---
title: 'Signs (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'M. Night Shyamalan'
released: '2002-07-29'
runtime_minutes: 102
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/signs-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286106/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Signs (2002)

2002 · PG-13 · 102 min · Fantasy, Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Signs is a 2002 American science fiction horror thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company. It was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. Starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, the story focuses on a former Episcopal priest named Graham Hess who discovers a series of crop circles in his cornfield and that the phenomenon is a result of extraterrestrial life. Signs explores the themes of faith, kinship, and extraterrestrials.

## Credits

- **Director:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Screenplay:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Producer:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan), [Kathleen Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-kennedy), [Sam Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mercer), [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto)
- **Editor:** [Barbara Tulliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-tulliver)

## Cast

- [Michael Showalter](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-showalter)
- [Lanny Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/lanny-flaherty)
- [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- [Joaquin Phoenix](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-phoenix)
- [Marion McCorry](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-mccorry)
- [Angela Eckert](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-eckert)
- [Patricia Kalember](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-kalember)
- [Abigail Breslin](https://cinepixo.com/people/abigail-breslin)
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson)
- [Clifford David](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-david)
- [Rory Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rory-culkin)
- [Cherry Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/cherry-jones)
- [Merritt Wever](https://cinepixo.com/people/merritt-wever)

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