5 M. Night Shyamalan movies you wouldn't want to miss

M. Night Shyamalan has this habit of leaving his fans with twisted endings. Apocalypse, split personality, nature, or whatever the theme he tries to imply, audiences will see things that they didn't see coming. From The Village (2004) to his latest flick Trap (2024), he usually goes the extra mile to keep us thinking.

Though not all of them have been received well, this includes films like Lady in the Water (2006), The Last Airbender (2010), After Earth (2013), and more. So, to save the time that the audiences might spend in seeking some of his best works, we have picked five of his movies that they may want to see.

Disclaimer: Please note that this article is based on the writer's opinion. Reader's discretion is advised.

A few of M. Night Shyamalan's finest works

The Sixth Sense

To this date, this M. Night Shyamalan movie stays one of the most twisted movies, but in a good way. If Steven Soderbergh's Presence shows everything from a phantom's perspective, this one's from a third-person perspective where the ghost is able to interact like humans.

It holds the power to change anyone's perception towards phantoms as they are used to perceiving them. Sometimes, these phantoms simply have no idea as to what they might be doing; not all of them have ill intentions towards humankind.

Signs

There will be signs. Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix play brothers in this M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi movie. The story is centered around aliens who let their presence be known through crop circles that mysteriously appear across the globe.

Whatever God has planned, it is believed, is for good, and Signs (2002) sheds light on this. Gibson, who plays Graham Hess in the film, is a former priest and has a couple of kids, a daughter and a son. The son is diagnosed with asthma, which, little do they know, is the key to restoring Graham's faith in God again.

Knock at the Cabin

What do you do when you have been given a choice: to sacrifice one of your family members or let the world succumb to the apocalypse? M. Night Shyamalan here tells a similar story where a family is vacationing at a cabin and four people arrive mysteriously. Some have deduced they are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Shyamalan's film is an adaptation of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. For the Potterheads, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) is in there. It seems like he is again in a situation he didn't really want to end up in.

Split

Tony Stark says in Iron Man 3's opening monologue that,

"We create our own demons."

This is probably true for the central character in the film. For M. Night Shyamalan, Split is most certainly the most twisted movie he has ever made. For James McAvoy, this is perhaps the best role (more like roles) he has portrayed in his career.

Split tells the story of Kevin, who is sweet, charming, childish, mature, and whatnot at the same time. And this is not even the beginning of what actually follows. Kevin has 23 personalities to him, thanks to dissociative identity disorder, and the most fatal one called 'The Beast,' the 24th, can wreak havoc if surfaces.

The Village

The final M. Night Shyamalan movie on the list will speak to nature lovers. Not owing to the beautiful village it is set in, but the way the story unfolds and reveals that sometimes, it takes a weird approach to save whatever's left of this nature.

Sometimes, humans need to stay away from society to stay human. On the surface, that may appear as a horror film to fans but they'll eventually come to the conclusion that the only horror in it is the society.