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Signs

2002 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan
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Summary

Signs is a film[1]. Signs ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,093 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: M. Night Shyamalan[3]
  • Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan[4]
  • Composer: James Newton Howard[5]
  • Genre: science fiction film[6], alien invasion[7], thriller film[8], speculative fiction film[9], horror film[10], science fiction horror film[11], mystery film[12], psychological horror film[13], psychological thriller film[14], monster film[15], religious horror[16], psychological drama film[17], action film[18], fantasy film[19]
  • Cast member: Mel Gibson[20], Joaquin Phoenix[21], Abigail Breslin[22], Rory Culkin[23], Cherry Jones[24], M. Night Shyamalan[25], Angela Eckert[26], Merritt Wever[27], Michael Showalter[28], Patricia Kalember[29], Lanny Flaherty[30], Marion McCorry[31], Clifford David[32]
  • Producer: M. Night Shyamalan[33], Kathleen Kennedy[34], Sam Mercer[35], Frank Marshall[36]
  • Depicts: crop circle[37], alien invasion[38]
  • Production company: Blinding Edge Pictures[39], The Kennedy/Marshall Company[40], Touchstone Pictures[41]
  • Director of photography: Tak Fujimoto[42]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[43]
  • Soundtrack release: Signs[44]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[45]
  • Review score: 6.8/10[46], 76%[47], 59/100[48]
  • Color: color[49]
  • Country of origin: United States[50]
  • Publication date: July 29, 2002[51], September 12, 2002[52], August 2, 2002[53]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[54], Netflix[55]
  • Significant event: première[56]
  • Narrative location: Bucks County[57]
  • Filming location: Pennsylvania[58], Chadds Ford Township[59]
  • Main subject: alien invasion[60]
  • Film editor: Barbara Tulliver[61]
  • Title: Signs[62]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[63]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[64]

Why It Matters

Signs has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Signs is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Related Entities

Abigail Breslin Cherry Jones film Frank Marshall James Newton Howard Joaquin Phoenix Kathleen Kennedy Mel Gibson M. Night Shyamalan Netflix Pennsylvania Rory Culkin United States

References

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  49. [51] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  61. [63] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1097290727
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    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es',
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  2. 6w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 1844
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 1491
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  7. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2002-07-29T00:00:00Z, +2002-09-12T00:00:00Z, +2002-08-02T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → M. Night Shyamalan
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+102'}
    Significant event → première
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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