Movies About Magic
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- DirectorClay TweelStarsEd AlonzoAlbert M. Belmont Jr.Gay BlackstoneSix of the world's best young magicians battle for the title of Teen World Champion.
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesGuy PearceTimothy SpallOn a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.
- DirectorNeil BurgerStarsEdward NortonJessica BielPaul GiamattiIn turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJean-Claude DondaEilidh RankinDuncan MacNeilA French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
- DirectorLouis LeterrierStarsJesse EisenbergCommonMark RuffaloAn FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsScarlett JohanssonHugh JackmanJim DunkAn American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
- DirectorR. Paul WilsonStarsMike CaveneyKen KlostermanJohnny ThompsonAn honest, passionate and revealing glimpse behind the curtain to reveal the secretive world of magic and magicians as seen through the eyes of some of the world's most respected thinkers, performers and creators. Our Magic explores the inner secrets of a much-maligned and misunderstood art; to discover why magic is important and wonder is essential.
- DirectorJudd EhrlichStarsJonah ConlinZach IvinsZoe ReichesWelcome to the real Hogwarts. To cope with the pressures of growing up, magic-obsessed kids congregate at the one place where they can be themselves: Tannen's Magic Camp, the most prestigious magic institution in the world.
- DirectorChristoph BaadenMarcie HumeStarsJon ArmstrongBrian GillisDavid Minkin"MAGICIANS follows four world-class magicians on stage and off, exploring how and why these characters so passionately dedicate their lives to the craft of illusion. Their journey takes us from the most humbling of road gigs to grand performances on the biggest of stages, from finding love to terrible personal loss; and to the prospect of losing everything for a dream others don't understand. As we come to understand why each is obsessively chasing his own dream, we'll discover the unhidden secret: far more fascinating than the magic are the magicians themselves."
- StarsAdrien BrodyKristen ConnollyEvan JonesFollow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsTony CurtisJanet LeighTorin ThatcherFrom his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
- DirectorAndrew O'ConnorStarsRobert WebbDavid MitchellSarah HadlandA pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.
- DirectorDon ScardinoStarsSteve CarellLuke VanekSteve BuscemiA veteran Vegas magician tries to revive his career after his longtime partner quits, he gets fired from his casino act, and an edgy new "street magician" steals his thunder.
- DirectorNorman DemingSam NelsonStarsWarren HullDoris WestonAl KikumeMandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp".
- DirectorPen DenshamStarsJohnathon SchaechStacy EdwardsPaul SorvinoThe life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini.
- 1954–19972hUnrated6.1 (164)TV EpisodeDirectorJames OrrStarsWil WheatonJeffrey DeMunnKerri GreenA young magician and escape artist runs off to join a traveling carnival.
- DirectorHarry GrossmanBurton L. KingStarsHarry HoudiniMarguerite MarshRuth StonehouseJustice Department agent Quentin Locke must investigate a powerful cartel protected by a robot (here referred to as "The Automaton") and using a gas weapon "The Madagascar Madness".
- DirectorArthur PennStarsPenn JilletteTellerCaitlin ClarkeThe "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos.
- DirectorSean McGinlyStarsColin HanksJohn MalkovichTom HanksA young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
- DirectorJos StellingStarsFreek de JongeJim van der WoudeCatrien WolthuizenA teenage boy (the Illusionist), dreams of becoming a magician. After his mentally challenged brother is taken to a mental institution due to an attempted strangling, the Illusionist starts a journey to rescue him from being lobotomized.
- DirectorTung-Shing YeeStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiChing Wan LauXun ZhouA Chinese warlord hires a conjurer to help him impress a resistant concubine.
- DirectorAli Taner BaltaciCem YilmazStarsCem YilmazMazhar AlansonÖzlem TekinFailed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorPhil NoyesHarry PallenbergStarsCriss AngelGay BlackstoneLance BurtonAbout Magic Assistants. The one who distorts her body into impossible positions while the magician cuts her in pieces, sets her on fire and says TAA DAA. Who's the real magician?
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsJeremy PivenRyan ReynoldsRay LiottaWhen a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
- DirectorAndy ConlanStarsAndrew ConlanGeorgie HillJade CollinsA young escape artist who believes he possesses magical powers has one chance at the "big time", but first must replace the love of his life: the stage assistant that broke his heart.
- DirectorClare PeploeStarsBridget FondaRussell CroweJim BroadbentSet in the 1950s, Rough Magic tells the story of what happens when a pretty apprentice magician goes to Mexico to escape her fiancé, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her ancient principles of magic. She is being trailed by a detective hired by her fiancé. He's a former photojournalist traumatized by what he saw in Hiroshima. The photojournalist joins her in the search for the Mayan shaman, and falls in love with her; the feeling is not reciprocated. When she finds the shaman, she drinks a potion which empowers her to do magic. The potion has life-changing effects on her and her relationship with her companion. They have strange experiences which are brought about by magic.
- DirectorMilan HulsingAn illusionist and his assistant present a series of amazing acts, afterword's revealing to the audience how these tricks are performed. The fact that the explanations are even more incredible than the tricks themselves enhances the power of illusion. As the illusions become more and more astonishing, it's discovered that these are not tricks at all, but real. From that moment on, reality and illusion are inseparable from each other.
- DirectorRaymond KaneStarsBuster KeatonEddie LambertMarlyn StuartA professional magician, "The Great Spumoni", fires his male assistant and his female assistant insists that he hire another one. The young man he hires turns out to have no aptitude whatsoever for a magic act. Complications ensue.
- DirectorHerschell Gordon LewisStarsRay SagerJudy ClerWayne RatayA TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.
- DirectorFelix AllenStarsJerry EstenEdna KeithleyWalton MonaganAn elderly magician comes out of retirement for one last show at the retirement home where he lives.
- DirectorTammy CaplanJoe Tyler GoldStarsJoe Tyler GoldValerie DillmanJonathan LevitA magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
- DirectorRogelio FojoStarsRobert PicardoPat ScottCarisa HendrixThe story follows a downtrodden but determined man who seeks work as a magician's assistant and soon realizes that the world of magic reveals more surprises than he could ever have imagined.
- DirectorNorman CampbellStarsDoug HenningDidi ConnJon FinlaysonA young magician with an unorthodox look and style's first big break is threatened by a villainous rival.