Stage magic movies and TV shows – page 2

List of stage magic movies

Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to kidnap Elvis and have him hooked up with his mother.
Style: entertaining, surreal, light, road movie, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: rock and roll, twists and turns, storytelling, unlikely friendships, missing person, teenage life, odd couple, partner, kidnapping, musician, teenage boy, single mother ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: las vegas, north america, new jersey
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Kids of the Round Table (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.
Style: stylized, humorous, arthurian, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: magic, good versus evil, child protagonist, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, battles, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, mischievous children, escapades, youth, child hero ...
Time: middle ages
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 5.3
 17K
Edison (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist makes a shaky allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney.
Style: intense, suspense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: police corruption, conspiracy, fighting the system, justice, police brutality, investigative reporter, police investigation, investigation, police, uncover truth, dishonesty, legal ...
Time: year 2005
Place: boston, new orleans, los angeles
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 5.4
 43K
Annie (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style: emotional, touching, feel good, teen, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: adoption, father daughter relationship, foster child, orphan, hopes, rags to riches, music, parents and children, rich and poor, friends, broadway, kids and family ...
Time: 2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, harlem
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 162K
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: heist, twists and turns, robbery, caper, police, happy ending, perfect crime, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, negotiator ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will ...
Style: dark, disturbing, demonic, suspenseful, satanic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, ghost, religion, found footage, supernatural, demon, evil spirit, satanic cult, supernatural horror, cursed, curses spells and rituals, paranormal activity ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: somalia, usa, southern usa, louisiana, new orleans ...
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 6.7
 28K
Flawless (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A female executive (Demi Moore) and a night janitor (Michael Caine) conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
Style: suspenseful, clever, suspense, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: diamond theft, redemption, robbery, heist, perfect crime, revenge, life philosophy, jewel theft, investigation, workplace, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, year 1960, 60s
Place: london, europe, england, south africa
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world government called the World Union.
Style: intense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Plot: apocalypse, christian, good versus evil, heroic mission, supernatural ability, evil empire, rivalry, danger, parents and children, battles, battlefield, brother brother relationship ...
Time: year 2001
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem, los angeles, new york
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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, creepy, bloody ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: serial killer, revenge, youth, psychopath, secret, murder, teenager, urban legend, characters killed one by one, blood, masked killer, mystery killer ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, future, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place: north carolina
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 6.6
 8K
Camelot (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: King Arthur establishes the ideals and laws of Camelot but is tragically forced to enforce these laws against his own wife.
Style: costume drama, emotional, intense, lyrical, colorful ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: medieval, arthurian legend, king arthur, sword and sorcery, betrayal, sword fight, heroes, broadway, jousting, monarch, rivalry, intrigue ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, year 1967, 6th century, 5th century ...
Place: england, europe, london
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 6.2
 13K
A Chorus Line (1985)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style: sexy, stylized, lyrical, clever, captivating ...
Audience: kids, date night, girls' night
Plot: broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet school, choreography, ballet, rehearsal, rise to the top, dancer, choreographer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Ashoka the Great (2001)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In India, about 260 BC in the Empire of Magadha, the Prince Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) survives to many betrayals of his brothers, leaded by the evil Susima (Ajit Kumar), who wants to kill him to inherit the throne. His mothers orders Asoka to leave ...
Style: epic, period piece, exciting, suspense, intense ...
Plot: buddhism, ancient history, assassination attempt, emperor, medieval, battles, betrayal, ruler, fall in love, royal family, tough heroes, hidden identity ...
Time: ancient times
Place: india, asia
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 1K
Pajama Party (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, not serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: mars, martian, beach, fashion show, alien, teenager, camp, motorcycle, dancing, alien invasion, motorcycle gang, ufo ...
Time: 60s
Place: new orleans, new jersey, canada
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Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America.
Style: independent film, gothic, aesthetic, mystic, mysterious ...
Plot: women, island, feminist, african american, black, feminism, pregnancy, women of color, racism, culture clash, black history, islam ...
Time: 1900s, year 1991, 20th century, future
Place: south carolina, africa, southern usa, indiana, usa
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Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A suave Mexican cattleman inadvertently gets involved in the Civil War.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, military, kidnapping, cattle, colonel, chase, spying, cowboy, slavery, spy, drinking ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, 1860s, 70s
Place: virginia, usa, richmond virginia, mexico, texas ...
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The Proposition (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is ...
Style: melancholic, absurd, sincere, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: priest in love, adultery, love triangle, dangerous attraction, human nature, family problems, fall in love, society, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, murder, surrogate father ...
Time: 1930s, year 1998, 20th century, 19th century
Place: boston, usa, europe, england, new jersey
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 6.4
 489
Ed's Next Move (1996)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He loves his new job studying the genetics of different strains of rice. Then Ed meets Lee, a ...
Style: independent film, talky, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: genetics, diner, disorder, solitary, couples, misfit, introspection, hopes, fall in love, survival, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, california, san francisco ...
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 5.3
 274
Open Season (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, showbiz, media satire, workplace situations, society, boss and employee, media, ambition, rise to the top, blind ambition, workplace, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place: australia, london
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