show that he was physically harmed.
  • At the funeral of a young girl, a videotape briefly shows a mother feeding her child poisoned soup to keep her sick.

Profanity

  • Bullshit, ass and dick are used once each. Goddamn, damn and hell are used 2 times. Also 1 faint f-word.
  • Damn and other profanities are briefly seen scrawled on a piece of paper, however they're very easy to miss.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man and woman drink wine and appear a little tipsy.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Scenes where ghosts appear can be found disturbing, startling, upsetting, dark, and suspenseful.
  • The behavior of the mentally troubled Vincent Grey (Donnie Wahlberg) is disturbing.
  • A few genuine frights. Eerie atmosphere throughout. The scary bits are so well woven into the story that they are more thought provoking than frightening.
  • Two boys locks the boy inside the cupboard, screaming for help. That might be very upsetting for viewers.
  • The boy yells at his teacher and calling "Stuttering Stanley" over and over until he teacher stop him by slamming his fist on the boy's desk and tell him to shut up then he called him a freak.
  • A few jump scenes.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The ending can be very surprising to some viewers
  • The movie has many frightening and distressing scenes involving children, but the the outcome is ultimately one of acceptance, healing and love.
  • We see a scene where a lot of people are hanged and the kid is frozen from fear.

See also

Taglines | Plot Summary | Synopsis | Plot Keywords


Recently Viewed