Birth vs The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6/10 for Birth). Birth is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 47m. The Sixth Sense is the older of the two (1999 against 2004). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Birth posterBirth2004 VS The Sixth Sense posterThe Sixth Sense1999
BirthThe Sixth Sense
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 7.9/10
Year20041999
Length1h 40m1h 47m
GenresDrama, MysteryDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryGermanyUnited States of America
DirectorJonathan GlazerM. Night Shyamalan
Main castPeter Stormare, Nicole Kidman, Cara Seymour, Alison Elliott, Danny HustonDonnie Wahlberg, Olivia Williams, Angelica Page, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette

Synopsis

Birth

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

The Sixth Sense

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

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