Magician movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant magician movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, exciting, entertaining, psychotronic, atmospheric and suspense films and TV shows about / with magician, magic, wizard, fantasy world, supernatural, betrayal, witchcraft, wizards and magicians, magic trick and flashback plots mostly in Fantasy, Mystery and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as magician: Now You See Me 2 (2016), The Magicians (2015), The Prestige (2006), Now You See Me (2013), The Magician (2015), Loki (2021), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Mortal (2020), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015).
Best films
List of magician movies
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
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, disturbing, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, supernatural ability, magician, supernatural, supernatural power, wizards and magicians, magic spell, school, lgbt, magical power, studying ...
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: 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: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Princess in the Joseon Dynasty travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry. On the way to there, she meets a young magician and falls in love with him.
Style:
romantic, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
magician, forbidden love, class differences, magic, secret identity, secret love, poverty, convoy, young lovers, ancient korea, wizard, witchcraft ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: China
Story:
An upcoming Chinese computer animated motion capture action fantasy adventure film written and directed by Guo Jing Ming, the sequel to the first L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties film.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, anime, motion capture ...
Plot:
wizards and magicians, magician, supernatural power, magical power, fight, magic, good versus evil, magical, supernatural, battles, wuxia, priest ...
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466K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief following the events of "Avengers: Endgame".
Style:
enigmatic, surreal, spectacular, saga, psychotronic ...
Plot:
time travel, multiverse, super villain, supernatural power, good versus evil, norse mythology, fantasy world, time traveler, sorcerer, god, magician, alien ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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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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12K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Norway, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fantasy adventure origin story about a young man discovering he has God-like powers based on ancient Norwegian mythology.
Style:
psychological, captivating, visually appealing, exciting, detective ...
Plot:
norse god, norse mythology, supernatural ability, magician, redemption, danger, magic, imaginary, disorder, adaptation, secret, heroes ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
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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, 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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Genre: Fantasy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.
Style:
costume drama, exciting, period piece, semi serious, gothic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wizards and magicians, rivalry, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, elf, magic, reluctant partners, odd couple, magician, teacher student relationship, mirror, supernatural ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, regency period, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, europe, venice, london, yorkshire
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, breathtaking, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sword and sorcery, wizard, magic, warrior, monster, fantasy world, kingdom, good versus evil, sorcerer, magician, creature, invasion ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
chile
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and ripping him to shreds, over and ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, dark fantasy, adult animation ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, mysticism, magician, occult, supernatural, supernatural power, superhero, wizard, investigation, puzzle, trap, black magic ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
magic, reincarnation, quest, lesbian, magician, medieval, heroes, supernatural, power, supernatural ability, wizard, master villain ...
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, disturbing, sentimental, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
magician, father son relationship, family secret, time travel, travel, time paradox, parents and children, time warp, stage magician, time jump, magic trick, time traveler ...
Time:
60s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alex is a charming adventurer who substitutes for a contestant shaman who dropped out at the shooting of a high-rated television show, popular among psychics. He repeats a prophecy on the air that he overheard backstage. He foretells that someone in ...
Style:
tense, esoteric, atmospheric, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, psychic, magician, mysticism, fate, prophecy, supernatural, rivalry, witchcraft, paranormal, magic, occult ...
Place:
russia
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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: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Amane Todoroki is a young girl who is straightforward but also unthinking. She will try her very best in everything and say, "I don't know how to answer you if you ask me whether this can be done. I just believe it can. If not, then ...
Style:
anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
magician, supernatural, split personality, friendship, extrasensory perception, anthropomorphism, slice of life, art, superpower, twins, family life, twin sister ...
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243K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
Style:
disturbing, dark fantasy, twist ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, stephen king, psychic power, psychic, supernatural, disappearance, haunted house, supernatural power, nightmare, doctor, death, haunted hotel ...
Time:
year 2019, 20th century, year 1980, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, colorado, iowa, florida ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
His strength limited by the magical crest with which he was born, Mathias, the world's most powerful sage, decides reincarnation is necessary to become the strongest of all. Upon his rebirth as a young boy, Mathias is thrilled to discover ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, shounen, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
reincarnation, magic, supernatural ability, isekai, supernatural power, high school life, magician, magical, fantasy world, wizard, new life, harem ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style:
slasher, bloody, christmas horror, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, train, masked killer, holiday horror, killer, prank, serial killer, murder, new year's eve, stalking, magician, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
carnival, magician, magician's assistant, magic, circus, mind reading, chimpanzee, monkey, magic show, magic trick, hick, buddhism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, north carolina, india
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were ...
Style:
anime, visually appealing, captivating, enigmatic, adult animation ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
reincarnation, high school life, resurrection, wizards and magicians, demon, supernatural power, supernatural ability, magic, academy, magical, black magic, magician ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, UK, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style:
breathtaking, stylized, touching, sad, visual ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
magician, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, theater, very little dialogue, imagination, mentor, transformation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1959, year 2010 ...
Place:
england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A year has passed since a series of gruesome murders took the lives of multiple college seniors aboard the now infamous Terror Train. The survivors are coerced to go on a New Year's Eve redemption ride aboard the very same train, where a new ...
Style:
slasher, slasher horror
Plot:
masked killer, train, magician, prank, prank gone wrong, fraternity, new year's eve, survival, mystery killer, social media, website, psycho killer ...
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190K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The origin of Willy Wonka and his adventures into Loompa Land
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot:
chocolate, eccentricity, genius, giraffe, dancing, laundry, top hat, balloon, magician, abuse of power, contract, castle ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, retro, captivating ...
Plot:
mind game, greek island, tarot card, magician, female nudity, redemption, mental illness, riddles and clues, teachers and students, danger, chase, doctor patient relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 1910s, year 1943, year 1914
Place:
greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
V/H/S: VIRAL's segments include the story of a deranged illusionist who obtains a magical object of great power, a homemade machine that opens a door to a parallel world, teenage skaters that unwillingly become targets of a Mexican death cult ...
Style:
anthology, scary, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, found footage, supernatural, virus, parallel universe, monster, magician's assistant, photograph, brutality, gory, violent, murder ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico, usa, los angeles, las vegas, spain ...
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