Illusionist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant illusionist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, suspense, detective, humorous and surreal films and TV shows about / with illusionist, magician, magic, magic trick, illusion, investigation, deception, police investigation, secrets and corruption plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as illusionist: Deception (2018), The Prestige (2006), Now You See Me 2 (2016), The Illusionist (2006), Now You See Me (2013), Deadly Illusions (2020), Focus (2015), Houdini and Doyle (2016), Lord of Illusions (1995), Death Defying Acts (2007).
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11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
illusionist, outsmarting, who done it, fbi, riddles and clues, team, crime investigation, magic, deception, secret, research, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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1.6M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, clever, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, plot twist, secret, magic, magician, rivalry, illusionist, stage magic, uninhibited rivalry, deception, secrets ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, edwardian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
london, peru, colorado, los angeles, britain ...
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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: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged ...
Style:
surprise ending, atmospheric, period piece, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, magic, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, magician, murder mystery, murder, love triangle, magic trick, investigation, nobility, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
vienna, london, austria, america, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The famous illusionists, the Romanov brothers, present to the public their grandiose show, after which they are going to end their joint performances because of the accumulated mutual claims. In the first issue, with the disappearance of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, intellectual
Plot:
illusionist, female partner, magic trick, brother brother relationship, perfect crime, reluctant partners, teamwork, twists and turns, manipulation, deception, creativity, stage magic ...
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293K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, entertaining, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
heist, cons and scams, con artists, fall in love, twists and turns, mind game, interracial love, sex scene, femme fatale, manipulation, female thief, gambling ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
peru, argentina, usa, south america, new orleans ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, enigmatic, intellectual ...
Plot:
amateur detective, skepticism, illusionist, writers, private investigation, unsolved crime, magic, dispute, paranormal investigator, partner, investigation, riddles and clues ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era, 1900s
Place:
london
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Style:
dark, scary, neo noir, homoerotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, private detective, occult, fanatic, faked death, magic, investigation, desert, resurrection, tough guy, telekinesis, demon ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1982
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
cons and scams, supernatural ability, love affair, parents and children, dishonesty, magic, paranormal phenomena, juggling, magician, clairvoyant, castle, psychic ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2007
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland, montreal
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
In addition to the romance between Cha Cha-woong, a magician and employer who handles and manages ghosts, and a passionate female police officer with occult powers, the characters will have to solve a case they coincidentally get swept up in by ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
ghost, paranormal activity, able to see the dead, homicide detective, supernatural power, illusionist, uncover truth, satire, friendship, teamwork, friends, stage magician ...
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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: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he finds inspiration in his ragtag bunch of rookie magicians.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, atmospheric, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
magic trick, illusionist, children, summer camp, disneyland, magic, mentor, camp counselor, illusion, magical, workplace situations, humour ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who happens to be falling for Sophie himself) assists her with ...
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
female nudity, erotic dance, jealous woman, erotic fantasy, jealous girlfriend, sexual attraction, female protagonist, model, love story, ski resort, jealousy, doctor ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up ...
Style:
anime, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
magic, murder mystery, treasure hunt, detective conan, murder, secret, murderer, illusionist, loss of father, hidden treasure, murder investigation, criminal ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade magically springs to life with a secret world of witches and ...
Style:
spooky, entertaining, humorous, fairy tale, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, horror for children, adult
Plot:
halloween, magic, haunted house, witch, witchcraft, spell, magician, child, illusionist, medieval, paranormal, book of magic ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
michigan, germany
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90K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, suspense, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
journalist, journalism, investigation, serial killer, plot twist, murder investigation, police investigation, student, uncover truth, suspicion of murder, dangerous attraction, danger ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, england
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, retro, period piece, whimsical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
broadway, magic show, illusionist, stage musical, rivalry, spectacle, showbiz, jealousy, nightclub, confidence, identity, coming of age ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
After spending ten years wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his girlfriend Elisa, the illusionist Davi returns to the farm that belongs to his girlfriend’s family under another identity and discovers that her younger sister, Isadora, has ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, romantic, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
illusionist, fall in love, love affair, romantic relationship, in love, love and romance, love story, couples, relationships, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
brazil
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234
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
A 17-year-old boy finds himself involved in a series of supernatural phenomena.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
illusion, secret, casino, magician, magic, illusionist, phenomenon, relationships, problem, magical, luxury hotel, undercover ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
Story:
Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, "Penn & Teller: Try This At Home Too" is the second show from the magical duo and showcases new magic Penn & Teller and their magician friends ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
illusion, magic show, magician, magic, illusionist, wizards and magicians, public speaking, satire, variety show, intimate, performance art, behind the scenes ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, emotional ...
Plot:
hypnotist, female protagonist, illusionist, ambition, actress, illusion, mental illness, disturbed individual, mentally unstable, social problems, psychological manipulation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An inept magician pulls off the trick of his life: accidentally disappearing a wanted criminal during a police raid. Now he's going to pay for that.
Style:
humorous, light, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, magician's assistant, stage magician, illusionist, criminal, humour, magic trick, trick, illusion, magician, mistaken identity, stage magic ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
Style:
clever, touching, enigmatic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
strongman, nazi, anti semitism, strong man, politics, fascism, small town, trial, fight, rabbi, occult, against humanity ...
Time:
1930s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1932
Place:
poland, germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During the Republican China, a series of murders happened in Beihai City. Finding that all the victims were professional magicians, the police detective Long Cong turns to the real magician for help.
Style:
detective, captivating
Plot:
killing, murder investigation, killing spree, serial murder, battles, who done it, teamwork, police investigation, supernatural power, crime solving, illusionist, murderer ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Magician was a French animated television series produced by Xilam between 1997 and 1998, and distributed by Gaumont. It aired on Fox in 1999. The show stars Ace Cooper as the superhero along with his sidekick, Cosmo.
Style:
heroic, fast paced, lighthearted, colorful, detective
Audience:
kids
Plot:
magic, superhero, sidekick, friendship, supernatural power, fighting crime, stage magic, illusionist, children, spectacle, secret identity, teamwork ...
Time:
90s, future, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two episodes. In the first one, " Il pelo della disgrazia", Mr. Altomare's life is constantly threatened by his neighbor that in Altomare opinion is a jinx. Altomare is obsessed by him and will spend his time finding a way to ...
Style:
anthology, lighthearted, slapstick
Audience:
adult
Plot:
superstition, mishap, occult, witch, illusionist, magic, folklore, family conflict, absurd humor, satire, small business, transformation ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The world's most beloved illusionist, armed with his team of oxymoron’s, embark on the freakiest, most adventurous paranormal investigation of all time. Terrorized at every turn by an unexplainable irregular patterns of mysterious ...
Style:
parody, spoof, scary, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, paranormal activity, supernatural, found footage, investigation, supernatural ability, danger, curses spells and rituals, satire, halloween, paranormal investigation, irreverent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, India, Belgium, Singapore, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing his possesses special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an Ikea store.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, captivating, touching, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
self discovery, journey, dream, obsessive quest, talent, hindu, beggar, love and romance, hopes, heartwarming, travelogue, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, mumbai india, italy, london, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A karmic journey that sees the hapless heroine Agnes reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man.
Style:
independent film, black comedy, emotional, melancholic, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, reincarnation, fate, doomed love, self discovery, destiny, bittersweet, tragic romance, obsession, retribution, women, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
victorian era, 60s, 1840s, 18th century, 80s ...
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