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M. Night Shyamalan, ranked (Part 2)

The top seven! Including a beach that makes you old!
A young boy (Haley Joel Osment) stares down as a man (Bruce Willis) looks at him. They are in a stairwell.
Listen, pal. This kid? He sees dead people. (Credit: Disney)

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Emily St. James

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