It's Magic!
Movies about stage magicians, illusionists and old-school escapism shows. This list does not include magicians=wizards.
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- 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.
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorFelix AllenStarsJerry EstenEdna KeithleyWalton MonaganAn elderly magician comes out of retirement for one last show at the retirement home where he lives.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorSean McGinlyStarsColin HanksJohn MalkovichTom HanksA young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
- DirectorNorman CampbellStarsDoug HenningDidi ConnJon FinlaysonA young magician with an unorthodox look and style's first big break is threatened by a villainous rival.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerTex AveryCarlos RamírezA magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.
- DirectorTobias Gundorff BoesenA family of rabbits are having a birthday party under a big tree, unaware that a mischievous wolf is approaching.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsMichael CaineBill MilnerAnne-Marie DuffA lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsScott BakulaKevin J. O'ConnorJ. Trevor EdmondA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.
- 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.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandA traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasLeonora AmarJosé BavieraA slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
- DirectorCharlie MartinezChuck MartinezStarsKathy BatesMelinda DillonRobert CarradineA magician, aided by his talking magic bunny, joins forces with his previously estranged magician father, and together they fight the forces of evil to protect the art of magic.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisMarie McDonaldSessue HayakawaGilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
- 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.
- DirectorJeremy KastenStarsKip PardueBijou PhillipsCrispin GloverMontag the Magnificent (Glover) is a master illusionist who performs at underground venues, selecting female volunteers from his rave-like audiences. To their hysteria, it appears he's dismembered their bodies, but his sleight of hand has them fooled. However, female bodies show up dead from the same wounds performed on stage. Investigators are baffled, and the chase to find the killer begins.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath LedgerHaving made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsDon StewartJennifer HoultonHoward SegalA carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.
- DirectorCaleb DeschanelStarsRaul JuliaGriffin O'NealDesi ArnazTeenager Danny Masters, the son of the late Harry Masters, considered the second best escape artist in history, wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he already a skilled but untested magician. As far as Danny knows, his father died in a dangerous escape routine. Escaping from under his grandmother's roof, Danny, in a step to achieve his goal as they have all his father's old professional paraphernalia, reunites with his Aunt Sibyl and Uncle Burke in the town of Harding where they have a mind-reading act, she who actually can read minds but which only impinges on the smoke and mirrors they've developed with the act itself. In his wanderings around Harding, Danny gets involved with corrupt Stu Quiñones, and indirectly with Stu's equally corrupt father, the town's mayor, Leon Quiñones. This father/son pair no longer associate with each other as although Stu aspires to be as corrupt as his father, Stu's activities are a little too brazen and public for a politician with which to deal. In those dealings, Danny devises what is largely seen as a publicity stunt in reality to get the one up on the Quiñoneses, but in which he will have to show his true mettle as a great escape artist. In the process, Danny may also provide some justice for his father, the true nature of his death which Danny learns along the way.
- DirectorMichael LaurenceStarsTatiana AbbeyAbariss CuljakAlene DawsonEast Village, NYC, 1990. Gabriel Grey, celebrity illusionist and modern-day Houdini, abandons his fame and holes up in a dilapidated squat with Billy Bane, a guttersnipe daredevil. Together they hustle a living by performing escape stunts in back alleys and underground fetish clubs. Sleepless and broken-hearted, Gabriel chases oblivion with drink and sexual intrigues. And Billy finds himself stalked by a lonely 8th Avenue peepshow girl who just might save him from himself.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsAs we are treated with a rare appearance from a true master of the miraculous Asian thaumaturgy, a fine display of multiplication commences, and a serene young geisha completes the enchantment. What does the Chinese conjurer have in mind?
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDanteStan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
- 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.
- DirectorBurton L. KingStarsHarry HoudiniArthur MaudeAlbert TavernierA man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
- 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.
- DirectorTerry WinsorStarsRichard HarrisTom BellDorothy TutinThe once-reknowned escape-artist and magician, Kandinsky, is now reduced to confounding the staff and inmates of his retirement home. His one regret in life is never mastering an underwater escape. The death of a friend sends him out into the world to track down his old colleagues, particularly the Professor, his old teacher, to master the secret of the escape. But the Professor is an escapologist of no mean order, and Kandinsky has his work cut out for him to wrestle away the secret. Meanwhile, his fellow retirement home inmates prepare for Kandinsky's triumphant return.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsHrithik RoshanAishwarya Rai BachchanShernaz PatelEthan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
- DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsSigourney WeaverRobert De NiroCillian MurphyPsychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant debunk paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced after many years out of the limelight following the suspicious death of his toughest critic.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsJesse EisenbergMark RuffaloWoody HarrelsonThe Four Horsemen resurface, and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.