Magic trick movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of magic trick movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crying, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
dystopia, arena, mentor, fight to the death, death of friend, flashback, deception, singing, execution, murder, fight, love ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A fantasy re-telling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Style:
cerebral, costume drama, bleak, surreal, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
creature, medieval, king arthur, myth, ghost, arthurian legend, headless horseman, knight, monster, legend, monarch, fear ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he gets into a cab that is driven by a maniac, and Elliot crashes ...
Style:
entertaining, light, semi serious, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, single father, death, father daughter relationship, coma, father son relationship, supernatural, sister sister relationship, teenage boy, widower, teen angst ...
Place:
london
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80K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
terminal illness, divorce, women, cancer, autumn, custody, remarry, step parent, friendship, parents and children, adoption, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An evil Voodoo Witchdoctor runs a murder-for-hire business. He'll do away with your unfaithful wife, your unappreciative boss, or your back-stabbing friend - but the price is your soul!
Style:
dark, sinister, bleak, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
adultery, female nudity, stripper, soul selling, curse, voodoo, blood, supernatural, contract killing, convention, black magic, occult ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
Style:
anime, disturbing, depressing, adult anime, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, body horror, female nudity, sadism, child abuse, freak, murder, punishment, threesome, pedophile, circus, orphan ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring accidentally knocked into the gutter by a boy. He experiences the crazy nightlife in Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his ...
Style:
sex comedy, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
comedy of errors, debauchery, nightlife, clubbing, wedding ring, wedding night, satire, hung over, stormy night, arm wrestling, magic trick, attempted rape ...
Place:
taipei
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
humility, drunk, contest, photograph, telephone call, skinny dipping, customs, butcher, stage magician, magic show, muslim, solidarity ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
algeria, france, marseille, paris france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Style:
entertaining, clever, surprise ending, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
heist, illusionist, con men, manipulation, twists and turns, con artists, wizard, magic, caper, magician, stage magic, card trick ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1984, 80s
Place:
london, macau, south america, new york, new jersey ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Style:
suspense, intense, entertaining, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
teamwork, small town, bounty hunter, revenge, showdown, gunfighter, mercenary, dark hero, deception, outlaw, good versus evil, murder ...
Time:
year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, 1870s, 60s
Place:
america, sacramento california, california, alaska
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western
Plot:
american indian, boy, magician, gold, half breed, apache tribe, railroad, town, magic trick, native, falling from height, train ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Style:
romantic, period piece, humorous, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
twists and turns, magic, love story, relationships, cons and scams, fish out of water, happy ending, destiny, marriage proposal, medium, magician, plot twist ...
Time:
1920s, year 2014, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, provence, south of france, french riviera ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin sedates women with a syringe full of narcotics and then slices their wrists with a razor blade so he can drink their blood. Martin, who comes to live with his uncle and cousin in the dying town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has romantic ...
Style:
surreal, cult horror, suspenseful, grindhouse, creepy ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, serial killer, female pubic hair, curse, murder, shyness, hidden identity, mental disorder, teenage life, zombie, socially awkward ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, romania
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Quasi defies the evil Frollo and ventures out to the Festival of Fools, the cruel crowd jeers him. Rescued by fellow outcast the gypsy Esmeralda, Quasi soon finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sentimental, colorful, retro ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
notre dame cathedral, medieval, profanity, unrequited love, gypsy, bell, church, prejudice, clergy, disability, villain, epic battle ...
Time:
15th century, 90s, year 1996, 18th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, madagascar
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, touching, mysterious, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
fairy, childhood, children, writers, world war one, friendship, child, beautiful scenery, family relations, miraculous event, heroes, hopes ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, year 1997, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, yorkshire ...
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384K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
Style:
inspirational, parody, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
regret, remote control, workaholic, time travel, architect, wish come true, alternate reality, wish fulfillment, time machine, life lesson, dysfunctional family, destiny ...
Time:
year 2006, future, 2000s, near future, year 1976 ...
Place:
new york, new hampshire, los angeles, usa, morocco
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268K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, spooky, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, nightmare, monster, fear, danger, trauma, book, single mother, nightmare comes true, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
mental illness, magician, first love, amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, wheelchair bound, search and rescue, lie, brother sister relationship, suicide, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love ...
Place:
tokyo, hokkaido
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?
Style:
surreal, cult classic, independent film, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
magic, magic trick, tap dance, filmmaking, rabbit, satire, dull life, wizards and magicians, ambition, self discovery, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
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686
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Orléans is a typical provincial Russian town on the banks of a salt lake called Yarovoye. The town is 'steeped in evil'. But it isn't some great evil. This evil is of a banal and everyday type: Lida the hairdresser has indiscriminate ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, satirical ...
Plot:
mysterious stranger, satire, redemption, conscience, guilt, small town life, family problems, province, class society, mysterious man, society, lifestyle change ...
Place:
salt lake city utah
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Genre:
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, explanatory, controversial, educational ...
Plot:
magic, magic show, magician, wizards and magicians, uncover truth, delusion, backstage, stage magician, secrets, illusion, stage magic, entertainment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as ...
Style:
visually appealing, fairy tale, exciting, stylized, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, good versus evil, magical, sorcerer, wizards and magicians, apprentice, witchcraft, supernatural ability, book of magic, sorceress, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2010, medieval times, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, usa, britain, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The world renowned “Invincible Hand” Ken could identify not only mahjong tiles, but also cards with his fingers which had made him a legend. Upon his retirement as the Chief Security Consultant in Las Vegas, Ken returned to his hometown Macau, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, gambler, cons and scams, rivalry, illusion, chases and races, dishonesty, undercover, friendship, gambling, gambling addiction, magic trick ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macau, china, nevada, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. In "The Carbonaro Effect", Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light hearted
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
hidden camera, illusion, prankster, prank, disorder, magic trick, deception, entertainment, surprise, improv, social experiment, gay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.
Style:
humorous, exciting, not serious, spy comedy, entertaining ...
Plot:
spy spoof, secret agent, femme fatale, reluctant partners, secret service, disorder, heroic mission, working undercover, womanizer, escapades, goofy hero, agent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
south america, latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro, europe ...
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Genre: Mystery, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?
Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological horror, psychotronic, psychological
Plot:
hagsploitation, father, room, journalism, ghost, dream, rabbit, skeleton, mansion, inheritance, guillotine, magic ...
Time:
year 1965
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds that the two children are not quite what they seem to be--in fact, they are possessed by the ...
Style:
independent film, mind bending, scary, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, obsession, youth, pedophile, haunted house, haunting, macabre, evil child, governess, possession, estate, family relations ...
Time:
year 1992, victorian era, 19th century, 60s
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do ...
Style:
anime, fairy tale, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magical creature, family relations, parents and children, flying, butterfly, ship captain, puppet, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, children, fairy, moon ...
Place:
czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of six young volunteers working on a humanitarian project in the woods. Horrific accidents, rash decisions and the unpredictability of human nature leads them all to the same disturbing conclusion.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
gory, human nature, suicide by hanging, redneck, volunteer, survival, suicide, virus, found footage, woman urinating, magic trick, stopped by police ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Cyprus
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, crying, independent film
Plot:
longing, peasant, valet, nobleman, world war one, anton chekhov, family relations, revolution, power relations, family problems, couples, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1999, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
russia, europe, france, paris france, moscow russia
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