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1. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After 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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,442,009 | Gross: $53.09M
2. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An 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.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 708,703 | Gross: $117.72M
3. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jonathan Creek, a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill. He uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Stars: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 9,015
4. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,908 | Gross: $73.86M
5. The Illusionist (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 389,743 | Gross: $39.87M
6. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis
Votes: 214,322 | Gross: $234.91M
7. Emerald City (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A modern reimagining of the stories that led to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Stars: Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Gerran Howell
Votes: 13,479
8. Fright Night (2011)
R | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette
Votes: 113,159 | Gross: $18.30M
9. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum
Votes: 26,088 | Gross: $27.40M
10. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson
Votes: 24,555 | Gross: $0.83M
11. The Immigrant (2013)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk
Votes: 33,800 | Gross: $2.01M
12. V/H/S Viral (2014)
R | 81 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror
A Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.
Directors: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Ares, Celia K. Milius, Steve Berens
Votes: 19,232 | Gross: $0.00M
13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002 Video)
G | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.
Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel
Votes: 7,957
14. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau
Votes: 20,875 | Gross: $0.08M
15. Der blaue Engel (1930)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Votes: 16,302 | Gross: $0.08M
16. Rough Magic (1995)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett
Votes: 2,079 | Gross: $0.17M
17. Lili (1953)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 3,942
18. Our Paradise (2011)
Unrated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Dark, dangerous and supremely sexy, Our Paradise casts a thrilling glance at the lives of two rentboys in the heart of Paris.
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Stéphane Rideau, Dimitri Durdaine, Béatrice Dalle, Didier Flamand
Votes: 1,509
19. The Geisha Boy (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy
Gilbert 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.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,127
20. Pushpaka Vimana (1987)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed graduate who coincidentally encounters a rich unconscious man, and takes over his lifestyle by keeping him a prisoner. However, he is in for a twist as a contract killer is after him, assuming him to be the affluent man.
Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Amala Akkineni, Tinnu Anand, Narayana P.L.
Votes: 3,814
21. Guzaarish (2010)
126 min | Drama, Romance
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shernaz Patel, Aditya Roy Kapoor
Votes: 19,741 | Gross: $1.02M
22. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 2,860
23. The Mad Magician (1954)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Horror
An illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery
Votes: 2,197
24. Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Crime, Mystery
When a magic act turns out to be murder, Tess Harper is on the case to find the real killer.
Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, John Kapelos, Barbara Niven
Votes: 1,218
25. Carnival Magic (1983)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol
Votes: 844
26. Devil Doll (1964)
81 min | Horror
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Sandra Dorne
Votes: 2,542
27. Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 4 - Unmasking the Magician: The Final Reveal (1998 TV Special)
50 min | Reality-TV
The following "big" secrets are revealed: Escape from... 1) Car Crush, 2) Cremation, Spike Torture, Surviving a Guillotine, Buried Alive (and Rising from the Grave), Death Trap (Falling onto Flaming Spikes), the Magician's Identity.
Director: Don Weiner | Stars: Mitch Pileggi, Mark Thompson, Val Valentino, Michelle Berube-Schneider
Votes: 300
28. Abrakadabra (2018)
Not Rated | 69 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the tradition of giallos of the early 70s a magician finds himself the target of a sadistic serial killer.
Directors: Luciano Onetti, Nicolás Onetti | Stars: Germán Baudino, Maria Eugenia Rigon, Gustavo Dalessanro, Clara Kovacic
Votes: 591
29. The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1979–1994)
45 min | Family
Magician Paul Daniels performs tricks and illusions, as well as debunking scam artists in the "Bunco Booth". Also featuring on the show are magic and variety acts from all over the world.
Stars: Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Amanda Newman, Hans Moretti
Votes: 56
30. Desperate Acts of Magic (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
A 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Tammy Caplan, Joe Tyler Gold | Stars: Joe Tyler Gold, Valerie Dillman, Jonathan Levit, Sascha Alexander
Votes: 139
31. The Magician (1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ace Cooper, a stage magician, not only performs updated stage illusions and escapes for the crowds, but fights crime through a combination of stage props and his ability to "reveal the magic within" to use real magical powers.
