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.