Sixth Sense - 1999

This is a great movie. If you haven't seen it, you should. ***Spoilers ahead*** You can't really discuss the movie without them.
The ending kind of overshadows the rest of the movie and that's kind of a shame. The movie is well written and very very well acted. Most people think of Bruce Willis as kind of a goofy guy that does action movies, but he shows quite a bit of depth in this movie. He plays a child psychologist who is beating himself up over a kid that he couldn't help.
Toni Collette is also very good. She plays the single mother of a troubled boy and she can't figure out why he's troubled or what to do about it. She's in an impossible position and does the best she can. Very good.
But the movie is stolen by Haley Joel Osmont. He gives one of the best performances by a child actor in the history of film. He plays a boy who is haunted. He can see dead people. They come to him at odd times and scare him badly. They don't understand that they're dead and he doesn't know what they want. He's trapped between wanting to avoid them and being afraid of being seen as a freak. It's a very demanding part and he does amazingly well.
This movie is probably (and rightfully) seen as a horror movie. It features dead people, many of them having died horribly. But the directing trandscends the horror genre. It builds tension masterfully. But it also tells it's story quite well. The emotional side is very well put together.
And the payoff is amazing. It got me completely. A great movie.