Stars: Charles Napier, Rob Paulsen, Kath Soucie, Michael Donovan
Votes: 124
32. The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984 TV Special)
50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 6th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Ricardo Montalban. It is officially titled "THE MAGIC OF David Copperfield VI" but is better known as "The Magic of David ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Jeff Margolis | Stars: David Copperfield, Ricardo Montalban, Bonnie Tyler, Heather Thomas
Votes: 44
33. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane
Votes: 360
34. Nazty Nuisance (1943)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Germany's Adolf Hitler is on his way via submarine to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. Right there with him, although he tried to avoid taking them, are... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Bobby Watson, Joe Devlin, Johnny Arthur, Jean Porter
Votes: 278
35. Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001 TV Special)
90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 17th and last CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Carson Daly and produced six years after the 16th and penultimate one, The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Carson Daly, Hyman Kotkin, Rebecca Kotkin
Votes: 64
36. Coldplay: Magic (2014 Music Video)
5 min | Fantasy, Music
Music video for the song, "Magic," by Coldplay, an award winning British band.
Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Peter Fonda, Chris Martin, Ziyi Zhang
Votes: 280
37. The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 14th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host James Earl Jones, who talks about the "flying dream" while David Copperfield is sitting at a large desk in a room where ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, James Earl Jones, Orson Welles
Votes: 69
38. World of Magic (1982 TV Special)
60 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Cherish Alexander, Billy Crystal, Debby Douillard, Doug Henning
Votes: 109
39. The Spook Speaks (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy
A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 152
40. The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion (1993 TV Special)
48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 15th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced from Caesars Palace by David Copperfield himself, who describes an escapology number which would be performed in this location as the... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Wayne Gretzky, Harry Houdini
Votes: 47
41. Tricky TV (2005–2010)
22 min | Family
Tricky TV is a magic and illusion show aimed at children and teenagers, presented by magician Stephen Mulhern. Each episode combines close-up magic, practical jokes, and large stage ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Mulhern, Holly Willoughby, Stephen Williams Jr., Jennifer Ellison
Votes: 88
42. The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express (1991 TV Special)
49 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
This is the 13th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Jane Seymour, and the third and last one in which David Copperfield enters the scene on his Harley Davidson. The location... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Jane Seymour
Votes: 65
43. Women in Boxes (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Romance
About 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?
Directors: Phil Noyes, Harry Pallenberg | Stars: Criss Angel, Gay Blackstone, Lance Burton, Cathy Daniel
Votes: 48
44. Their Big Moment (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A vaudeville magician act is hired to right a wrong. Some comedy relief.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, William Gaxton, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 194
45. The Sideshow (1928)
65 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Marie Prevost, Ralph Graves, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Alan Roscoe
Votes: 104
46. The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995 TV Special)
47 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 16th and penultimate CBS Copperfield TV special, which six years later will be followed by the 17th and last one, Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001). The special is introduced ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Dimich | Star: David Copperfield
Votes: 59
47. The World's Greatest Magic (1994 TV Special)
Family, Fantasy
A magic special from Las Vegas, featuring some of the world's greatest magic
Stars: Lance Burton, Brett Daniels, Greg Frewin, Franz Harary
Votes: 25
48. King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990 Video Game)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
King Graham must travel from his kingdom of Daventry to Serenia and save both his family and castle from an evil wizard bent on revenge!
Stars: Art Lewicki, Josh Mandel, Leonard 'Ray' Bergeron, Richard Aronson
Votes: 174
49. The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter (1989 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
David Copperfield performs illusions; at the end, he must escape from a hotel that is about to be demolished.
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Emma Samms, D.A. Hänks
Votes: 54
50. Illusion (1929)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A vaudeville magician and his lady assistant break up their team, when he becomes infatuated with a socialite, only to get back together when she is almost killed in her new act gone wrong.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Kay Francis
Votes: 41